My definition of a fashionista, is a person (him/her) who
loves fashion, whether they are directly or indirecty involved they appreciate
the art, the message and the total feel of what fashion represents. You find
some fashionista’s who only wear what’s in style and trending, and some
fashionista’s create their own trends. Then you find those fashionista’s who
make the clothes that fashionista’s love and those who ensure that
fashionista’s remain fashionista’s by contributing in some way to the total
process of fashion. There could be proper job titles assigned to what I’ve
described above, which brings me to the crux of this post: why are we never
encouraged to follow a career in fashion?!
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| Whether as Carrie Bradshaw or herself, Sarah Jessica Parker is the ultimate fashionista!!! |
I remember in high school there were the top five careers,
that were constantly promoted : Chartered Accountant, Lawyer, Engineer (Chemical,
Civil, Electrical….you name it), Doctor and of course Actuarial Scientist. Can
I point out that none of these careers involves any artistic creativity in
their job descriptions? But of course they pay big bucks! (you'll never be happy if you do it for the money without the passion for it). We’re never informed about the endless opportunities
involved within the fashion world! Yes, we know that there are fashion
designers, but I just recently found out that you can become a fashion analyst!
A person like me, who has a passion for fashion and a commerce degree
(imagine!) can apply for a job like that! You can become involved on either the
retail side of fashion, or on the media side of fashion such as magazines etc.
Both these areas of fashion need each other to succeed (I believe).
These are the careers you can be involved in if you want to
be on the media aspect of fashion:
- - Fashion Editor
- - Design Director
- - Fashion Photographer
- - Features Director
- - Market Director
- - Contributing Editor
I could go on forever, there are
quite a few more jobs that I could add to that list. Let’s get to the retail side of the fashion business:
- - Fashion Merchandiser
- - Fashion Planner
- - Fashion Analyst
- - Textile Designer
- - Production Manager
- - Advertising / Sales Representative
There are also quite a few that I could also add to this list, but can you see
that you don’t have to be a fashion designer to be involved in the fashion
industry. You can (like me) have a qualification that is not fashion
orientated, but utilize it in the fashion industry. My mother has been a
teacher for over 25 years, but her passion has always been fashion. While she
was a teacher on a full time basis for over 25 years, guess what she did part
time? She was doing what she loves (and does oh so well) designing clothes! She
never stopped designing and making clothes, even for us, her children. She
designed and made my matric ball dress, she made my sister’s graduation
dress……she’s made so much for family, for her clients, for a lot of people! And now that she's retired, she does it full time. But
my point is this: if you love it, do it.
If you love fashion and you’re
good at computers and other IT related stuff, then go ahead! There is a job
where you can combine the two, there are a lot of things opening up, even for
law students! If you love it – go ahead pursue it – do it!
Check out this website on more
information about careers in the fashion industry.
That’s it for now. Mwah xxx
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