Fashion Design - Master's or Second Bachelor's?

liek0806
Tue, 13 May 2008 19:39:28 +0000

You don’t need that piece of paper to be switched or to be considered for a position.

The fashion industry is rarely going to contact all qualified applicants, especially the bigger the company is, the less likely you’ll actually hear from them, unless you have someone you know working for that company. I dont know what art school you attend, but if you go to one where there is a garment/fashion industry such as NYC or LA, your school is bound to get recruited from fashion companies. You might want to contact your career counselor and see whats the best option.

BTW just because you go to a school, people don’t hand you jobs. In the fashion industry you have to be a go getter. The industry is very cutthroat, if anything you’ll be needing to have some unpaid internships under your belt before you even start getting hired by companies as an assistant designer. The shcool I was attending, Otis College of Art & Design, in Los Angeles is worth looking at if you really feel the need to get an education in fashion design. The school works its students to insanity, but it does prepare you well for being an employee. Alot of major commercial companies come to recruit its students, for paid summer internships and offer jobs to some of its graduates, the unlucky ones willl have to continue on to finding a job, just like you 're trying to. So in the end nothing really guarantees you anything. if you can make it out of Otis, you’ll have a killer protfoliol for sure.