Is Pursuing a Career in Fashion Worth It?
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- Опубліковано 3 січ 2017
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Pursuing my dream of being in the fashion industry was the best decision I've ever made! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 just got my BFA! 😊
Lol i cried in a dark room over my career/life choices.....to be a stay at home mom. Whatever you pick there will be those days that try you.
Every industry has its ups and downs. So we might as well go through it with the industry that your are passionate about. Because suffering for something you didn't want to do is even worse. I love that your are so up front and honest. You're the gem in the industry.😊
This was really eye opening for me. I've thought about working in the fashion industry for a long time but have heard about how competitive it is. When she mentioned towards the end that there's no room for "kind of" wanting to do something I got my answer. While I love artistic expression of fashion I don't know if I could ever see myself becoming a designer.
I've been a fashion student for 3 years now and more than once I've doubted whether or not I have what it takes to be a part of this industry and if any of this toiling is worth it. I've cried and screamed but somehow, always get through it all. Next time I doubt myself, I'm going to watch this video and remind myself that it is worth it. Thank you Professor Hong!
That last question "Can I live without fashion being part of my everyday life ?" is spot on. I finished fashion school four years ago and at the end I decided I didn't want to do it. I had my different reasons. Today, I find myself rebuilding my portfolio after I was called for an interview at a brand I really want to work for... and I realised that I have been needing this. I live fashion everyday, I look at fashion and dream about all the design I want to do everyday. I have been depressed and lost for the last few years, and today I feel the spark again. I was in denial of who I am and what I want all this time, and I have been suffering. No, I can't live without fashion, and I am happy I realised it now !
I’ve been rejected for hundreds of jobs and even unpaid internships after graduating with my AAS in Fashion Design. I’ve tried making my own brand and Etsy and website and I paid for advertising and made my own stuff. I had a fashion show. And I’ve sold nothing. I’m not sure what to do. The only sewing job I had I got fired from for being too slow, and the only other sewing job I could find was a factory job sewing mattress covers. What can I do? I’m just not sure how I can even break into the industry at all. I feel like going to school for fashion was a waste of time. I’ve made all the social media and LinkedIn, tried talking to people for opportunities… and nothing. I don’t know what to do.
Stop watching THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, check 😂
Is it true that fashion designers always wear black because they're too busy to bother finding anything else? 😅😅
You’re like my mom here on UA-cam 😭😂
I'm going to fashion school rn and I'm on my second year and all I can say are yes, people are so damn competitive there, teachers are straight up mean and I've never cried and doubted abt myself this much until my last term. I was and in fact so depressed and exhausted 24/7 but idk what keeps me going and do all the damn things. I chose fashion design with a thought that I can do this but no, I keep getting bad scores and one time I think my teacher was so done at me she threw away my masterplan and at that particular moment I feel like I want to quit. I obtained a 3-4 hrs average of sleep every single day not to mention the college that I'm going takes a hell lot of time.
"Can I live without fashion being a big part of my everyday life"? -Zoe Hong
As John Galliano said: "The best advice I would give any aspiring fashion designer would be to be passionate, whatever you do, you need to have passion about it"
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This was so great. I love how blunt you are. I’m in law school and everything you said was so true about pursing a competitive job .... and I always complain about how hard I have it but you’re so right, any competitive field is hard and will kick your ass and make you cry. You just have to want it! Needed this!
Omg it’s so refreshing to hear someone say how hard design school was. Literally nothing in my life was ever harder than that. Everything is up for interpretation AND ITS HELL
That is one of the reasons I switched from studying theatre (wanted to be a costumer) to biology. These kind of career fields require talent, persistence, a ton of passion. So yes, you can't kinda want to seriously pursue an unusual career. And I am very happy designing and sewing up looks for myself in the comfort of my home. At my own pace and with no one telling me what to do.
Look, Zoe, I worked in fashion industry since 2001. You open my mind. Fashion people need to stop complaining, the whole world is not easy, not only fashion.
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love this video, at the age of 38 with baby son, I went to fashion school because I knew if I didn't try, I can't even die, I graduated last year, had a hard time to figure it out what to do but I know I have to do fashion design work, even I am scared because I love fashion so much, your video is awesome, so encouraging fashion people