As a senior in college, I'm faced with the task of trying to decide
where I want to head in life in terms of a career, or at least a first
job out of college. I started college with aspirations to go to
law school and work in politics, so I majored in political science and
minored in geography and economics. My major and minors haven't
changed, but my idea of post-college work has, and it changed in a sort
of simple epiphany. I studied in London last and took a trip to
Vienna by myself. While I was in Vienna I visited a shop called
Park. I talked with the shop girl for a while, and after a bit,
she asked me if I was in the industry, or if I went to fashion
school. I said I didn't, but I should have. In her broken
English she replied, "Well, why don't you just do it." A simple
statement, but it rang very true.
So,
as my final year comes around, like I said, I'm faced with some choices
that I have to make. Do I enjoy fashion enough to want to attempt
to get into the business of it? (I love the design aspect as
well, but my degree does limit me in some regards.) Or, should I
get a job where I can make enough money to buy the items I like...
I've
thought about it for a while, and I've realized its not just the
aquisition of a new item that I've been searching for, but I truly do
enjoy fashion that I wouldn't even wear. Lately I've even been
trying to learn more about the women's side of fashion. I think
my interest is far past just enjoying to shop. My actual plans are to
open a shop around the area where I live and see where it goes from
there. I have a very good friend who is also interested and
somewhat in the same position as I am, and right now, it seems like a
very good idea. Of course, the area I do live in is either
moderately conservative or wears the latest 7 Diamonds shirt or Diesel
tee, so I wouldn't be able to sell everything I wanted to stock
(providing I could theoretically stock any label I wanted to), but I
feel like there is a market for certain labels here (Connecticut).
I know most of you have probably thought of career options, but I'd
like to hear your stories. Why haven't you, or why have you
pursued a career involving fashion. If you haven't, what do you
do instead to stay involved? I think djrajio is a good example
of someone who has a career completely opposite fashion, but in his
spare time is involved in the industry.
I ask
this here rather than another message board because I feel that people
on this board invest a lot of their time and money into fashion-related
things, and would respond with more mature and insightful thoughts than
other places.
I apologize if this is in the wrong thread. Feel free to move it if necessary.
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