The Huffington Post has a column by fashion journalist Louise Roe about how to break into the oh so elusive fashion industry.
The article is actually full of quite practical straight forward advice however what it does show is just how prohibitive working in the fashion industry actually is.
Her key point seems to be experience, experience, experience ! Which is sensible, before you can enter into any paid employment you have to have demonstrable skills and experience behind you. The main problem is that a lot this work experience in the fashion industry is gained through interning, usually at sites based in very expensive cities and the real kicker is, you have to work for FREE !
Now in a time of recession who but the uber rich can afford to do free internships after college/university ?! And people wonder why there isn't more diversity in the fashion world.
Anyway, check out the story here.
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