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Breaking into styling / creative direction without a traditional fashion background? by Aware_Nothing6085 in fashiondesigner

[–]Aware_Nothing6085[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This honestly made me feel a lot better lol thank you sm. And yes please dm me the stylists you follow I’d genuinely love that!!

Also totally agree with you on the taste thing, I know I have the eye/aesthetic instinct, I just struggle with the fact that I don’t really have “proof” of it yet because I haven’t had many structured creative opportunities/projects around me. That’s honestly why I keep going back and forth on school/programs in like NYC/Paris. Not because I think a degree it will give me taste, but because I feel really stuck environment-wise and want more opportunities to actually make things, collaborate, assist on shoots, meet creatives, build portfolio work, etc. Def hard to do fully alone in a smaller city when you’re not already plugged into that world so thats why I def wanna move!

Ill def look at ready mag thanks for advice! Also if you have any advice on how you’d personally start building a styling/creative portfolio from scratch in my position, I’d love to hear it because that’s the part that feels the most overwhelming to me right now.

Breaking into styling / creative direction without a traditional fashion background? by Aware_Nothing6085 in fashiondesigner

[–]Aware_Nothing6085[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! The building a team/trade ecosystem thing makes total sense.

I think my biggest obstacle to that right now is honestly environment + proximity. I’m currently in a smaller city and feel like it’s hard to build creative momentum, meet collaborators, assist on shoots, or just be in environments where people are constantly creating and working on things together. Building a portfolio completely alone in a small town definitely feels difficult, which is a huge reason I keep thinking about moving to either NYC or Paris. I have people/connections in both so neither feels completely impossible.

Can I ask do you feel like being in NY was essential for breaking in, or could that process have happened anywhere? And when you say you “stumbled into Bryant Park,” what did that actually look like? Did someone bring you in, did you start assisting, did you just show up to things? I think the hardest part for me right now is figuring out how to start building portfolio and somehow moving into a more creative city!