If you are like me you live and breathe fashion. You are constantly
inspired with so many new designs racing through your mind, so many you
can't seem to get them all down quick enough at the pace they arrive.
You constantly dream of the day your fashions will be on the fashion
runway with the lights beaming brightly overhead, the cameras flashing
everywhere and the audience being completely mesmerized by your
incredible designs. You can't stop thinking of the day you will open a
magazine or watch the Oscars and see a famous celebrity in one of your
breathtaking designs. Your book shelf is stocked with fashion books and
magazines, and you absolutely can't resist visiting textile stores to
view all the latest fabrics, decorative beads, rhinestones and trims.
It's
this ever present dream of being a successful fashion designer that has
you work day and night on your designs in most cases for many years
without pay and working a job to pay the pills which is brutal torture,
when all you can think about is living and working in fashion.
Famous fashion designers come from all walks of life there is
no one system to follow that will have you become the next famous
fashion designer. Some have graduated from elite fashion schools and
some have never attended fashion school. Some have undertaken a fashion
internship with a fashion house and others have made their own designs
in their basement. The only elements all these fashion designers have in
common is they had an intense passion for fashion, were able to design
fashions highly sought after and connected with someone who gave them
the opportunity to break into the fashion industry. It is essential in
becoming a successful fashion designer you get you and your designs out
there as much as possible, as how will anyone know about your fashions
if they can't see them?
In getting your fashions out there here are a few things you can do:
1.
We are not usually good at everything some of us are great at designing
clothes but lack the sewing and pattern making skills. It is here you
can partner with someone who shares your passion for fashion and has the
skills you lack. It is in the bringing together of different skills you
can create a real product that can be showcased.
2. In having a fashion line of 14 outfits you can apply to your
local fashion week. In the USA: New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco
all have fashion weeks. These fashion weeks attract many editors,
journalists and local socialites who will see your fashions and
potentially give you the exposure you need to get known.
3. Many city night clubs hold fashion shows, find out what night
clubs hold fashion shows and contact them as to how you can be apart of
an up and coming show.
4. Locate fashion boutiques that cater to the fashions you
design, first make a trip to the stores to look around, if you can see
your clothes fitting in well with the store, find out who the owner is
and ask if they would be willing to have some of your fashions offered
for sale in their store. You will be amazed at how many store owners are
willing to work with you. I walked around San Francisco in the Nob Hill
district and had my fashions placed after visiting and discussing my
product with four boutiques. In having your fashions displayed you will
receive valuable insights as to whether or not your designs are in
demand and if you need to change your designs to increase sales. It will
also give you free exposure to the public. When your fashions do sell
you can present this to investors who are more than willing to invest in
your line, when you prove the existence of a strong demand for your
fashions.
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