Monica Mclean asked:


Believe it or not, there is money to be made in fashion. The general public have, over the years become totally obsessed with the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. This has encouraged the fashion houses to evolve into a multi billion dollar industry. You can have instant popularity in fashion if you can come up with the right combination of things, (right choice of endorser, right choice of ideas, innovative and creative sense of fashion and the likes).

Of course it will not be easy, the fashion industry is an extremely difficult business to get into. You will need to have a full understanding and knowledge of the industry, and also influences which will provide you with maximum exposure which you need to deliver your creations into the industry. However, becoming a success will really be down to your own brilliance in designing, this is what will give you centre stage.

You may well have the talent. This is something which cannot be taken from you. It is of course, in your own interest to let your talent turn into a passion. But, your talent and skills will not be enough. You will have to be willing to take instruction, this will enable you to hone your special features and direct them specifically towards becoming the best you can be.

This is basically why fashion schools exist and continue to serve your artistic talents. They provide guidance and supplemental training to bring out the artist in you, and to help you achieve your creations. Online fashion schools have been gathering fame in the fashion industry for some time now, however hands on training and face to face instruction still cannot be equalled even by the best online schools.

As you are now considering entering a fashion school, it will be expected that you be knowledgeable enough on the fundamentals of fashion designing and basic awareness on designing. However, it is not expected that the student should be able to produce ramp quality creations initially. Instead, you are expected to bring out the brilliance in simple designs and create concepts that you may have patterned on the works of some great fashion designers or better yet, designs of your own concepts.

Remember that fashion designers can only make a name for themselves in the industry, when they have produced something genuinely creative that can cater for the present fashion scene, while having the originality and good sense of distinction from other fashion trends.

You may not be possess this talent at the moment. But the thing is, a good fashion school could bring out the best in you and in your creations. Initially, you may be producing concepts which will be considered rubbish, but this will change with the good learning you have acquired from a good school.

Some people may contend that even without proper education, an artist can create fashion trends that will be embraced by the public. Yes, that may well be true. But you must remember that there are very few individuals who have made it into the fashion scene with little or no formal study. Besides, even the trends in fashion change. What may have been true before is not likely to be true now. A formal schooling would update you with the most recent trends and the analysis of past styles that have recreated the industry.

A fashion school, like any education establishment will help you seek out your own niche. You may have creative ideas lurking in your mind but these free flowing ideas would be turned into nothing if not properly directed.

Moreover, the experience of instructors in the fashion schools would be passed down to you. Therefore, you are quite unlikely to encounter the same pitfalls they have experienced themselves.



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