About Timothy Expertise In fashion, I can answer questions about the history of fashion, design, designers, labels, and design houses... the roots of fashion and haute couture. I am a fashion major working towards a full Bachelors degree for Fashion. I plan to follow with a double major Masters degree in journalism and advertising. My chosen career field is fashion journalism or fashion advertising.
Experience
College Degree and personal lifelong fan and follower of the industry and style trends.
Organizations I subscribe to and read monthly the following: Vogue, W, and InStyle... I also receive emails weekly with industry updates The Week in Review from Fashion Net, DNR Menswear Daily, and WWD E-Zine.
Awards and Honors Dean's List~ President's List~ Honor Society~ Vice President Phi Beta Lambda of Northwest Ohio
I will NOT do your homework. Serious questions only.
Question I wanted to get into fashion design as my first choice of a major, but didn't make the cut for my chosen college. I was a bit confused on where to go from there. I really do love dealing with clothes and accessories. I decided to major in fashion merchandising as my second choice, but I am a little unsure about it. I have the talent of drawing, I didn't want it to go to waste, but I don't want to waste anymore time. I know of some of the job areas I can get into with the FM degree. Can you fill me in on more careers besides being a buyer or a store manager? Also can you direct me to some websites I can do research on? I saw another letter where someone asked you about being a fashion editor. You suggested that they take Journalism as a major, and fashion merchandising as a minor. I found it interesting because I thought about working in a magazine company times before. The only problem is this school doesn't have minors, and my parent's don't have money to waste. I'm sure I can take extra journalism classes on the side. What is your suggestion?
Thank you for you time,
Sincerely,
Snow M
Answer If you want to work for a fashion publication, you need to major in journalism at a top school, because top magazines are extremely selective of their students. I do not know any fashion writers who have not majored in the journalism field at a top university.
With a Fashion Merchandising degree, you can go into visual, buying, retail management, etc. All of these careers offer growth: ie: retail manager could lead to district management, and into retail corporate management as you show progress.
