About Kirsten Expertise I can answer most questions regarding the history of fashion and the industry, within the last eighty years. I have a special focus on the sixties, as well as the seventies. I can answer questions regarding fashion trends, icons, designers, and trends and clothing that was specific to a certain decade. I will research every question asked of me until I find an answer.
Experience I am a fashion enthusiast and aficionado, and have an impressive collection of Vogues, Harper's Bazaars, and Women's Wear Dailies spanning from the fifties to the present. My grandmother was a photographer's assistant for Harper's Bazaar in the fifties and sixties and later became a fashion model. I am particularly well-informed when it comes to vintage, bohemian-inspired clothing and know the best boutiques to find these clothes in New York, Dallas, and especially Los Angeles, as well as the best online stores. I have done extensive research in the field of fashion history, and have an abundance of resources, and consider myself a well-rounded expert when it comes to fashion and its history.
Expert: Kirsten Date: 5/3/2006 Subject: fashion in canada
Question hi, i'm an international student who's going to canada to study in the fashion industry. do you think that i'm going to be successful and get a lot of money? or you think i have to move to USA? since NY is the fashion paradise..do European and american designers fly to canada to help students? what are the possibilities that i'll work with dolce and cabbana or christain dior/la crois/louis voutton? what are the 5 best fashion jobs in canada besides fashion design...because i think that salary differ from country to country.. is fashion in canada as big as it is in Europe + usa?
Answer Hello Anny. Hmm...sounds like you have big dreams. I have no idea whether or not you will become wealthy and enormously successful, I would hope so, but the fashion industry is a cut-throat industry. Often aspiring designers can't just climb their way to the top, they have to claw their way there, and most never make it. However don't be discouraged, a handful of them do make it. I think that it would be the more career savvy decision for you to move to the United States, preferably New York City. However, the choice is yours. Montreal and Toronto are both modern, great cities that I'm sure would have plenty of opportunities. However, if you really want this, my advice would be to move to NYC. I don't really know if sucessful European and American designers travel to Canada to help students, but I'm sure if you enroll in a fine design school in Canada you would have some designer guests, as most schools do. The International Academy of Design and Technology (located in both Toronto and Montreal), the Ontario College of Art and Design, the Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology, and the Superior Fashion School of Montreal are all great schools that you might want to look into, if you haven't already. I have no idea as to what your odds are when it comes to working with designers like Dior and Dolce and Gabbana, nobody can really determine that. It's all really a matter of how badly you want it, and how hard you are willing to work. I don't really think the five best fashion jobs in Canada differ from the five best fashion jobs in any other country. Also, I don't think anyone can determine what the five best fashion jobs are in any major country/city, as it is all just a matter of taste. Merchandising, marketing, photography, journalism....the llst is endless. Fashion in Canada is nowhere near as in demand fashion is in Europe and the USA. If you want the REAL fashion industry, head to New York, Paris, or Milan. Good luck! and my best wishes to you,
Kirsten
