Your memories of those first few months working for the industry reminded me of the first day of my first internship at a hip Paris fashion mag, where I was placed in front of a computer and told to "call Calvin Klein, Etro, and Lanvin and ask for xxxx", then left to my own devices and screamed at when I asked who should I talk to at those companies LOL. Took over 10 years and severe burnout for me to get out of the fashion press. Still work in the industry though, in a consulting capacity with brands that have always been professional and no-nonsense. Luckily time, experience and terrible past experiences have provided me with a pretty good radar on who are the good companies to work with and who is gonna be trouble. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and looking forward to seeing what you are currently working on!
I work in the fashion industry, but I appreciate I can do it remotely. I lost my job as a Fashion Product Sub-Editor in London during the pandemic, and I haven't looked back since. I don't know in which department you worked in fashion, but localisation is much more relaxed and less bitchy, probably because the people working in that field don't all come from fashion, so there is an open-mind and a no-nonsense approach I appreciate. I believe all industries have a level of toxicity, fashion is always pointed as the big bad girl because in this industry we put people on a pedestal and brush offt their bad behaviours rather than calling them out immediately.
Your memories of those first few months working for the industry reminded me of the first day of my first internship at a hip Paris fashion mag, where I was placed in front of a computer and told to "call Calvin Klein, Etro, and Lanvin and ask for xxxx", then left to my own devices and screamed at when I asked who should I talk to at those companies LOL. Took over 10 years and severe burnout for me to get out of the fashion press. Still work in the industry though, in a consulting capacity with brands that have always been professional and no-nonsense. Luckily time, experience and terrible past experiences have provided me with a pretty good radar on who are the good companies to work with and who is gonna be trouble. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and looking forward to seeing what you are currently working on!
I work in the fashion industry, but I appreciate I can do it remotely. I lost my job as a Fashion Product Sub-Editor in London during the pandemic, and I haven't looked back since. I don't know in which department you worked in fashion, but localisation is much more relaxed and less bitchy, probably because the people working in that field don't all come from fashion, so there is an open-mind and a no-nonsense approach I appreciate. I believe all industries have a level of toxicity, fashion is always pointed as the big bad girl because in this industry we put people on a pedestal and brush offt their bad behaviours rather than calling them out immediately.
Anyway, congratulations on your soft-launch!