Answering Your Biggest Fashion Career Questions: Solo Episode
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What is this solo episode about and why should I listen?
Hello and welcome back to Fashion Founders the Podcast. My name is Victoria Smith and this week I'm doing a solo episode, which I don't normally do in the studio, so it's a little weird for me to be Sitting here not looking at someone and like seeing myself up here. So bear with me if that comes across. But I asked you guys to send in questions for this week. So it's a little bit more conversational. So I'm gonna get started with some of those. But before we get into that, if you can leave a rating and review or follow the show, it helps it grow so much more than you would honestly think. And I just so appreciate you listening and being here. So the first question that I got was how to pivot into fashion if you work in a different industry and don't have five years of experience.
I think the biggest thing is your skills are so much more transferable than you think they are, whether you are a data analyst and in tech, whether you're in finance, an accountant, a fashion brand and a company needs. needs all those different roles. Almost anything that you could be doing right now, a brand will have. And it's more about the transferable skill that you can bring to the table. You could even put into chat GPT what The brand is looking for in that role and say, this is what I do now at my company. What do you think transfers and help me just say that my passion is for fashion and I already have the skill set. I've been trained in XYZ things and I can do this for you and your company.
I think for a lot of fashion brands, it's more about really wanting to be in fashion. I think you hear so many people say that. It's their dream to work in fashion, but they don't have those specific things on their resume. So I think going to events, networking a ton, tech week is now and there's a ton of fashion tech events. I would definitely try to go to some of those. And just building those relationships. If you're in school, joining a fashion club, if you're out of school, even just like starting a substack would be, I think, something. There's also free courses online, which kind of brings me into the next question. What skills should someone have to be working in luxury fashion specifically? So there's actually two courses and programs I found that I would recommend.
One is the Inside LVM Age certificate. It's a free online course. I've seen a couple people post about this, add this to their resume as well. I think the most recent one, close, but I would just keep an eye out and join the next one. Yeah. And then there's something called the women at Dior and UNESCO. group and I think applications will open in the fall and close in December. But it's kind of just a program that they have. Then you can get paired up with someone and a mentor at Dior. And I feel like that's a great in. Again, I don't think there's that many like hard skills that are different for a luxury fashion brand than A normal, like high street fashion brand. I think it's more about the relationship building and showing how much you care, how much you know about that brand specifically.
I know at the school I did my master's in in London, one of my friends did the specific luxury fashion strategy course and ended up working at Armani. So I think it's just understanding the heritage, the culture, and showing that you spend
How can I pivot into fashion without five years of industry experience?
specifically want to be in luxury fashion. Okay, the next on the fashion industry. Can you get into the fashion industry with a poli psy degree? Yes, I actually have a poli sci degree. I think I've mentioned that before. I studied government, but it's essentially the same thing. And to this, I also want to point to past episodes with guests. So, first, the episode with Ghani, the chief sustainability officer, Lauren Bartley, she didn't even go to college. She applied to the London College of Fashion and didn't get in. And she started by working at a retail store on the store floor and is now the C-suite exec for an internationally recognized and loved brand. So listen to that one. For a line, Jenny, the CEO and founder, talks about how when she just started out in fashion, the execs at SACS talked at how they didn't
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is this solo episode about and why should I listen?
0:05–3:30
2
How can I pivot into fashion without five years of industry experience?
3:30–9:06
3
Which skills and courses are essential for breaking into luxury fashion?
9:06–13:15
4
Can a political science degree lead to a fashion career?
13:15–16:04
5
What fashion‑tech apps should I use to save money and grow my brand?
16:04–18:47
6
Which founder tools (like ManyChat) can automate my workflow?
18:47–21:26
7
How do I secure an invitation to New York Fashion Week?
21:26–22:55
8
What are the hidden‑gem Copenhagen fashion brands worth checking out?
22:55–23:23
Speakers
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