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flac  ·  2186 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 4, 2018

Of the few things I would go back to school for, fashion isn't one of them. I've met three people in Portland who went to fashion school - they were all working food service with me.

There's a lot of stuff I'd still like to learn before I'm comfortable selling clothes (I'm hoping it will be this coming fall, have lots of free time this summer to make stock), but I feel like a classroom setting isn't necessarily the best place to do that for me. YouTube has been working wonders.

As with many degrees, I know it works for some people, and opens up a lot of doors connection-wise, it's just not for me.





goobster  ·  2185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As someone with an actual degree in Fashion Design, the only reason for the degree is if you really want to run the production floor for a US brand like Tommy Bahama or Cutter & Buck.

Oh, and by the way, there are thousands of people trying to get the 10 paying jobs in US fashion design.

The real way to win is to make something great - no matter your skill level - and social media the shit out of it. Maybe some people will buy it bespoke from you, and maybe some company will buy your pattern from you (and bar you from ever making it again, in a non-compete agreement).

But the only people making money in clothing are the middlemen that sell it.

blackbootz  ·  2186 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Fair point. School is just one avenue.

Best of luck. And let me know when I buy fly shirts from you.