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Summary: Becoming a stylist for a fashion magazine requires networking with editors and photographers to get the most exposure. Do a few free trials with various magazines to get a foot in the door with advice from a fashion designer, stylist and model in this free video on fashion jobs.
Los Angeles-based designer and stylist Pegah Sasani first established her fashion line, "Pecosa Cecela" in 2007. After working for years in the fashion industry as a model and stylist,...read more
"How to be a fashion stylist for a magazine? Coming from a personal point of view, I've worked with many magazines in styling for the covers. There are celebrities or the fashion editorials and when, when first doing this, you'd want to know the editors or the photographers who are actually shooting with, for them. The photographers you could actually do your research; you find out with magazines; find out their names; research if they're local, if they're in your area or if they're not and the ones that are local, try to contact them and email them and if you'd want to work with them and you know, not as testing with them for free to see if they'd want to continue working with you. If they like your style, if you, both of you guys; you know, can work well together, you could possibly start shooting for the magazines that they are working for. And it's not just one photographer, it could be with many. When styling for magazines, see which magazines that you'd actually want to go for. Would it be more commercial and widely known with Glamor or Cosmo or would it be something that has more of an artistic point of view with just your Pre magazines such as Unman, Noise or Highlights. And then define your style; define what you, what those magazines or sell is like and then generate that with the photographers and look into the photographers the hour working program. And those are just a few little things at how to become a fashion or a stylist for a fashion magazine that I just mentioned."
eHow Article: How to Be a Stylist for a Fashion Magazine