Fashion & Merchandising Jobs

Video Transcript

"Like, it's really interesting when you start talking about clothing. There's a lot of people who get...there's a line of division with a lot of people, you talk about clothing. Some people are really insecure about dealing with their own sense of style, and make a conscious effort to have no style whatsoever. And some people take it to such an extreme that these people become really offensive at it. I find it humorous. I find that personal style and clothing are one in the same. It's just an easy way to express yourself with clothing. I mean, the reality of the situation is, if I run into you on the street, and we don't exchange any words, you've got, like, one or two seconds to, kind of, take a look at me and, sort of, you can make some assumption as to whether it's somebody that you would like to meet or not. And we can get into whether it's proper to judge people or what, but we all do it. And I think there's always that one to two assessment when you look at somebody, and so, why not do it with clothing? And so, you're....you know, your look to somebody, so that, you know, there's a common attraction to another person based on style. Fashion buyer's actually a really exciting job, because you, in essence, are predicting the trends of next season and you also have a say in what's going to be in the stores. Now, you can be buying for a department store, which would be buying large, mass quantities of stock in particular designers and whatever and bring them in. Or you can be doing something like a small boutique. It could be your own boutique, for that matter, where the fashion buyer's actually the owner of the boutique. And in that sense, you're probably more adept to picking key pieces from smaller labels and bringing them in. A personal shopper, the short definition is pretty much exactly what you might think it is. It's somebody who shops for another person. So, as I said before, I'm a clothing stylist. I've done videos for people like Ashley Simpson, Franz Ferdinand, Ricky Martin, Taking Back Sunday. I work with a lot of younger bands, and I also do personal shopping thing, as well, and I'll shop for people who don't want to shop themselves or need a little help or need a little advice."