crazyquik
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Like a lot of kids, I loved to draw growing up. Occasionally I'd say I wanted to become a fashion designer. Once I got to high school I discarded that idea as being "unrealistic."
But, there are real-live fashion designers. How did they get there? Do they really go to a handful of those 'fashion institutes'? Is there a 4 year degree in fashion design? Can you actually get a paying job?
I suppose the bulk of "fashion designers" work in-house at GAP, Abercrombie, Hollister, Victoria's Secret, Target, Ralph Lauren, etc etc designing stuff, which their buyers will then give to factories in Asia to copy, and sell in malls across America. Is it pure luck to be the next Tom Ford (or Thom Browne)?
But, there are real-live fashion designers. How did they get there? Do they really go to a handful of those 'fashion institutes'? Is there a 4 year degree in fashion design? Can you actually get a paying job?
I suppose the bulk of "fashion designers" work in-house at GAP, Abercrombie, Hollister, Victoria's Secret, Target, Ralph Lauren, etc etc designing stuff, which their buyers will then give to factories in Asia to copy, and sell in malls across America. Is it pure luck to be the next Tom Ford (or Thom Browne)?