All About Internships and Work Experience Placements

[STYLEOClDE]

carla, thanks so much! that really helps a lot. I'm definitely into being a fashion magazine stylist...or maybe a junior editor. I just don't know... but anyway, you've really helped me a lot! thank you

[love.cat]

thank you Carla i want to work more so in the model industry rather than fashion as a buyer etc..i htought maybe seventeen would help if i wanted to get into bodel booking but then again quintessentially has a model division ...oh i just dont know

[surrealseven]

CVs are supposedly to be only one page...

[Cicciolina]

love.cat have you tried the modelling agencies in London? From what you're saying I don't think a Fashion Accessories internship at Seventeen will help much... try seeing if you could intern with the Bookings Editor, you'll have much more exposure there. In the Seventeen internship, the only interaction you'll have with the modelling industry is perhaps helping out on shoots and helping out the model.

CVs are at best one page, absolute max at 2 pages!!! I HATE reading CVs any longer than 2 pages.

[love.cat]

thanks cicciolina yes i have worked at a London model agency before and have another one hopefully in june. Thats why i think im going to pick quintessentially i can work within the model agency which is newly set up so i can learn about that etc and quintessentially have some good contacts i imagine.

I just thought maybe seventeen would provide my cv with a really well known magazine. I tried a number of booking editors but alot of them do not offer placements.

Thanks for your help i can always do NY another time

[tashatoo]

I'm a freshman in college in Montréal (international student, I'm American), and I've been interseted for a long time in working/writing for a fashion magazine (particularly magazines like Nylon). I'm trying to figure out how to apply for/realistically get an internship at magazines like this, since I can't seem to find any information about it on their website. Anybody have any suggestions as to how I can seriously go about this?
I am considering eventually transferring to a school in NYC if such an opportunity were to become realistic, so I'd very much like to know how I could start the process.

As a side note - I have a new fashion blog (mode-montreal.blogspot.com) and I am going to be doing a fashion column for my university's independent newspaper which is distributed all over the city/is part of the Canadian University Press, so I'm trying to get the ball rolling already, if that'll help my interests at all!

[BetteT]

I am merging this post into the ongoing discussion about internships ... perhaps your question may have already been answered here ... if you dig deep. Or maybe someone has an answer ......

[tashatoo]

okay, thanks <3
did not see this post.

[lbraga412]

Hey everyone my name is Luis , I'm 16, live in NYC and clearly in highschool. Well I've been interning(sales and PR) ever since july for a private company in the Max Azaria family, many have told me that I'm highly young for this job ( friends , family etc.) But I want as much experience in the field as possible. I am yearning for a career in fashion and see by doing internships now it could pay off in the end. Since tfs has many lovely people working in fashion , I would love to get opinions and advice. I am currently looking to go into merchandising or buying.thanks!

[BetteT]

Welcome to the Fashion Spot, lbraga412!

I think that if you can get the internships ... go for it! It's always about learning the biz from the inside out, making connections and building a resume ... and interning is a great foundation for you. Congratulations on being able to get an internship at your age!

Merchandising and buying are about numbers and math in addition to knowing stock, fabric, trends, etc. So make sure your math and accounting skills are good too.

I did an advanced search of the Careers forum for you using keywords, "high (for high school), buying, buyer, merchandising" and found some threads that might interest you ... beyond this one about internships:

Fashion Career Building Activities if you are Still in High School

Becoming a Buyer?
Fashion Merchandising

[helmut.newton]

Whats the best way to go about becoming a model agent??

Do you have to have some kind of experience?

I'm interested in becoming a model agent but I'm not sure about where to start

[BetteT]

There's a thread about that, helmut. All About Modeling Agencies ... Agents, Bookers, Scouts and Managers

[BelleModèle]

I'm currently at university in the UK and my degree is in Marketing and Communications (including advertising and PR). Basically my course requires me to do a years work placement which I have to organise myself with a company/department related to my degree.
I would love to do my placement somewhere i could apply what i'm learning at uni but in the fashion industry.. does anyone have any tips/suggestions/information about what places would potentially take work placement students doing my course?

[parkereloise]

k i could read this whole thread or just write this : i live in new york and my eventual goal in life is to work at some kindof fashion magazine. i dont care if i answer the phones or am an editor in cheif....(im being fecicious) but i decided that i need to have an internship so that i have experience...im 16. is this humanly possible?

[from: sophia]

I go to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (a great school by the way) and I am a freshman taking classes in the Fashion Department and I really love to illustrate and take photos of the clothes I make and I wanted to know if anyone has a suggestions of a good way to spend my summer. I really don't mind interning or working or doing something else but I want to find something to keep me busy. The problem is I do not think that I could get an internship as an incoming sophmore. Check out my portfolio if you want its my sig. Ideas would be great I just cant stand spending another summer at home.