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[stylevirtuoso]

***Edited*** I am a fashion stylist, always in contact with multiple PR firms and freelancers. Do you know Deborah Hughes PR? What about London Misher, I have an associate who left there recently.

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Thanks

[gian-franco]

What are good places to study fashion pr in NYC (preferably)? or Paris?

[Squizree]

So I know it's been a while since anyone's posted here but I'm planning my journey to becoming a fashion PR.
Im currently doing an Arts degree in English, and I was wondering what kind of papers or topics I should focus on to direct myself and my career towards fashion PR.

Any information would be helpful.

Thanks

[.amahlia.]

same here
im starting college in september and my declared major is communications. my goal would be to work at a fashion PR firma in nyc.
would anyone reccomend a summer internship to gain experience first?

[christrinity]

I think if you are studying an English degree there is not much that you can really direct yourself towards Fashion PR. Apart from maybe some kind of writing class that might help you in writing press releases? I am not sure.

But to be honest I wouldn't worry too much, I did my degree in European Studies, and apart from the fact that I studied languages my other studies have nothing to do with my job now, and it was nothing to do with my studies that got me the job! That being said I was lucky in one sense. But hey you never know, you just need to do internships, unless you are studying a direct communications or PR course, the only way to get experience and to learn what Fashion Pr is all about is through internships either in-house or with an agency!

And anyway to be honest, even if you do a PR dedicated course, all the studying in the world can't prepare you for the actual realities of life in Fashion PR, here in Paris, they are very focused on only taking people from certain types of schools or courses of study, but every time one of them arrives, even if just for an interview, you realise very quickly that they probably don't understand what their day to day work will involve. It's not all about just sitting talking on the phone to journalists and then going to runway shows and parties, it's very physical stressful work, that's not always very well paid compared to some other areas of fashion and that takes a long time to gain any kind of foothold in! lol

[Squizree]

^ Wow that helps a lot. A lot!