I had no previous experience styling
NEver attended fashion school
Never even assisted a stylist
One day I just decided to reply to an ad posted by a photog who was looking for a stylist. Having no experience did not stop me.
From that point on I tested for months with different photogs. I finally found a great crew and stuck with them, and here I am a year and a half later with tearsheets in 7 different fashion magazines, check it out at
www.abe3d.com/gc
What it takes? Talent, diligence and tenacity. Its not about luck, its about what you make of your opportunities. If you want it bad enough and work hard enough, you will get to where you want to be, guaranteed.
For a beginner stylist, standard rate is $250-300 per job. Once enstablished and signed with an agency, a stylist stands to make between $1,000-$5,000 a day for editorial work, campaigns, celeb styling, etc.
Hope this helps any of the readers thinkin about a career in styling..