Fashion Jobs Hub

Fashion jobs are available for those that are qualified.  If you believe that you have what it takes to play a significant role in the fashion industry, you should explore career path opportunities.

Whether you want to work as a haute couture fashion designer, pattern maker, sewer, or be the CEO of an international fashion conglomerate, this fashion hub will help you learn about what is available and how you can achieve your goals.

What to expect from this fashion jobs hub

Looking to gain entry into the fashion industry or curious about opportunities for advancement in your existing career? You’ve come to the right place indeed! We have selected the top fashion career paths, job descriptions, and plan to help you learn more about them in this hub. We will even highlight what you can expect from each position based on real open job posts.

If you want a job that will mainly consist of identifying industry trends, designing clothes that fit a particular brand image or anything else along those lines, the fashion industry is the place for you.

Are you ready to walk into your next fashion job?

Fashion School Relevance

NYC Fashion Forward Internships 2016

Aspiring fashionistas from the five boroughs are gaining a marvelous opportunity to jump start a career in New York City’s most glamorous industry (yes, I mean the fashion industry).

Gabrielle Fialkoff, senior advisor to Mayor Bill de Blasio, announced the launch of NYC Fashion Forward which appears to be a public-private partnership backed by the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC).  The program plans to create a significant amount of paid internships to local students who aspire to work in fashion.

NYC Fashion Forward includes 100 paid spots at designers, including Alice + Olivia, J Crew and Coach.

The city announced on Monday a new program that connects high school and college students with internships in fashion.

Students can apply for NYC Fashion Forward through the Ladders for Leaders program.  Internships run for six weeks, starting in July.  Salaries vary depending on the designer.

For the summer of 2016, as part of NYC Fashion Forward, NYCEDC will commit to financially back 60 summer jobs, created in collaboration with the Mayor’s Fund, the CFDA and the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, that pair participating students with employers that will be able to best offer real world training and mentorship. In addition, the Mayor’s Fund and CFDA will work with prominent, large-scale fashion firms across the city to create the remaining 40 employer-funded summer internships.   

The following employers have committed to host young people this year through NYC Fashion Forward:

3.1 Phillip Lim

Alice + Olivia

CFDA

Coach

David Wolfson & Associates, Inc.

Design Incubator Inc.

Designers & Agents

Diane von Furstenberg

J. Crew

Haskell Jewels LLC

K/LLER COLLECTION

Kate Spade & Company

Krupp Group

Lulu Frost

Maison De Mode

Melissa Joy Manning

New York Embroidery Studio

Nicholas K

Opening Ceremony

Rachel Comey

Timo Weiland

Tommy Hilfiger

NYC Fashion Forward is part of the NYC Center for Youth Employment’s ongoing efforts to create pipelines of young talent into our city’s industries, in order to build employment services that meet the needs of both the youngest New Yorkers and city business. Launched in May 2015 by the Mayor’s Fund, the NYC Center for Youth Employment has a specific goal of supporting 100,000 unique work-related experiences each year, including high-quality summer jobs, career exposure, skills-building, and supportive mentorships, by 2020. In collaboration with city agencies, employers and other stakeholders, the Center is also focused on evaluating the city’s youth workforce system as a whole, with an eye toward expanding effective programs and filling in gaps.   

Are you familiar with the MADE Fashion Week and Made in NY?

Announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio in February 2015 at MADE Fashion Week, the ambitious suite of ‘Made in NY’ fashion initiatives tripled the City’s investment in the local fashion economy from $5 million to $15 million. Part of the City’s expansion of its signature ‘Made in NY’ program, the new fashion initiatives set out to cultivate a robust pipeline of fashion industry talent within New York City, catalyze growth of emerging creative businesses, and support fashion manufacturing facilities across all five boroughs.  To date, the initiatives have showcased over 150 local fashion brands to an estimated 650 million people; connected emerging businesses with over 75 industry-leading mentors; generated $500,000 in sales for New York City-based designers; and awarded over $4.5 million in financing and prizes to emerging and small businesses.

Read more at http://www.nycedc.com/press-release/mayors-fund-advance-new-york-city-cfda-nycedc-announce-new-partnership-provide

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Explore a Career in the Fashion Industry

If you enjoy fashion as much as we think you do, it may be a good idea for you to investigate opportunities to work in the apparel industry.  OK, it is understood that it is very possible that you already work in our fabulous industry.  So, I better break this post up into two distinct parts.   Section one, for those new to the industry.  Section two, for those of you that are already entrenched.

New to the Fashion Industry

1. Step one is to learn about the fashion industry.  Obviously, you will need to know what you are potentially getting yourself into.
2. Step two, attend a college or university to further educate yourself in regard to a specific aspect of business.  Or get a well-balanced but “industry specific” education at a school that specializes in fashion or textiles.
3. Step three, prepare a resume.
4. Step four, do all of the following:

• Attend a job fair.
• Meet with an employment agency.
• Research job opportunities online.

Here is one more important tip, which is not technically a step that I official recommend, but it may be helpful.  Make a mental decision regarding your thoughts on internships. It is debatable if they are a good idea or not.  You will need to know if you are willing to take an internship to get your foot in the door or if you want to be patient and go for full employment from the start.

Experienced Fashion Industry Professional

If you are not new to the business, you probably already know most of the ins and outs required to be successful.  However, it is important to remind yourself on occasion that it is always a good time to discover new opportunities.  For those of us that do not own our own business, staying in one position for too long will cause you to stagnate.  Yes, it is true.  Your mind, your inspiration, and your opportunities for advancement may become set to simmer if you stay with one company for too long.  With that said, this is obviously NOT always the case.  Sometimes, the longer you stay at a company the better off your career.  My suggestion to move job hop every few years is a generality (good for many people, but not all people).  You will need to review your own career path to make a proper determination.

You may want to stop by the employment section here on Apparel Search to evaluate resources and your career options.

By the way, you can search for fashion industry employment at the Fashion Job Search website.

Don’t forget, if you are trying to learn more about the fashion industry, check out the Apparel Search fashion industry overview term for additional resources.

Thank you for taking the time to read our fashion blog post. We hope that you have found this news to be informative. For those of you that have enjoyed this article and would like to read more on this subject you can visit our fashion career blog post page. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Fashion Jobs for Women Only

Darn, I found what I thought would be a perfect employment opportunity.  As I was reading through the list of responsibilities I ran into a little problem when reaching bullet point number four.  Everything else was perfect, but not sure how I would be able to work my way around this one.

Here is how the job responsibility read, "A critical requirement of this position is to measure female consumers to determine the proper fit for bras and various other undergarments and intimate apparel in the privacy of the women’s fitting room on a regular basis."

Sure, I would be very good at the job, but I don't think that I would be the ideal candidate that the employer or the customer had in mind.  

I have a funny feeling that this is a gender bias job opportunity.  Can men apply for this position?

This particular job opportunity was for a Sales Merchandiser position at Hanesbrands.  If you are qualified (and female), you can find the listing at the fashion job search website (which is a sister site of Apparel Search).

If you want to work in the clothing industry, but you are not sure what positions are most appropriate for your skills, you may want to browse the clothing industry job descriptions section here on our site.

Also, it is important to note that we are NOT sure if this employment opportunity mentioned above is for men & women.  We are only "assuming" that it is intended for women only.  For more specifics, you would really need to consult with their HR department, not base any judgement on this blog post.  In our opinion, this job for by for ladies only.

Read more career blog posts if you are interested in this subject.

Kathryn Bufano Replacing Brendan Hoffman at The Bon-Ton Stores

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. yesterday announced the appointment of Kathryn Bufano to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective August 25, 2014.  Kathryn will also be elected to the Board of Directors.

Ms. Bufano has served as President and Chief Merchandising Officer of Belk Inc. since August 2010 and previously served as its President, Merchandising and Marketing from January 2008 to August 2010. From 2006 to January 2008, Ms. Bufano was the Chief Executive Officer of Vanity Shops, Inc. Ms. Bufano pursued higher education from 2003 to 2006, and from 2002 to 2003 she was Executive Vice President, General Manager Soft-lines for Sears Roebuck & Company. Prior to 2002, Ms. Bufano served as President, Chief Merchandising Officer for Dress Barn, Inc. and in various positions in the Macy's East and Lord & Taylor divisions of Federated Department Stores.

Ms. Bufano replaces President and Chief Executive Officer Brendan Hoffman, who is a current member of the Board.  Mr. Hoffman elected not to renew his three-year employment agreement and will resign as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board effective with the election of Ms. Bufano. Mr. Hoffman will play an important role in working through a transition period with Ms. Bufano.

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., with corporate headquarters in York, Pennsylvania and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operates 272 stores, which includes 10 furniture galleries, in 25 states in the Northeast, Midwest and upper Great Plains under the Bon-Ton, Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's and Younkers nameplates. The stores offer a broad assortment of national and private brand fashion apparel and accessories for women, men and children, as well as cosmetics and home furnishings.

Thank you for taking the time to read our fashion store blog post. We hope that you have found this news to be informative.

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Net-A-Porter CEO

Online luxury fashion retailer, Net-A-Porter, is on the prowl for new leadership. The company announced that its longtime CEO Mark Sebba will retire from his post this week.

Maybe Net-A-Porter should post the CEO position at the Fashion Job Search website (career search division of Apparel Search).

 

By the way, for those of you that may work in the human resources department at Net-A-Porter, I am available to become CEO if you ask nicely.