My five year plan..

I am not entirely dead set on my five year plan but i have a rough idea of what where I would like to go.. but not completely sure how i will get there so the plan so far is...

I am going to do the top up year with FDA fashion as that will give me an insight to the theory side of fashion which i think is quite important and we don't do much theory in the two years we have as there is simply not enough time the aim of our course is to get you ready to go straight into work! I originally thought that would be a good idea for me as i thought by the end of the two year course i might feel ready to leave full time education but to be honest it has flown so quickly which makes me think i should stick at it for another year to give me that extra advantage of having two degrees which will set me apart from a lot of other fashion students who will be looking for work!

The next step will be trying to get as much work experience as I possibly can as i know it's going to be tough to find an amazing job straight away so I think if i try and get experience in all the fields of fashion that I am interested in it will help me out in the long run and perhaps one of those experiences will lead me to something.. I don't want to be working for free for any longer than a year but it would be great if I could find work before that!

When i eventually get a chance to be involved within the industry I would like to try and get some good experience with a good company and try and stay there for a good couple of years so that i can learn as much as I possibly can so I can move on to bigger and better things.

Eventually i would like to try and find a job opportunity where I can see parts of the world.. for example you might be sent to different parts of the world to report on different fashion shows of fashion issues.

My dream job would be to be my own freelance stylist so that I can move around and work with lots of different corporate companies such as magazines, fashion shows, retailers and to style people. I think the way I plan to get there is to try and work for magazines so i can build a name for myself eventually. However normally a graduate does not just walk into their dream job so I know I will probably be doing lots of different jobs before i actually even get to help style a shoot. When i did some work experience with Instyle most of the girls that worked there had started just like me doing work experience in the fashion cupboard for a number of months or even up to a whole year before they were given a temporary contract.

Thats the plan but theres a lot that could change depending on different experiences I could like doing something completely different in fashion, I am open to change so I will see what happens!

Fashion stylist Rachel Zoe. Source mamasarollingstone.com