Fashion –An Eye to the Creative Mind

While the layman’s idea of careers in fashion may be that of a model or a fashion designer, the field of fashion isn’t quite as limited or shallow as people seem to think it is.

In fact, I’ve seen many a people raise an eyebrow if they hear about people going to fashion schools. Those nagging old ‘aunties’ also seem to think that people go into the fashion industry because they didn’t have the grades to make it to med school or law school. Well, to all of the condescending folks out there, fashion isn’t all about pretty clothes and skinny girls, fashion is ubiquitous, whether you like it or not!

So you see, the scope of fashion isn’t to become as anorexic as possible, the fashions industry is booming, strong and hard. And careers in fashion can let you do a lot of things that a regular 9-5 job won’t.

For starters, fashion schools are absolute hubs of creativity and talent. While rocket science just needs the right aptitude, fashion needs creativity, artistic abilities, originality, uniqueness, an understanding of patterns, colours and hues… In essence, fashion is an insight into creative mind.

And if you manage to break into the fashion industry (a hard feat in itself), then you get to meet scores of people. While any profession will of course enable you to meet new people, in fashion, everyone’s a bit crazy an creative and quirky. You will be surrounded by brilliant minds that think outside the box, walking that thin line between madness and genius (and of course, sticking to the genius side).

You will get to travel, and see the world. You will get to create novel ideas. You will live with a constant adrenalin buzz. Fashion is a vision, a vision into the future, the past, and the present. And don’t you dare let any of them old aunties tell you otherwise!