All About Becoming a Fashion / Wardrobe Stylist

[elegantly_wasted]

what if you enter through a different industry instead of aiming for the top straight-away?

[cream soda]

hi!!!!
what do you mean by a "different industry"??

[elegantly_wasted]

hehe quiero decir, entrar por otros medios, como la televisión.. el teatro.. pero por lo visto en tu flickr, ya has tenido suerte en trabajando con editoriales.

What about Vogue Brazil? or Cosas? I can't remember all the magazines I saw in Chile but those were ones that stood out...


*translation: Entering the industry through other means, like TV, the theatre, but from thel ooks of cream_soda's flickr she's done well for herself and already scored some major editorial shoots in Argentina...

Also I suggested other related industry because you always end up meeting huge contacts that can help you out later, for example I made a really good friend by doing work experience at a Men's fashion magazine, when I'm purely interested in women's fashion.

[cream soda]

oh!! yeah, actually i´ve actually been looking for a job in the film industry, music videos, TV commercials and stuff, but most of them didn´t even reply, and some of them said i MUST have some experience besides fashion!... so... i´ll keep on looking!
i actually have been doing good here in editorials, but they don´t pay AT ALL, so a job in some other industry related to fashion would be perfect!!!!!
gracias elegantly!!!!

[BerlinRocks]

i've heard consulting was (now ?) forbidden for any conde nast editors ...
is that true ?! is it only in france ?! is it only for editors in chief ? or any fashion editors ?
anyone ? any idea ?

is going to the VERY private preview shows would be still considered consulting ?

ok that's not the topic here. but ....

[cesarcmma]

^^ What? why? Maybe bacause of conflict of interest but who knows, I haven't heard about it? Just that Anna Dello Russo stopped working for VI ages ago when she became consultant.

You should ask in the business of magazines thread..maybe it fits better that question.

[mteb123]

Need help, l styled a shoot for a magazine nearly two months ago, before doing the shoot the Editor said it would be paid and we agreed a fee, and he said it would be invoiced and it would take a couple of weeks, can someone out there explain the whole invoice and invoicing procedure, want to make sure l know the whole process!

[BetteT]

First, you need to send your invoice to whoever hired you to put it on record that you did the job and they owe you your rate ... whatever was worked out in advance.

Often togs get the job and are paid directly for the whole gig by the client and he is expected to hire the crew and pay them. So, he invoices the client and they pay him, usually within 30 days, but not always. Then he must cut checks to pay his crew. So if this was your arrangement, you send him your invoice so he can pay you after he gets the money.

If you were hired by the client ... then you send them your invoice directly and they pay you directly.

It can take up to about 90 days for some checks to come in ... not usual at all ... slow payables/accounting departments, etc. ... especially if the photographer has to be paid first ... and then he sometimes waits til the check clears.

[mteb123]

Many thanks BetteT really appreciate it. The job was organised by the Editor of the magazine and he was the one l arranged the fee with. As this was my first paid job l wasnt too sure how it all worked out, l didnt send him my invoice as he said it would be sorted out within a couple of weeks from his end, its been a couple of weeks and l need to get paid. Is there any copies of invoices that l could use as a template to create my own as l'm not too sure what l would need to include in an invoice in order for this not to happen again?

[mteb123]

Originally Posted by mteb123

Is there any copies of invoices that l could use as a template to create my own as l'm not too sure what l would need to include in an invoice in order for this not to happen again?

I just found invoice templates on Microsoft website, which is great!!