Went through the exact same trajectory in my 20s and early 30s in NYC at the exact same time it happened to you, only I was more on the in house brand/marketing side of things in fashion and sportswear. Eventually made a pivot to fitness/healthcare and left the industry altogether. Great piece
I’ve always loved writing and I’m giving it a chance after 8 years of working in the industry doing something else (merchandising, e-commerce). I also lasted a month at one of Highsnob’s media competitors where I sensed that as a media plataform, they could no longer care about storytelling or making content, but about who will pay more for ads. Your story makes me wonder and question if there’s still space for people like me who are just getting started with writing, considering this is a very terrible time in fashion we’re living. If you have any advice, I would really appreciate it ❤️
let go of having a specific dream/goal/job that you *have* to do. follow what you're good at, and see where that leads you. you can always keep writing as a side hustle / hobby, and the skills you learn from doing it will manifest themselves in other aspects of your job / life further down the line
Tough read as someone who always dreamt to write about fashion for a living. I grew up on highsnobiety since I was 16 and it was always my dream job to do what you have done for them. I studied fashion, improved my writing, worked in the industry but never managed to land a job at higshnob or other magazines due to them shifting to mostly agency work. Now that I am in between jobs it sucks more than ever knowing the state of the fashion industry is far from what it used to be back in 2012-14.
let go of having a specific dream/goal/job that you *have* to do. follow what you're good at, and see where that leads you. you can always keep writing as a side hustle / hobby, and the skills you learn from doing it will manifest themselves in other aspects of your job / life further down the line
Went through the exact same trajectory in my 20s and early 30s in NYC at the exact same time it happened to you, only I was more on the in house brand/marketing side of things in fashion and sportswear. Eventually made a pivot to fitness/healthcare and left the industry altogether. Great piece
This is an exciting new direction, congratulations! You have an important and incisive perspective, I look forward to this ongoing exploration.
I’ve always loved writing and I’m giving it a chance after 8 years of working in the industry doing something else (merchandising, e-commerce). I also lasted a month at one of Highsnob’s media competitors where I sensed that as a media plataform, they could no longer care about storytelling or making content, but about who will pay more for ads. Your story makes me wonder and question if there’s still space for people like me who are just getting started with writing, considering this is a very terrible time in fashion we’re living. If you have any advice, I would really appreciate it ❤️
let go of having a specific dream/goal/job that you *have* to do. follow what you're good at, and see where that leads you. you can always keep writing as a side hustle / hobby, and the skills you learn from doing it will manifest themselves in other aspects of your job / life further down the line
Tough read as someone who always dreamt to write about fashion for a living. I grew up on highsnobiety since I was 16 and it was always my dream job to do what you have done for them. I studied fashion, improved my writing, worked in the industry but never managed to land a job at higshnob or other magazines due to them shifting to mostly agency work. Now that I am in between jobs it sucks more than ever knowing the state of the fashion industry is far from what it used to be back in 2012-14.
repeating what I wrote in the other comment here:
let go of having a specific dream/goal/job that you *have* to do. follow what you're good at, and see where that leads you. you can always keep writing as a side hustle / hobby, and the skills you learn from doing it will manifest themselves in other aspects of your job / life further down the line