We all have God given talents. If this is what you enjoy doing, go for it. You have to look at the big picture and not just tiny pieces. This industry creates jobs, it can help raise money for the homeless or AIDS research, etc. Be a designer..but be a designer with a purpose. Use your talent and your skill to make this world a better place. Of course homeless people and those with no food need our help, but they are not the ONLY people who do. For instance...I d rather see a young girl be a model than to sell her body on the street or do porno. How many struggling single mothers are out here who can use your assistance with a skirt, blouse, or suit when she has to go to a job interview and she wants to get off welfare. Fashion can make us feel better about ourselves and it can open doors. How about you someday opening a fashion school one day for young people who could otherwise not afford it because their mothers are crackheads or they live in poverty. Yes there are self-centered people in the industry..but there are those kinds of people in EVERY industry. Think about what your cause is and what you can do to help your cause WITH fashion! Create something of substance in a world that seems to have none. : )
I don t pay any attention to them.
I agree with Sea of Love, from an economic perspective we need a healthy garment industry because it employs hundreds of thousands of people, if they don t have a good industry what happens to these peoples jobs? And how are clothes going to be made for the general public that needs clothes?However, there are people in the higher echelons of the industry that live a very fake life style. They are not in tune with how real middle-income people live. They think the world has to understand their world but never the other way around.
If you feel that way now I would suggest not going into the fashion industry at all because you will become far too jaded. Perhaps try something involved in anthropology or start a charity of sorts, it only takes one person to really make a difference.I do know what you mean though, I used to work as a fashion buyer for Dior before I had children and it is fickle, you will feel alienated because I can assure you people in the industry have a warped sense of life. But from an economic perspective we need a healthy garment industry because it employs hundreds of thousands of people, if they don t have a good industry what happens to these peoples jobs? it just makes the whole social situation worse and there are loads more homeless. Now I live amongst the type of women who see their children an hour a day in between lunching and going to the gym, let me tell you this type of society will leave you drained and they are the people who hire decorators!If you feel its your obligation I would say persue it, you can t change everyone else but you can change yourself. Find something you love and go with it.Good Luck.
You should do what your heart tells you, if you feel kinda guilty working for fashion then you shouldn t. Don t think that all fashion people are this way though. Many employees of those companies started out with nothing and worked hard to get to where they are. New York is a city of competition. Some people have a good heart and some will F you over the second they get a chance. It s not just the Fashion Industry though, the Market Business and all them Wall Street business are that way too. I volunteer for the NYC FoodBank, and trust me there are a lottt of hungry people. I remember i was walking on 8th ave in Manhattan one time, and there was a long line of people waiting to get into the homeless shelter. That line was longgggg. There s a big gap between the rich and the poor in nyc. . Anyway i just wanted to say that many companies in here do donations and help out, some industries donate their clothes and donate money in general. Sometimes it s just not enough though. Especially with the economy now, it s going to get harder and harder. You should get into something you will enjoy doing, you can do what you love and at the same time you can volunteer somewhere else or maybe you can be a planner and decorator for people who aren t that rich, if you re talented you would really help many of them out.