Men Working in the Fashion Industry

[kossoyan]

I was wondering how many men here on tFs are working in the fashion industry and in what positions. If you haven't guessed, I'm a male; I post this because I will be doing my first internship this summer at a large fashion house in Manhattan in the field of marketing. I would like to know how many others on here are working or begining to get into the industry that is predominantly female.

CK

 

[Lena]

i'm sorry but somehow -at least in europe and as far as top industry positions - fashion is predominanly ..male

 

[gius]

^top industry positions like... art director, business manager...?

 

[Lena]

^ right, also add finance directors, 'power' stylists etc

 

[kossoyan]

Obviously I am a bit mistaken. When I think of it, I think you are right. I'm not sure why I had that mindset, maybe its just late haha. Either way...I'm interested to see the range of job titles guys have; specificall on this forum.

 

[tctra]

EVery industry is male dominated. Fashion is no different. They may be gay, but they're still male.

 

[ALaFramboise]

ha! Love it.

 

[kimberwyn]

Like James Brown said, it's a man's world.

And look at all the corruption.....

 

[steeltoe]

Well, I work as a menswear stylist. And the last time I checked, I still would bed a woman than a man.

 

[BetteT]

And don't forget photographers ... mostly male and mostly straight. Maekup artists and hair stylists in addition to fashion stylists ... a mixture of every type. Bookers in agencies ... often male.

 

[gius]

^kind of weird, isn't it? Why does there seem to be less women
but the students in fashion schools, the women seem to outnumber the men

 

[Dustcakeboy]

And don't forget photographers ... mostly male and mostly straight. Maekup artists and hair stylists in addition to fashion stylists ... a mixture of every type. Bookers in agencies ... often male.

Male, straight..... and desperate!!!

 

[kimberwyn]

^kind of weird, isn't it? Why does there seem to be less women
but the students in fashion schools, the women seem to outnumber the men

Thats what I was going to mention. When I started fashion school there would usually be 1-3 guys in a class of 15-30. Now in my last few quarters there's been one guy in ALL of my classes. It's surprising, and sad, that they're the ones succeeding.

 

[Alejandro]

In class there was only two or three guys in the whole group. Most of the girls sucked *** at what they were doing other than patternmaking and construction, im not generalizing just saying the ones in my school.

As for design and illustration, I kicked a lot of ***, sadly its too much money for me to keep pursuing. But yeah, sad that from school not a lot of the girls were succesful at what they were doing, and they end up doing "Miranda assistant" jobs.

 

[smartarse]

...and the only place the women dominate in the fashion industry is in modeling B)

 

[Alejandro]

and personally I think its sad cause modeling doesn't really involve any brains.

again takes us to a third world "world" where men go to work and women stay at home. There should be a 50-50 with both men and women being succesful in this business. And its slowly becoming so.

 

[smartarse]

au contraire! there are models who are very intelligent... they got the whole package of both beauty and brains, that my friend, outweighs everything

and personally I think its sad cause modeling doesn't really involve any brains.

 

[jakeee]

and personally I think its sad cause modeling doesn't really involve any brains.

hmm..clearly you dont know what you're talking about

 

[gius]

^then explain how brains are needed to do modelling

 

[Alejandro]

exactly put on some clothes and get your cha cha heels on and run.

and honey, don't fall.