Going Back to School is Finally FUN!

I'm so late on this post... totally un-fashionably late... oh well...

After months of still despising my current job, I decided that I wanted... no, wait... NEEDED to do something that I had a passion for. Something that I could do for hours upon hours and not want to kill myself afterwards. Eventually, I concluded anything in the fashion industry would suffice that need. Specifically, a wardrobe stylist - because who doesn't LOVE shopping as much as I do?!

Initially, I looked into going to FIDM for Visual Communications. As much as I love going to school specifically for something in the fashion industry, I was not ready to commit to being $50,000 ($25,000 a year, with a 2 year program) in debt.

Sure enough, I found myself perusing Craigslist.com for an internship or any kind of job in the styling field which led me to a link that read something like this: Fashion/wardrobe stylists wanted!!! Which turned out to be an ad for The School of Style which is a 3 day boot camp taught by celebrity wardrobe stylist, Luke Storey. After going to The School of Style's website and concluding that it wasn't totally bogus, I finally forked over the cash to take all 3 days - I was intended on doin' this whole hog.

After two long weeks of sheer anxiousness and excitement the day finally arrived - the first day of school! The class was about 8+ hours and it seriously went by with the quickness. Luke divulges all of the insider secrets that would take years of assisting to learn. I've never wanted to learn so much as I did that day!

A couple days later was Day 2 which consisted of a tour of premiere Los Angeles costume houses, PR firms, designer showrooms, stores, studio services departments and "best kept secrets" boutiques (aka shopping/prepping for a shoot). Seriously, Day 2 was even more informative and fun then Day 1!

Most recently was Day 3, which is going on an actual photoshoot with Luke and his assistant to see how it's done! More on Day 3 on the next post... :)

Moral of the story: Best chunk of cash spent and best time of my life... so far ;)