5 questions (and answers) for those who dream of working in fashion From specialized schools to job prospects

Hundreds of thousands of enrollments are registered in Italian fashion schools every year, for a total of new aspiring designers, editors or merchandisers all over the world. Although this is an area that is still too little known from the outside, that of the fashion industry is one of the most aspired professional sectors. But many do not know that often undertaking a path in this sector is more or less equivalent to a leap into the void, especially for those who have not had the opportunity to approach the internal mechanisms of the fashion world before and find themselves choosing a course of study without the means to do so. In addition to being an area in constant evolution, fashion is not governed by ordinary and pre-defined work paths and this is why, for those who dream of a future in the fashion industry, obtaining a clear and concise general picture is increasingly difficult. Thinking about the doubts that frame the choice of one's career path, specialized studies to professional opportunities, we have prepared a hypothetical Q&A dedicated to the most frequent questions.

 Do you need a degree to work in fashion?

No. As we said for the degree, having a different cultural or professional background can also be the key to success. Areas of interest diametrically opposed to fashion such as science and law are strongly requested by companies. The motivation is to be found in the urgency to respond to the sustainable trend and reduce environmental pollution, in the need to face the increasingly frequent accusations of counterfeiting and unfair competition, and in many other dynamics that, in order to create creative solutions, need of minds that are not. And if Virgil Abloh - an engineer who transformed himself into a visionary designer to become the creative director of one of the most famous luxury brands in the world - is a perfect example, the speech is valid for the members of Pangia and all the others. start-up and sustain-tech projects founded by mathematicians, scientists and researchers who do not come from within the fashion industry and who, as anticipated by an article published in Forbes in 2019, are redefining the meaning of a sustainable brand like no other could do.