Fashion gives me the confidence to live my life to its full potential. This
is because fashion helps describe you as a person, everyone has their own
interpretation of fashion, and becoming a fashion buyer would not only be a
dream job, it would be an exhilarating journey. I would love to travel the world
and view amazing collections, or just to meet other people as passionate about
the industry as I am. My favorite designers currently are Kim Jones, topman
design and Paul Smith, who I admire deeply and all make spectacular menswear
collections, I admire them because they are young fresh and are the future of
men’s fashion.
After some illness during my school years, I stayed on for a year in sixth
form to complete more GCSE’s and now I am at college which I adore. I have
learnt a lot about the fashion business at college such as finance and
marketing, aswell at leadership styles. I was also taught about and how people
use fashion as communication and stereotypes formed from how we dress. Through
studying at college I gained more self motivation and independence which ill
need at university.
I have had over 2 years of work experience in retail fashion by working
part time at Sports World where I have been employed since 2005.Working there I
have gained management, organizational and social skills which are all
beneficial to the world of fashion and management. I know how to operate in all
the different areas of the business including delivery, customer service and
merchandising, which I think would be useful in a fashion management/buying
degree because I will have some previous hands on experience.
Millennium volunteers club is a volunteer agency for young people which I
am proudly part of. My volunteer life started at Age concern when I was 15,
where i learnt a lot about fashion and merchandising as management left me
charge to choose which of the donated clothes were suitable for the shop floor,
this placement for 3 months. I also volunteered for MENCAP daybreak scheme which
is a summer placement helping disabled children undertake fun activities during
the school holidays, here I learnt a lot about teamwork and management during
this time, finally I was a classroom assistant at ********* primary school. This
shows a more socially aware and caring side to me.
The business side of fashion is where I want to be involved, so fashion
management and buying is the route I want to pursue. I currently am completing a
piece of business A2 coursework where I am opening my own retail fashion shop
which I am very excited about. My hobbies and interests outside of work and
college are music sociology, dance, formula 1 and athletics. In the past I have
been members of ******* football club and ******** swimming and Athletics
teams.
I think I would be very suitable for a place on your course because I’m
hard working, dedicated and I think I would be able to cope with university
life. I am always buying fashion magazines, watching fashion TV or just shopping
and buying clothes in general in my spare time. I realise fashion buying is
about staying ahead of the game and having great organization skills which I
believe I have. I feel I have the flair to really achieve my full potential at
university.