{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms","title":"SFD059 Mailbag: Fashion Design Career Advice on Freelancing, Gaining Industry Experience and Quitting Your Job","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1992,"description":"Many of you have loads of Q's about working in fashion...and I know it can be hard to find answers. Maybe you don't know any industry experts to ask. Maybe your coworkers are tight lipped and not willing to share their secrets. Maybe you just don't even know where to go. Which is why I'm excited to be back with another mailbag episode to give you fashion design career advice. Once a month, I answer your Q's on the Successful Fashion Designer Podcast. This month, I'll be giving my best advice on freelancing, how to gain industry experience, and quitting your job. (If you want to submit your Q, email it to me anytime at podcast [at] sewheidi [dot]com for consideration.) Here are the fashion design career advice questions I answer in this mailbag episode! On if it's possible to gain fashion industry experience freelancing...if you don't have any experience, from Afroditi [02:06]: How could someone start as a freelancer without much industry experience? Is it just really hard as you state it or completely impossible? Are there any ways to start doing things that just require specific skills you could gain from studying or practicing? On how to charge your freelance clients for traveling to factories, from Sally [10:42]: I have been asked by one of my freelance accounts to go on factory visit in Asia. I was just curious if you have done this and how you charged the account.  Travel expenses and airfare would be covered but I am thinking about a daily rate as well. I am paid by them hourly. Want to make sure I am thinking of everything. Thoughts? On transitioning from a contemporary brand in NYC to a luxury house in Europe, from Andrea [16:19]: Do you have any advice on how an NYC designer can find work in Europe at a luxury house? I have 6 years of experience in advanced contemporary womenswear and am looking for an exciting opportunity abroad to make the move to Europe. On when to know if it's a good time to quit your job, from Nicole [22:00]: I am the only designer...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aKuVxL8JmweBENlQ3ijRBkKP2y4MyoOXJoGtd_pgZ84/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83MDEx/Y2M3YzBjYTI4NTM4/ZWNjY2QzNDUyZTY5/N2VhYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}