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 Is this job going to be as fascinating as you expected?: How to become a fashion magazine editor

**Preface:** For my Multi-Genre Project, I wanted to research a topic that I am greatly interested in, which was fashion. Especially, I like reading magazines and also after watching the movies and TV shows dealing with the job of a fashion magazine editor, I wanted to find out what are the jobs of a fashion magazine editor and how to become a fashion magazine editor. So the key question I chose was "How to become a fashion magazine editor," because I thought most people might have a general idea of what the duties of a fashion magazine editor are. While going through this wikipage, you will know that how it is difficult to become a fashion magazine editor and the qualities that a fashion magazine editor should have.


 * Introduction to Genre 1: Research Paper **

This first Genre is a research paper that will provide information to fully understand my three other genres. It will include the facts about how to become a fashion magazine editor and what the qualities that a fashion magazine editor should have are, which then are applied to my three other genres. This research paper will directly answer the key questions by explaining the two most common procedures to become a fashion magazine editor.

**Genre 1 **

As people’s interest in fashion industries is in its peak, movies and TV shows like //The Devil Wears Prada, Ugly Betty,// and //Fashionista// are released to catch people’s attention. Although some parts of the movie and TV shows are exaggerated and magnified to make the job more dramatic and suitable for the characters, people are still fascinated by the job of a fashion magazine editor. In one survey taken in //Vogue Girl// magazine in Korea, the career of a fashion magazine editor was ranked higher compared to last year’s survey, and the ones participated in the survey questioned the ways to become a fashion magazine editor. (Vogue Girl) There are two ways to become a fashion magazine editor: first, becoming a fashion magazine editor after spending one to two years as an assistant without any fee, and becoming a fashion magazine editor through open invitation of applications, including interviews. In addition, there are some significant qualities required to be a fashion magazine editor, for example, developing relationships with photographers and stylists, understanding the marketing system of fashion magazine and consumers, and ability to speak foreign language fluently. The first means is to become a fashion magazine editor after going through the procedure of an assistant. If one really have passion towards this job, being an assistant will be beneficial because being an assistant could be the most direct and useful experience to become a fashion magazine editor. Although magazine companies look for assistants at all times, they do not advertise in large-scale. Information about assistants are only registered on their online sites. The most significant fact to remember is that one needs to be knowledgeable at which field of a magazine he or she will apply for. Some people are unaware that the work of a feature or a beauty team would be similar to the job of a fashion team, but it is definitely a different field. Fashion magazine assistants find information that fashion magazine editors ask them to find. Just like its meaning of the word “assistant,” fashion magazine assistants support the editors to produce a better article. For instance, when coordinating photography shoots, they arrange items and organize them after the shoots are over. The another way to become a fashion magazine editor is to apply for open invitation of applications. Most of the magazine companies execute this process by written applications, entrance examinations, and interviews. The reason why people choose to be assistants before becoming an editor is that this open applications are very competitive, only one or two are selected among thousands of people. If these two ways are the “formal” ways to become a fashion magazine editor, there are some obligatory qualities that the fashion magazine editors must have, such as keeping tract of the latest fashion trend, close relationship with celebrities, photographers, and stylists, ability to speak foreign language, and capability to cope wisely with a dilemma. Fashion magazine editors should have a sense of choosing fashion items that would reflect the latest fashion trend because a fashion magazine is the most informative written source for the ones who are interested in fashion. (eHow.com) Also developing relationships with photographers and stylists are very useful because they will help the fashion editors keep abreast of what has been issued these days. (Having Fun Getting Dressed) Ability to speak foreign languages will help fashion magazine editors interview celebrities from different countries. Before speaking foreign language, fashion magazine editors must be fluent in their own language and have their own writing styles. Having a distinct and special writing style will make fashion magazine editors gain reputation. For example, the magazine //Cosmopolitan// is known for their unique and sophisticated writing style. In addition, one interesting quality that a fashion magazine editor should have is that they need to study the culture of Europe and Asia, in order to fully understand the history of fashion.(Naver) People dream to be fashion magazine editors fascinated by only their magnificent sides, but the reality is that they are considered as one of the hardest jobs in fashion industry. One fashion magazine in Korea makes a comment, that “the first personality trait that people should have to become a fashion magazine editor is tenacity, for the daily routine of a fashion magazine editor is changeable every time, it is a job which you cannot survive if you are not determined to devote your life fully in fashion industry.” (Naver)

Works Cited

"Careers in Fashion : Duties of a Fashion Editor." YouTube 01 Jun 2009 Web.8 Sep 2009. 

"Editor T's Self Magazine ." //Naver// n. pag. Web. 25 Oct 2009. . c. "How do I become fashion editor." StyleCareer.com Web.8 Sep 2009. 

Ponder, Jeanette. "What is a fashion editor?." eHOW.com Web.3 Sep 2009. .

"Why do teenage girls want to be a fashion editor?." //Vogue Girl// 18 June 2009: 215-16. Print.

Wallace-Albert, Stacy. "How do I do it?." Having fun getting dressed Web.3 Sep 2009. .


 * Genre 2: Newspaper column **

Introduction to genre 2: My second genre is a newspaper column of a fashion magazine editor Anna Wintour. I will suppose that I am the most famous fashion magazine editor in the world and try to explain how to become a fashion magazine editor, and the qualities and personality traits people might need when they are trying to become a fashion magazine editor. This will help readers understand my project easier because this is first person point of view which will be easier to understand than the research paper. Also it is not as boring as the research paper!

Genre 2:

**Genre 3: Advertisement (Poster)**

Introduction to genre 3: My last genre is an advertisement using a poster. This advertisement is posted by a new fashion magazine company looking for new fashion magazine editors. This advertisement includes how the applications are going to be collected and also they are looking for new assistants. This will help readers understand my answer to the key question easier because it is more interesting for it is a visual work.

Genre 3: (hand-made) only photos of the advertisement are posted here:

Before I started this project, I thought that becoming a fashion magazine editor was easy if you are good at writing. But having a good writing style was not all about a fashion magazine editor. Throughout this project, I learned that there are two common ways to become a fashion magazine editor, and the qualities that a fashion magazine editor should have. Actually before I started this project, I wanted to become a fashion magazine editor, but after I found out that the job of a fashion magazine editor is one of the most difficult jobs in fashion industry, I changed my mind, I decided not to become a fashion magazine editor.
 * Epilogue: **

**Images:**

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