Can fashion stylists work as freelancers?
When we talk about fashion stylists being freelancers, the majority of us are, which basically means that we work for ourselves as opposed to being employed. The beauty of that is that you've got massive flexibility and freedom. You're not just working for one client and ideally you want to have as many clients as you can in different areas. So magazines, television shows, celebrity clients, personal clients. It makes it more interesting, exciting. Also it's quite smart in a simple way because it means when one area of styling goes quiet during the year, which inevitably happens the same as any industry, you're well and truly covered because another area is going to be really, really busy. So it works well. The downside is obviously there is nobody to get you out of bed in the morning, there is nobody giving you a paycheck at the end of the month, and there is nobody giving you a quick whack when you need to work harder when you've slowed down a bit. But, you know, I'd never change it. I mean, I always say these day's I think I'm unemployable, which basically means I don't want to be told that I have to work from eight 'o clock til six 'o clock. I want to feel that if I finish my work by mid-day for that day brilliant, I've got the afternoon off. However, the flip-side is if I have to work until midnight, no problem, I do that too.
