Katya Styles·Oct 13Dear fashion creative, passion doesn’t pay the bills. Your work should.Fashion has built an industry on creative labour. So why are so many creatives still expected to give theirs away?
Katya Styles·Oct 5IG bio, feed & grid: How to make your Instagram your fashion portfolioFor fashion creatives, Instagram has quietly become something between a portfolio, a business card, a moodboard and an unofficial CV. It is…
Katya Styles·Sep 21How to break into fashion in 2026 when nobody is offering you an internshipThe traditional route into fashion is getting harder. Perhaps that’s exactly why you should stop waiting for someone to let you in.
Katya Styles·Sep 14Stop waiting for the invitation: How to create your own opportunities as a (fashion) creativeThere is a particular kind of waiting that happens when you work in a creative industry. You finish the project. You polish the images. You…
Katya Styles·Aug 17Your next great idea probably isn’t on PinterestThere is a particular kind of creative exhaustion that has become incredibly common. You open Pinterest. You search for “quiet luxury…
Katya Styles·Jun 15PR exposure vs editorial credibility: What’s the difference (and why so many talented fashion…If you’re a talented fashion creative wondering why no one seems to notice your work, despite the late nights, unpaid shoots, endless…
Katya Styles·Jun 8How to stay soft in an industry that rewards armorVulnerability is not weakness: Why fashion needs more feeling
Katya Styles·May 11Why fashion creatives need to create their own opportunitiesThere is a strange myth floating around the fashion industry like expensive perfume in an elevator: that opportunities arrive through the…A response icon1A response icon1
Katya Styles·May 4Why “work harder” is the worst advice fashion creatives keep hearingThere’s a piece of advice that gets passed around the fashion industry like it’s sacred: Work harder.
Katya Styles·Apr 5The hard truth most Fashion Creatives avoid: Your work might not be that goodThere’s something uncomfortable that almost no one in the fashion industry wants to say out loud.
