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·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·Jul 20How to find a Fashion Internship (even if you don’t know anyone)When people think about fashion internships, they usually picture Vogue, Chanel or Gucci. Then they spend weeks polishing one application…
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·Jan 13The survival guide for mid-career fashion creatives: from stagnation to strategyThere’s a very specific kind of exhaustion that hits after you’ve proven you belong in the fashion industry.
Katya Styles·Dec 8, 2025It took me 7 years to land a job at ELLE (and then they called me)I didn’t “get lucky.” I didn’t have a shortcut. And no one opened the door for me early on.
Katya Styles·Dec 2, 2025What beginner fashion creatives get wrong about talent agencies (No, they don’t provide you work!)For a long time, many creatives in the fashion industry have believed that getting signed by an agency is the ultimate validation. The…
Katya Styles·Nov 17, 20255 signs it’s time to leave your toxic Fashion jobAnd how to walk away without losing yourself in the process
Katya Styles·Nov 9, 2025Why you’re stuck in the same Fashion job loop (and how to break out without burning out)If you’ve been in fashion for a few years, you’ve probably felt it: that quiet, unsettling sense that your career is moving in circles…
Katya Styles·Sep 17, 2025If you can’t send one email, you’ll never make it in fashionWhen I was just starting out in fashion, I was desperate for a mentor. Not just any mentor — the mentor. The person I dreamed of guiding…
