WHAT TO EXPECT AT A STYLING WORKSHOP?
WORDS BY NFC STUDENT, JESSICA PHILLIPS
The National Fashion College Styling Workshop in July was my first real taste of the fashion industry and the possibilities within! NFC organised and orchestrated such an incredible workshop immersing all participants in E-Commerce Styling and Social Media and Content Styling, and provided us the chance to assist and style a photoshoot. Led by the amazing Nicole Adolphe, Head of Style at The Iconic, the Styling Workshop brought together individuals with a love for fashion and gave us all the chance to learn and express ourselves!
I felt so lucky to be meeting like-minded and passionate people who all had their own unique style and interests. Everyone who participated in the workshop really got involved and made it such an incredible experience. I loved having engaging and thought-provoking conversations with other people who are in the fashion space, and working with them to style pieces and bringing it all to life through the photoshoot was so fun. I left with both styling experience and amazing connections, and I feel that I not only gained new skills but also friendships.
I feel I learnt skills that I will be able to apply to many aspects of my current work and future career in fashion! The main skill I feel I learnt from the workshop was around “direction”. I feel that I learnt about the importance of giving direction during a photoshoot and learnt how to communicate with a photographer and the model in order to capture my styling at its best. We also played around with mood-boarding and learnt how to create market pages that are showcased in magazines. We learnt how product photos are styled and shot for E-commerce sites and learnt how clothing can be manipulated for photoshoots. We also learnt how to best style a shoot to showcase a product, which gave me hands on skills in content creation.
I absolutely recommend the Styling Workshop to anybody who wants a taste of what the fashion industry is like, especially if you are someone who is unsure of exactly where you want to go in fashion. You don’t have to want to work in styling to benefit from the skills, exposure and insights that the workshop provided. The skills you learn are transferrable so you can gain the experience to apply the skills to many jobs within fashion. The hands-on style of the workshop meant we were applying the skills we learnt in real time, and I felt a real sense of achievement seeing my visions come to life. I also loved the chance to meet real industry professionals and hear about their journeys in the fashion industry, and meeting other people just like me who want to break into the industry was so exciting. I left the NFC Styling workshop feeling so inspired and eager to get started in my career in fashion.
I am so grateful that I could experience the incredible atmosphere at NFC, and that I could make the most of the opportunities the workshop provided. I can now strengthen my portfolio with the mood-boards I created and photoshoot images from the day! I loved the workshop so much that it gave me the push I needed to launch into the fashion industry…and begin ‘The Advanced Certificate of Fashion’ at NFC. I could not recommend the Styling Workshop more!