Japan Fashion Industry

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Originally Posted by sarasi

Your main issue in working in the Japan fashion industry will be language- unless you can speak very good Japanese, you are not going to be able to communicate with many people in the industry as not many people here speak English at a communicative level. Because of this it is going to be very hard to find a company to hire you. If you speak/write Japanese well you have a better shot, but without any contacts in the industry it is still going to be hard to land a job, especially in this economy.

yeah language is definately my priority at the moment. I am in the process of enrolling into some classes. I have holidayed in japan a few times so i am aware of language barrier. I can only assume when liaising with makers and suppliers etc that barrier can be even more overwhelming.

at this stage i am merely making enquires. growing tired of my current company and looking at future opportunities.

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Originally Posted by JoshAussie

Yeah they head to those places when those events and festivals are on, they don't all liv and work there.

First job I ever had my boss told me "It's not what you know, it's who you know" it's true. However, as mentioned above I have been offered a job at 2 different international clothing companies, I got the interview at the first one because I know someone who is quite high in the company, but tho other company (About 50 meters away from the first place) heard about my portfolio. I wouldn't have been offered the second job if I didn't have a good portfolio of work that stood out, and in the end I wouldn't have been offered either job if my portfolio was sh*t.

I was offered a full time position at both companies to work as part of their design teams but declined both offers.

I don't agree with that at all! A LOT of people from all over the world move to those places to LIVE! Some of the biggest names in fashion live in those places, so unless you're telling me they were all born there, then they moved there! And to top it off, these places don't get their names from one week events once a year!

Why are you stating the obvious in that second paragraph? Of course you need to have a certain amount of talent to stay alive in any industry. The "not what you know, it's who you know" thing talks about the initial opening the door!