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Getting to assist a top stylist is every aspiring stylist's goal, but how do you make sure that
you will keep your job for the long run?
Well, working on major commercials, music videos, editorials, and red carpet events,
I hired and fired many stylist assistants in my whole career.
So in this video, I will share my tips to make sure that you can keep your job for the
long run.
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Hi, I'm Basia Richard, the founder of MyStylistAcademy.com, an online course for aspiring stylist.
If you want to learn what are the biggest and most common mistakes that assistant stylists
make, keep on watching.
Major mistake number one, don't overstep your role.
You need to know what are your responsibilities, which is mainly to support a stylist and make
their job much easier.
So your main responsibilities will be to pack and unpack clothes and accessories, also organize
all the wardrobe, steam clothes, the pickups and repairs, and many other things.
It all depends on the job and what stylist needs you to do.
So your role is not talking to clients and discussing styling ideas.
That's the stylist role.
No, unless a stylist ask for your opinion, which if you're a veteran assistant and you've
been working for the same stylist for a really long time, the stylist will ask for your opinion
many, many times.
Your role is to observe, learn and support the stylish to make every job much easier.
So don't overstep your boundaries.
And that gets us to major mistake number two, which is don't speak up.
This is the number one rule.
This happened to me a few times when my assistant expressed her opinion in front of my client.
Trust me, this is something you never want to do.
Silence is golden.
Again, you are there to support a stylist in everything she or he might need.
Speaking up will not only irritate a stylist, but can also jeopardize the relationship with
their client.
So always stay quiet and just do the best job you can.
Major mistake number three, which is the simple things, like not being on time, not staying
organized, not communicating well.
Well those are super simple things that ever stylist should master, but some of them don't.
There are many rules that every stylist assistant should remember.
Now, number one, always be on time.
The rule of thumb is that if you are on time, you're already late.
So if you're call time is, let's say, 9:00 AM and you're pulling into the parking lot
at 9:00, you are already late.
Number two, being organized.
That's one of the major rules.
You have to know where everything is and find that one specific piece of clothing very,
very fast.
So staying on top of the wardrobe room, either in a stylist studio or if you're working on
set and keeping everything organized is your number one job.
Number three, communication.
No one can read your mind.
So if you are not sure about something, always ask.
There are no embarrassing questions.
Trust me, communication is the key to be successful.
Number four, know showrooms and PR companies.
You should know all the major fashion showrooms in your area, wherever you live.
Those are places where stylists pull clothes for upcoming editorial jobs and red carpet
events.
So you have to be very familiar with those places.
That gets us to next major mistake, which is not being reliable.
That's the last thing a stylist needs is an unreliable assistant.
One thing you have to remember that I have said it many, many times, you have to support
a stylist with many different things to make every job much easier.
An assistant needs to be 100% reliable so the stylists can count on you in all aspects.
And what are those things?
So having relationship with showrooms, basic knowledge of how to organize your wardrobe,
pack and unpack properly, helping merchandise label clothes, and many other skills.
Now you have the master all those things and that will make it much easier for you to keep
your job for a long time.
The last major mistake is don't lie on your resume.
I remember when I hired an assistant with a killer resume, she worked with many stylists
and her resume was very, very impressive.
She worked for me only for one day and her resume had nothing to do with her skill.
She didn't know where most of the PR companies were located in a city and she didn't know
the basic things like how to pack and unpack racks, fluff clothes, how to merchandise,
how to label garments.
So your skills have to match your resume if you want to have a chance to work again with
the same stylist.
So now that you know what are major mistakes that stylist assistants make, make sure to
grab my 140 plus resource guide with the industry expressions and styling terminology that you
need to know to get you started on the right track and with the correct lingo.
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