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So You Wanna Work in Fashion Editorial?

How to break into the rarified realm of fashion journalism (and why writing for Paper could land you a Vogue byline)

By Melissa Walker – May 17, 2006

You can spot a Chinatown Louis Vuitton at 20 paces, you're a preferred first-hour customer at Marc by Marc Jacobs sample sales and you instinctually knew how to pronounce Proenza Schouler. Still, you haven't yet landed a job in fashion editorial. What gives? Fashion is a category that doesn't observe the rules of normal editorial engagement. Yes, you need to work hard, kiss ass and make sure your r�sum� has no typos, but beyond that, there are some valuable specifics you should know. (Especially because most fashion copy is written in-house and editors hire stylists ...

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