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Fashion event planners work to organize events such as fashion shows, fashion week parties, launch parties, store openings, and trade shows. These planners typically manage and direct a team of people to help organize the events.

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For a fashion event planner, no two days will ever look the same. There is so many moving pieces involved that you will have a different focus each day. As a result, the work environment is very fast paced and quick to change. Fashion event planners work long hours for planning as well as monitoring set-up for events. They also have to be available at almost anytime to answer calls about problems or questions. Most fashion event planners work 15-20 hours each day in preparing for an event. The work environment is ideal for people that always want to accomplish something new, and aren't afraid of quick changes to be made in the middle of planning or execution.

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Opportunity for Advancement in the Field

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Opportunity for Advancement in the Field

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Opportunities for advancement in this field range from organizing smaller scale events to planning larger events such as designer fashion shows, fashion weeks, and fashion events such as the MET Gala. You may also decide to break out of purely fashion event planning and transfer to event planning in which you could advance to work on award shows such as the Oscars or the Emmys.

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- Raul Avila has been the fashion event planner (working alongside Anna Wintour) since 2007
- FIT in New York City hosts a Fashion Events Certificate Program to become ready to plan fashion events in an 8-week course
- The First Monday in May is a documentary about the event planning of the MET Gala and shows all the prep work that goes into throwing the event year after year

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Fashion event planners will need to have a bachelor's degree in fashion marketing and management. It is helpful to complete internships working fashion events such as New York Fashion Week or the MET Gala. Fashion event planners also must be well-rounded and well versed in all aspects of fashion, so job experience in marketing and promoting will be beneficial too.

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Fashion event planners have a lot of fun benefits with their job. There lack of security in their job is made up for through unique experiences such as attending glamorous events, working with influential people in the fashion industry, and meeting celebrities. Fashion event planners also have creative freedoms in their job, as well as exciting travel and nice accomodations when travelling for events.

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A fashion event planner's duties change based on each event, so they have to have a wide range of expertise and experience in the professional world. Fashion event planners must be skilled at managing groups of people, have expertise in marketing, have creativity to plan a wide range of events, and be skilled at coordinating with other professions (i.e. DJ, catering, etc.) in order to have an event run smoothly.

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https://eventacademy.com/from-the-course/fashion-event-planning-2/
http://becomeaneventplanner.org/benefits-of-being-an-event-planner.html
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https://www.vogue.com/article/raul-avila-profile-met-gala?epik=dj0yJnU9OUxUZDhEQkZ4X1Z2WExfTVpwVG8tWHZQMklyTlZKMFkmcD0wJm49eU9EckFULU95cVVDS1pjOWdxS0R0USZ0PUFBQUFBR0Z4aEYw&mbid=social_onsite_pinterest
https://www.fitnyc.edu/ccps/certificate-programs/noncredit/fashion-events.php

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Fashion event planning and event planning in general is looking to grow "18% from 2020 to 2030." It also helps that the restrictions from Covid-19 are becoming less strict, so in-person fashion events will be coming back.

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Starting Salary: $19,000
Average Salary: $47,790