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Fashion Is No Little Girl's Game

Ahh the world of fashion. Catwalk shows, trips to Milano, NY, glamorous Paris. High heels, sequined dresses, the beautiful people. It seems to be all luxury and beauty, but when you take a closer look at what's hidden behind the staged show, things change.

I for one, work in fashion, and can tell you a little about the long hours, the tough days and mostly, how demanding, both physically and mentally, styling the world is. And, as this post's title claims, it is not a game for little girls, mainly because...

Little girls cannot endure 10 hours a day standing in our heels. Whether it is following customers around a boutique carrying their chosen clothes, whether it is running around trying to organise a fashion show as an unpaid fashion student, whether it is as a stylist's personal assistant walking the streets with a close-to-impossible shopping list.

Little girls would not cope with demanding clients, shouting at them because a style/item/size is no longer available.

Little girls will simply cry at the sight of their broken nails, suffering when their feet are in excruciating pain, weep when their throats swell due to low temperatures in stock rooms, warehouses or workshops.

Little girls would despair, little girls would suffer, little girls wouldn't do what we do.

This is for all the fashion students in their work placements, for all the shop assistants working late in a crowded store, for all the personal assistants struggling to find the stylish item of the day, for the lonely model trying to heal her feet before the next show. It may not be an easy world, but I choose to endure it, and for that, me and every single guy/girl working in this industry should be hugely proud. It's war out here in fashion, but man don't we rock it.

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