I get what you're trying to say and you put it together quite well..and on some points I definitely agree, I just don't know if it's the answer to what we were actually saying was the ''problem''. I know a lot of girls who I think love clothes (in my mind not the same as loving fashion, but that's another topic) and the idea of the lifestyle that is (for the most part falsely) portrayed as being available to people in the fashion ''world'', that being said I definitely know that there are men that would fall into the same category. I think when those people realize that they might be doing potentially menial tasks, for extremely long hours and what usually equates to a fairly unsubstantial salary.. they give it up or go into other sectors of the business (buying, merchandising, etc.).
The part where it falls apart for me is that we were highlighting the disparity between the number of women working in the industry and how many of them are in ''top'' positions. I can't really buy into the idea that anyone who has gone through all of the schooling, internships, job applications, shitty jobs, etc...Anyone who has gone through that entire process until they ended up actually designing for any major company whether it be Uniqlo or CdG has obviously decided it's something they are passionate about and want to pursue. Your argument, though in my opinion largely correct, doesn't really go as far to explain why all these companies have a large number of female employees that ultimately answer to men, or put more simply why men seem to get the ''top'' jobs despite there being less of them. I don't think those men are anymore passionate or driven on the whole than the female designers putting in 16 hour days for a fraction of the pay and zero recognition are. Obviously we aren't working with much concrete data and most of what we are discussing is speculation and/or anecdotal evidence, but it is an interesting topic none the less.Statistics: Posted by JtotheWhat — Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:18 pm
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