“I didn’t get in to styling the conventional way,” Meg Goldman, stylist, said before saying anything about herself. Meg said you can either do the conventional route, which is starting as a stylist for a magazine and working your way up, or the unconventional way.
The path Meg took started with her majoring in French Literature at Cornell then picking up some summer classes at FIT. Meg’s first job was in sales at Norma Comalli which made her countless connections with stylists and even helped dress the likes of Diana Ross and Madonna. After three years at this job she started assistant styling in editorial then slowly started branching out on her own by taking clients her boss didn’t want to take on.
Meg used to work for The Daily News but now balances her work between freelancing and AOL Stylelist.
“You’re not as free as you think you are when you freelance,” Meg said. She also said it is hard to maintain work while freelancing. At times, she feels that if work is flowing in then she has to take it.
Meg said the way you present yourself is very important. It’s not just looks that are important, clients expect you as a stylist to have an opinion and to be assertive. It is also the stylist’s job to know new places to get things, preferably local because it cuts down on shipping fees.
While it is exhausting and demanding to style celebrities, Meg has done her fair share of Rolling Stone covers. She has also styled for Ladies Home Journal and Vineyard Vines which are both for the women that aren’t quite as fashion forward but still like to be in style for a fraction of the cost.
Her job at AOL Stylelist often times includes styling ‘real women’ from the office which is harder than it sounds.
“Styling takes a lot of psychology,” Meg said. Not only does she have to stick with the story, she has to make sure the first time ‘models’ not only look good but feel good about themselves.
“If I could go back and do it again, I would start out at a magazine and work my way up,” Meg said.
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