#i honestly don't even know if i want to become a buyer tbh lmao i've seen too many of them struggle and have actual

[tierras]

can you please share on how you got a fashion buyer job and what that entails? i wanna do it so bad thank uuuu

of course 💕 i did a professional designation program at a fashion school that was just focused on buying. there i learned the foundation of the job basically, excel, retail math, trend analysis, etc. what opened the door to the actual industry was landing a buying internship (my school literally didn't help with getting this btw 🙄). i was able to get that internship because of my education and also because i had a lot of experience with excel (from my previous career). excel is sooo major in this career so make sure you're good on that (a lot of vlookup and pivot tables)!! after my internship, my boss offered me a permanent position as an assistant buyer. internal hiring is sooo huge in the industry that's why it's so hard to get your foot in the door and also fashion buying is so niche.

fashion buying is different anywhere you go, depending on your brand/company's business model, whether you're doing retail or private label. so im currently an assistant buyer and ngl it's an insane amount of work! i manage 8 categories (kms) along with my senior buyer. for all those categories, im in charge of samples, purchase orders, trend analysis and inspo, pulling and analyzing sales reports, vendor relations, help with fittings, any marketing stuff that my buyer doesn't wanna do, help assorting for the seasons, ITO's, and a lot of manual labor that i wasn't expecting lol as for buyers they do more of the actual decisions and justifying their buys with actual numbers (last year vs. this year) , history, trend predictions, knowledge of our customers, etc. figure out prices, what and how much of items go to what stores, ecom, fittings, developing product, chasing product. it's a lot of pressure to be a buyer, a lot falls on your shoulders because you are the sole person responsible for your category's success or failure! i wish u all the luck and lmk if u have any more questions <3