Before studying a BA in Media, Communication and Cultural Studies at Newcastle University, Izzy did the year-long Vogue Fashion Diploma course at Condé Nast College in London. She knows it was one of the best things she could have done, as it taught her so much about the fashion industry and the many career paths within it.

Izzy now works as the Global Communications Coordinator in the PR department at Oscar de la Renta in New York, having been offered a role following a six-month internship.

Izzy’s advice is to try out as many different work placements or internships in areas that interest you as possible. This may help rule out career paths you don’t like in practice, and it might just help you discover exactly what you should be doing.

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