Career

• Name:  Lulu Wilcox


• Age:  29 years

• What do you do?  Fashion stylist

• What qualifications do you need to get this job?
No qualifications are nessasery, however you have more credibility if you have studied fashion, and certainly for yourself to have the knowledge is a plus. I have a fashion design degree.



• How do you get your foot in the door?
Once gradating from A.U.T i spent three years in Sydney at MTV as an assistant stylist and worked my way up to head stylist.



• How did you get this job?
This experience on  my return to Auckland gained me a position at Juice TV as their stylist and at the same time i set myself up as a freelance stylist working for various magazines and T.V.



• What hours do you do? What days of work?
On average three days a week, 8 hours a day

• Is there much room for promotion?
Promotion would come in the way of a bigger styling position e.g. a T.V show

• Is there much travel involved/ travel opportunities?
Travel within New Zealand is often the case overseas travel is sometimes required but generally within New Zealand



• Do you get normal time off?
Evening work is often required so normal time off can be spasmodic



• Do you get any freebies/Perks of the Job? Like what?
Freebies come my way via apparel discounts, jewellery samples passed on to me including clothing.


• To you get to attend many functions/events?
I attend loads of fun functions and events - great for networking

• Are your workmates a social group? Or Do you work alone?
I work alone in the main but have an assistant to do pickups and drop offs so no social group exists, but drinks and functions come from the fashion industry as a whole.

• What is your best memory while working here?
I have great memories of flying to Fiji to style Rebecca Loos (David Beckham's ex- mistress) it was loads of fun.

• What drives you to work everyday?
I am Driven by my passion to dress people and love a challenge i.e., enhancing a person’s look

• Any embarrassing moments while working?
Being 9 months pregnant co-ordinating the Rachel Hunter Lola swimwear range at Fashion Week and not being able to Assist the models with putting shoes on and nearly passing out with the sheer exhaustion! Not a good look.

• Do you have to wear a Uniform? What do you have to wear?
No uniform required, i wear comfortable styley clothes

• What are the best things about your job? What's the worst things?
Meeting a wide range of interesting people is the best. The worst is having access to fantastic fashion and spending all my moneyJ


• How was it working as a Stylist for TV Shows such as Top of the Class? Were the actors good people to style for ?
T.V Shows can be very time consuming and you have to have your mind 100% on the job. Most Actors are reasonable people to style you will always strike the odd Drama Queen.

• Have you ever had to style someone who was rude to you ?
I haven’t noticed anyone being rude, if that was the case i find it easy to ignore bad behaviour


• What are your goals /aspirations in this line of career ? What's the next step for you ?
Increase my portfolio to include more TV work.

• Do you have any advice for someone wanting to go into styling as a career?
To be successful you have to tune into the person you are styling 100% forget about what your style is and treat the individual subject. Remember not to apply the latest colours and style trends to all your clients just because they are the “in” fashion.