Mandy Lee
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Thursday 28 August 2025 17:43:37 GMT
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Masha Titova :
It’s the cool tax. If you tell someone what you do at a party and they respond with “oh that’s so cool!” Then you aren’t making money
2025-08-28 19:22:36
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Andrewmfox :
I’ve always just called it the passion tax
2025-08-28 18:05:03
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MAIS :
Do you think this is the case because fashion favors people with privilege and don’t actually need a high pay?
2025-08-28 18:22:25
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Aditi Juneja :
It’s interesting. I feel like there’s the same convo in the non profit space. You’re supposed to do it for passion and caring about the mission
2025-08-28 18:10:10
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Annie :
But it’s also because the salaries at the top are bloated, so there is less to pay people in the middle and bottom sustainably
2025-08-29 01:02:21
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Francesca :
This is the art world as well unfortunately. The barrier to entry is sooo high and very few people actually end up making it to the level where you can make a lot of money
2025-09-01 15:15:44
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lad.the.creator :
It’s high time that creatives are respected and paid appropriately no matter what level they are at. The ones at the top need to stop pedaling the “I had it hard so you should too” nonsense and PAY PEOPLE. Not to mention allllll the free ideas they steal from their lower leveled employees and make MILLIONS off of while that employee is struggling to feed themselves
2025-08-28 17:52:56
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seeaster :
I could only intern at a Condé Nast magazine with my parents help because it was ✨unpaid✨
2025-08-28 23:34:56
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Ash :
I have worked in sports, nonprofit and fashion - the exploitation in ALL THREE is crazy. I’m in tech now and it’s not easy, I miss the creative work I was doing, but I’m paid well and have healthcare. But I need to live!!
2025-08-28 18:28:01
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ಥ_ಥ :
Everyone should definitely read Work Wont Love You Back
2025-08-28 19:41:34
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Jules ! :
Thank you thank you thank you!! As much as I love the industry after internships in college, it was clear to me without a safety net starting in capital F fashion was not a financial option and would be a majorly impact my mental health. I started my career in tech for this exact reason and am now trying to get into fashion with now a bit of stability and a safety net but there is such a bias on background and the company your work for
2025-08-28 18:15:52
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vin.ho :
“The Most Beautiful Job In The World: Lifting the Veil on the Fashion Industry” by Giulia Mensitieri discusses this exactly and is a great lens on the industry.
2025-08-29 01:02:25
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sosewnicole :
I’ve been working in design and PD for 15 years and oh man, this felt validating lol the industry has changed so much in the last decade but one thing hasn’t - exploitation.
2025-08-28 19:13:19
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Hayley Dare :
Yup. I work in the music industry and started my career at 46k in nyc and only this past year did I land a job with a legit living wage, and I’m using it to pay off all the credit card debt accrued trying to get by and enjoy life making barely anything 😅
2025-08-30 18:24:43
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stupid baby industries, llc :
Are you going to continue using the oura ring after the palantir merger
2025-08-31 22:50:56
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liz 🍓 :
“we don’t have the budget” *arrives on set in a private jet*
2025-08-30 21:34:03
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Nabilla👗📚🎤 :
Creative professionals across the board are massively underpaid. Just look at how much social media managers, designers and journalists get paid.
2025-08-29 13:04:50
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sydney 🫶🏼 :
i always say my fashion job pays in clout 😭😭😭
2025-08-29 17:36:11
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Another Hanna :
So well said! It’s not as glamorous as it looks
2025-08-28 22:56:01
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sam :
And the actual designers for brands never get the credit or the appropriate compensation. Only the marketing and business side get the credit and the money. Even though nothing would exist without the designs
2025-08-29 01:19:02
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j.ratty :
I got a degree in journalism and never worked directly in the field because the assumption would be that you work for $20k/year and die at 30 from a stomach ulcer for the love of the job.
2025-08-30 01:05:57
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mickeyfin21 :
I call it a multi-level marketing scheme 🙃
2025-08-28 20:33:05
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Eliza :
So glad you’re bringing this up, it’s an industry that starves you.
2025-08-28 20:07:11
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Tomatotoast :
In fashion and design school there was this idea of “paying your dues” by working for free or for very little for a decent amount of time. It’s super toxic and built for people who have familial wealth to support them for what can be a really long time before you get paid well or at all.
2025-08-31 06:02:11
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Liz Armstrong :
The longer you go and older you get, at some point your “outsider”-ness becomes a badge of honor. The shade now is directly correlated to jealousy — you have done this and achieved everything on your own, in your own way. It makes others who are insecure feel like they may be frauds.
2025-08-28 18:25:18
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