Sometimes a university qualification is simply not enough… and I should know.

Avid readers of this blog will know the hard yards I put in to get ahead in the fashion writing game, the hours that I am sometimes writing posts and the endless hours (and dollars!) I spend getting to and from events, always wearing something fabulous. The volunteering, the working for free, the networking – all to follow a dream of one day writing for a printed publication.

Prospect 360 offers people like me a look into the fashion industry from an insider’s perspective. The Prospect 360 fashion seminar is an opportunity for not only budding fashion writers, but those of you who aspire to be stylists and fashion publicists as well.

Kate Gaskin, Stylist and contributing editor, The Age; Emily Power, Fashion Journalist and regular on The Circle; and Anthea O’Conner, formerly Vogue Australia (Melbourne) and Westfield Ambassador. (Not pictured: Melissa Hoyer, Social Commentator, Sunrise and Grazia, radio regular)

Its a chance to start building your own contact book and where better to start than with in demand fashion media Melissa Hoyer, Anthea O’Connor, Emily Power and Kate Gaskin. These lovely ladies make up the panel for Prospect 360 and will share their tricks and tips, dos and don’ts on how to get your foot-in-the-door of the fashion media industry.

I attended this seminar a number of years ago and found the experience invaluable in getting started with my blog and industry. You will too.

Limited seats are available. Tickets are $130 each and include a Prospect 360 resource pack.
The event will take place at the Whitehouse Institute of Design, Bourke Street Melbourne, on Monday 29 August 6.30pm to 9pm. Tickets may be tax deductible and can be booked on-line at www.prospect360.com.au or by calling (03) 9682 9666