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In Chapter 12 of 13, fashion stylist Lulu Chen chooses to work as a freelance fashion stylist. Projects shoots vary across editorial, personal dressing, advertising, and catalogs and tend to be shorter. Whereas on-staff stylist positions focused on art direction projects start to finish, freelance provides her more focus on wardrobe. Moreover, Chen enjoys the flexibility of being able to choose different ways to work and work with various teams along the way.
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Benefits of a Freelance Career in Fashion Styling Erik Michielsen: In your experience, how does working freelance differ from working in-house? Lulu Chen: Freelance is different because – well, technically I don’t get into the office every single and I have a much more flexible schedule and I get to work on different projects, various different projects. Whereas, when I was on staff it was always for the magazine and it was always editorial. So now, I do a spectrum of things, such as editorial, advertising, catalogues, photo shoots, and so personal dressing. So it changes everyday, depending on the project, depending on the job, because as a freelance stylist, you work on project for shorter amount of time mostly. And so, I don’t see it from start to finish as I did when I did work on the magazine on staff. As a freelance stylist, my focus is more on wardrobe versus when I was on staff, it was more of a overall production, art direction, and kind of seeing a project from start to finish, Erik Michielsen: Sure, and how is that change in focus kind of given you a greater sense of fulfillment? Lulu Chen: Well, I really enjoy working on different teams and I've got to meet a lot different people. I really enjoy working on all these different ways, as well. It's kind of nice and I really love the flexibility. Erik Michielsen: That’s right.
