Category: career advice

by Caroline Brown, handbag designer for Rosetti Lei & Fung and Brandon Graham, WouldYouRockThis.com brand manager.

Join us for Fashion Drawing Session next month and get feedback on your portfolio.

Silent James from http://silentjames.com/ spoke yesterday at FIT about knowing your audience. This is an excerpt from a lecture titled: Three Top Illustrators Share “How I Got My First Job.”

PinkyShears at Frostburg State University

Last summer Kandace Davis and I spoke to students in the Upward Bound Program at Frostburg State University. Kandace is a good friend I grew up with in Western Maryland who works as a Personnel Security Specialist with the FBI.

PinkyShears’ publisher, Brandon Graham, interviews fashion illustrator, Jennifer Lilya at her studio in Brooklyn, New York.

Have a look and give some feedback on Jennifer’s illustrations here on http://wouldyourockthis.com/vote/current/31/

PinkyShears @ VCU. NEW VIDEO!

Today I want you not to read, but to watch and listen. If you’ve ever wanted to know some straight-to-the-point industry advice and a little about me, Brandon Graham, and why I started PinkyShears, this is a “Must See” for you. This video is an intro to a 5 segment piece on advice to people both in or about to join the fashion business. I address some of your fustrations and fears towards the industry too.

Pinky Shears Attends Meeting of the New York/New Jersey Designers Club
Earlier this week I was invited by Steve Steinberg of QST Industries to attend the New York and New Jersey Designers Club meeting at Arno’s Ristorante. Arno’s Ristorante is a popular meeting spot for people in the NY garment district.  You guys would have loved [...]