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Video: How freelancers can shift their skill set during coronacrisis

Communications and marketing professional in the fashion industry, Gabriele Hackworthy, shares tips for freelancers on reaching out to their network during a time of crisis to ensure future business. It is crucial for fashion freelancers, now more than ever, to adapt to this new world quickly and consider ways to pivot their skill set, as well...

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Freelancers in fashion during coronavirus crisis: The blogger

Blogging is possible from anywhere. But creative input could suffer when the world is suddenly restricted to one room. Does the coronavirus lockdown block creativity or allow for more imagination, like in the film “Home Alone”? FashionUnited asked several fashion freelancers - of course from a safe distance - how the current situation is for...

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Freelancers in fashion during coronavirus crisis: The set designer

It is not only freelancers, who are usually in the spotlight, who feel the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis; those "behind the scenes" are also affected. FashionUnited asked several individual entrepreneurs from the fashion industry - from a safe distance, of course - what the current situation looks like for them and how they deal with...

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Freelancers in fashion during coronavirus crisis: Hair and Makeup Artist

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many people in the fashion industry are currently unable to carry out their usual work. Freelancers are also particularly affected. FashionUnited has asked several of them - from a safe distance, of course - what the current situation looks like for them and how they deal with it. After the set, styling...

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Freelancers in fashion during coronavirus crisis: The stylist

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many people are out of a job. The fashion industry is no exception: stationery retailers and sometimes even warehouses are locked down, as at the Italian online fashion retailer Yoox; fashion productions are reduced to a minimum and one event after another is cancelled, including the upcoming Men's...

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Freelancers in fashion during coronavirus crisis: the model

What do professional models do when there are no fashion shows or shootings due to the effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic? Many of them are freelancers who move from job to job, so steady work is crucial. In this series, FashionUnited spoke with several sole proprietorships from the fashion industry - from a safe distance, of course -...