"Only Dead Fish Swim With the Tide"

I say " go with the flow" alot which means be you go with what evers happening, you won't think about better things todo. But then I use the phrase if I have a bit of inspiration and I'm not sure how to interpret it into a 2d or 3d form yet I might just say that I'm "going with the flow". I supose this is bad sometimes, as a creative learner I should be an "alive fish swimming against the tide"! You should be spontaneous and willing to try new and differnt things, learn these things and adapt them yourself. You'll be suprised what you can make if you "go against the tide".

Especially in the Fashion and Textiles industry you have to have the next best thing or be radical and out there! With the industry bringing in £21 billion in the UK alone and houseing 12,000 bussinesses with 15, 600 emploies, its the place to be. Although its a huge industry its taking some beatings by the economy, prices are going up and up and people just can't afford any more than the monthly bills so are shopping less; so the whole globalisation system is changeing, highstreet store will be disintergrating and more vaulue stores will open up. Highstreets will be full of poundlands and primarks, ASDA's George and Tesco's Chereoke will be where to shop and have this seans must haves! This is whats happening to my home town, its so upsetting. But hopefully the world will kick back into balance soon and it won't be to beyond repair!

This is stafford on market weekend!possibly the bussiest day off the month!


I have a therory though! I think if companies paid there staff the national minimum wage, if you work in retail, then they'd one be able to afford more staff and more hours and two the unemployment rate would go down again because there are more jobs. But instead of this companies are paying way more than the minimum wage and struggling for staff...this is most on the high street and its deffinatly happening where i work which is a huge company! I'd have a couple of things to say to Head Office to save the company money if I could!

These are just some of the jobs in the Textiles and Fashion sector.
Magazine Editor
Fashion Buyer
Visual Merchandiser
Textiles Designer
Fashion Designer
Tailor
Seamstress/ Dressmaker
Pattern Cutter
Wardrobe Assitant
Model Booker



There are so many more jobs out there like embroidering, P.A, Web designing, Print Designer ect. I could go on for days!