Working in fashion wasn't something she'd ever considered. But looking back, she says she's been the most successful at 'willing to align myself to get where I want to go.'
Working in fashion wasn't something she'd ever considered. But looking back, she says she's been the most successful at "willing to align myself to get where I want to go."Author:Ana ColónPublish date:Jun 2, 2020In our long-running series, "How I'm Making It," we talk to people making a living in the fashion and beauty industries about how they broke in and found success.
In college, she created her own major while completing her pre-med requirements and working in labs. But outside of her coursework, she'd read the blogs that were starting to very slightly lift the curtain on the fashion industry and give outsiders a peek into how it operates and how the people who work in it got their start. And that's where Franklin saw an opportunity.
From interning, Franklin began assisting, and then eventually struck out on her own. Now, she splits her time between editorial and celebrity styling . Ahead, read about her professional journey, from how her undergraduate education shaped her worldview and how she fell into styling to working with paradigm-shifting women and creating imagery that represents and celebrates community.
I feel like that liberal arts education honestly has given me a wonderful background for what I do in media and in fashion, putting women and people of color forward, which has always been at the center of my goal of who I want to serve, as somebody who was like, "Well, if I'm going to be in publishing, then this is absolutely something to look out for."
But I remember seeing the stylist, and I would be helping them by funneling the merchandise and in rare instances get to help choose some of the looks for shoots. I was like, "I want to be close to this part of the job.
Coinciding with the recession, we saw the jobs dissipate and magazines fold. I was like, "What else do I do?" I felt positioned to be the market editor. Then I was like, "Is this a dream that's still realistic?" [Styling] wasn't even necessarily my first choice. I felt like I meandered into it. The assistant gig that you're probably most well known for is your work with Giovanna Battaglia. How did you get that job?
[It taught me] a 360 degree thoroughness. As a first assistant, you learn how to run the business of styling in many regards. Now, there's a dearth of information to understand how to operate as your own entity, especially if you don't have financial backing from somewhere else — and this is compounded with financial strains within the entire industry.
I was really grateful that I had visibility as Giovanna's assistant. For instance, I was doing a lot of styling for Paper [as editor-at-large] — that was confidence-inspiring, to be like, "I'm valued within this elite structure that I'm working in, with Gio and her world, and then I can explore my own voice in Paper." I both had a steady income and was able to accept the title and opportunity to be my own entity.
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