Rejection.. is real?

Plot twist: This isn’t a negative post about rejection.

Why You Shouldn’t Give A Damn About Massive Rejection. (2016). [online image]. Available from: https://addicted2success.com/success-advice/why-you-shouldnt-give-a-damn-about-massive-rejection/[Accessed 29 March 2016]

For some reason most students always think “Wow, I can’t wait for university to end so I can get a job”. A job in the big bad world always sounds so rosy compared to the secure environment university really is.

I’ve heard so many people dream about life when they have job, they always make it sound so much easier. However something that might burst your bubble is the fact that it is true, rejection is real. When it comes to working in a design house, lot of projects get given to a lot of people. For example if I get given a brief to design an outfit for a big celebrity, it’s very likely that the same brief has been given to all the other designers.

Most of the time, the sketches I work on with the graphics designer don’t even get approved! But that’s okay, the thing is rejection doesn’t mean the design is terrible, often it just means that it doesn’t encompass the vision of Manish Malhotra or sometimes the clients have a very specific look they want and that’s the reality of it. However that doesn’t mean nothing ever gets approved! When projects get approved, nothing feels better! It feels like you’re on top of the world! Especially because of how huge the clients who approach us are.

Life is always hard in the fashion industry because of how competitive it is, however in a company, you’re not competing against anyone. Your biggest competition is yourself. [Trust me, I know how cheesy that sounds] But it’s true! When designs don’t get approved that just means another design got selected proposed by someone else, in the end everyone is working towards the same thing which is representing Manish Malhotra. So if a celebrity is seen wearing Manish Malhotra at an event, it’s a win for everyone!

Rejection only takes hold of you when you pay attention to it or view a no as being “rejected.”

Denning, T. (2016)