Responsibilities

• A fashion editor is responsible for putting together outfits for print publications, interviewing fashion designers, and writing and editing fashion-related articles. She will communicate with Public Relations firms to ensure that her articles get published, interview designers and travel the world to attend fashion shows. Each season, a fashion editor must review designers' lookbooks, note pages that look interesting and catalog the lookbooks so the images can be used as inspiration for future articles.
  
  

Entry-Level Salary

• A fashion editor can plan to enter the industry with a salary of between $30,000 and $40,000 per year. However, some publications will pay entry-level assistant fashion editors even less: $20,000 a year or below. Additionally, internships, which help beginning fashion editors obtain full-time positions, are often unpaid. At this level, a fashion editor can expect to make sure that clothing in the storeroom is in good condition, answer the phone and open mail.
  
  

Salary for an Experienced Fashion Editor

• An experienced fashion editor can expect to make between $40,000 to $60,000 a year, but this can progress to $100,000 for a top-level employee. At this point, the fashion editor can expect to take on more glamorous and demanding tasks, like networking with designers and attending fashion shows.
  
  

Education and Experience to Become a Fashion Editor

• One must have a Liberal Arts degree to become a fashion editor. A specialized degree in Fashion Design & Merchandising or Journalism is a plus. Fashion industry internships and experience are beneficial, as is a portfolio of published writing samples.