A woman managed to get herself invited to 10 shows at Paris Fashion Week - by registering herself as a media company.<br /><br />Sam Dean, 27, who works in tech but is a fashion content creator in her spare time, had been looking at attending fashion events to make connections in the industry.<br /><br />Setting her sights on Paris Fashion Week, Sam decided to reach out to various designers.<br /><br />After many rejections or no answers, she decided to try a different method to gain access to one of the most prestigious fashion events in the world.<br /><br />She registered herself as her own media company and bought a domain name and email address. <br /><br />From the new email address, she sent out 70 emails to designers to enquire about attending.<br /><br />Sam received over 25 responses from various fashion labels giving her a chance to attend their events.<br /><br />Sam, who lives in New York City, said: "I kind of knew that getting an email from at gmail.com wasn’t taken seriously in the industry so I wanted to legitimise myself in a way. <br /><br />"I effectively created my own media company that I would represent myself with and received so much more response."<br /><br />She flew to Paris and managed to attend 10 events between February 26 to March 5.<br /><br />She was present at many staple events such as runways, fashion presentations and parties.<br /><br />She said: "I had a little taste of everything whilst I was there but the presentations were my favourite<br /><br />"You can get much more intimate with the collections and get up close with garments.<br /><br />"It's also the best chance to network and chat with other people."<br /><br />Sam was able to capture lots of content for her social channels whilst there and even spotted a famous fashion icon out and about.<br /><br />She said: "I did some thrifting in Paris content, some blogs reviewing the shows I attended and also some videos about different trends I noticed.<br /><br />"To top it off, I was recording a video of the Ritz when Anna Wintour walked past but I was too nervous to go over or anything."<br /><br />Sam creates fashion content on both Instagram and TikTok @samiamdean.
