Teen Vogue Editor-in-Chief Amy Astley recently held book signings and a Q&A at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles, CA. I did some investigative journalism, pretending not to hear the security guard who asked for my “student I.D.” & sat front row to jot down pages of notes to bring [...]
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Advice From Amy Astley @ FIDM: The Teen Vogue Handbook
October 20th, 2009 20 Comments
Tags: Advice · amy astley · books · fashion · fidm · internships · q&a · teen vogue · the teen vogue handbook · work
The Teen Vogue Handbook: An Insider’s Guide to Careers in Fashion
July 29th, 2009 9 Comments
Teen Vogue is always my favorite. They bust out great content month after month, are keeping afloat among all this madness, & gave me my start in this industry. I met with my fairy godmother aka Amy Astley while I was in NY this May and she mentioned Teen Vogue had just finished their first book “The Teen Vogue Handbook: An Insider’s Guide to Careers in Fashion” with Penguin.
Tags: Advice · books · internships · teen vogue · the teen vogue handbook
Amen.
July 7th, 2009 4 Comments
Leave it to Cathy Horyn to speak some truth about the state of fashion and the industry, or to find someone who can, in this case, Louise Wilson.
Tags: Advice · cathy horyn · louise wilson · new york times · quotations · the industry
April 29th, 2009 5 Comments
I see them sometimes in the fashion closet, and they are just brimming with enthusiasm packing up shoes. You can just see it, you recognize it… I try to teach them some of the things I learned, which is that it’s O.K. to be an assistant. There’s nothing wrong with just LISTENING and LEARNING & WATCHING.”
- Alexandra Kotur, on interns/assistants to the Observer
Tags: Advice · alexandra kotur · quotations · vogue
Questions Answered: The Fashion Interview, Pt. 1
March 19th, 2009 10 Comments
Firstly, congrats on landing the interview! That means your resume was in good form, your communication skills were on point, or daddy made the right phone calls. Either way, getting face time with boss (or boss’ assistant) is an accomplishment of it’s own. Not everyone makes it to the interview.
Tags: Advice · fashion · internships · interviews · jobs
Confessions of an Intern: Please Pay the Interns Response
August 22nd, 2008 1 Comment
For the record, I am not necessarily a proponent of a student getting $$$ for their internships (wouldn’t that be dandy?). I’m more interested in the issue of places justifying unpaid JOBS under the guise of an “internship”.
So if you’re a full-time student with a part-time “for credit” internship… that’s normal. and generally [...]
Tags: Advice · Confessions of an Intern · internships
Questions Answered: Fashion Reality TV
July 10th, 2008 5 Comments
“What do you think about style network casting interns to give them a fall internship at a “prominent” fashion magazine and document their experience?”
Answer: I don’t. I just don’t care anymore. As a pathway into the fashion industry, I think it is just as legitimate as ANTM models & the Hills. Take that as you [...]
Tags: Advice · fashion · internships · q&a
Questions Answered: Advice to a Newbie Intern in NYC
May 29th, 2008 9 Comments
Wendy on one of our grocery trips
Question: “Please, oh, please share your advice for Wendy to the rest of the suburbanites/country girls heading to the city for the summer.”
Answer: I asked Wendy to help answer this one for you, since we chat so much, I have no idea what I’ve said.
Wendy is a student from [...]
Tags: Advice · friends · internships · new york · work
Questions Answered: Products!
May 28th, 2008 10 Comments
“What do you use on your hair/eyes/skin/face?”
Likely due to the fact that I started posting more pictures of myself, I’ve been getting some questions about what beauty products I use, which I couldn’t be happier to discuss!
I’m a product junkie, straight up. However, I am not a label junkie, so most of my fixes come [...]
Confessions of an Intern #3: Organizing a Shoot
October 26th, 2007 5 Comments
Behind the scenes at a (really) big budget shoot at Smashbox. I organized hundreds of shoes and maybe 10 full racks all by my lonesome. This was a painful shoot, yet a brilliant learning experience. It was also my first big one.
Behind the Scenes of a Photoshoot (in a Studio)
Your job on-set as a [...]
Tags: Advice · Confessions of an Intern · Photoshoots · Styling
Styling 101: Prop Kit
June 11th, 2007 No Comments
People often ask me about my “career goal”. The answer is not so simple, and I definitely have more than one, but what I can say is, I know what I’m good at, and what I am just plain no good at. I also know what makes me happy. A magazine is a strong contender; [...]
