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Entries Tagged as 'internships'

Advice From Amy Astley @ FIDM: The Teen Vogue Handbook

October 20th, 2009 20 Comments

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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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.

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Intern Flashback: Nas & Kelis for Fashion Rocks 2006

April 27th, 2009 9 Comments

Fashion Rocks has since folded, but before it did I worked on this shoot featuring Nas & Kelis shot by Norman Jean Roy.

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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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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