Saturday, January 22, 2011

It has been too long since my last update. I have just been so busy living it up in New York City!
I have done so much I really don't know where to start...
I will just split the past two weeks into parts


Week 1/10-1/15

This week was just more checking in and returning clothes and accessories. It was very busy just because of the photo shoots that were going on...

Later during the week I was able to meet with a really nice PR girl that my professor back at school put me in touch with. We went to this awesome place called Morimoto located in the Chelsea/Meatpacking district. IT WAS THE NICEST PLACE I HAVE EVER BEEN TO! They serve Japanese food and have all of these very interesting dishes. The girl was telling me that Leonardo Dicaprio, Michelle Obama, and Kelly Ripa have eaten there. I guess it is a place to go to see celebs. (unfortunately no one was there that night..)
We talked about the fashion industry and I asked her about advice and such. I had a really great time and I'm glad I was able to meet with her while I was in town.

The next day I was asked if I would like to come assist on a photo shoot. This was something I really wanted to do during my internship so I immediately said YES YES YES!
The photo shoot was a typical one the magazine does. They would be taking photos that correspond with the articles. For example like article about "the best date spots" would have a picture of a couple eating dinner together or laying on the beach.
The location of the shoot was in a hotel, the magazine had the penthouse suite. It was really nice!!
I had to get there at 7am in the morning. My job was to unpack in the morning and pack up after the shoot. During the day I basically steamed clothes that were used on the shoot. During a photo shoot it is a lot of stop and go. We rushed around the first hour but then we sat and waited for the following 3 while the models did their thing.
It was crazy how much detail goes into a shoot. One of the models had to take just some profile shots, the fashion editor had the shirt and pants picked out but even the SHOES had to be the right color and laced a certain way.... the picture was only from the chest up (I thought this was funny).

Another fun thing I did that I did that week was go to my first hot house yoga session.
It was a yoga class where the room is heated like a sauna while you do yoga. It was really hard and intense because you are dripping in sweat. But I felt really good after the class and much more relaxed. I would highly suggest trying it some time :)


Week 1/17-1/21

This week was pretty much the same...
I did a lot of the same things I had done the past weeks (minus the photo shoot)
It was pretty sad because it was my last week at my internship.
I am missing my first week of school back in the Midwest so I have a lot of catching up to do!
So I'm already a little stressed about that. One of my goals for my spring semester is to get better grades since my past semester was a bit of a challenge.

LAST DAY

I had the best last day anyone could ask for!
I stared my last day at my internship at 9 am as usual and started doing check ins and returns. My supervisor had told me the night before that I would tag along with her on a market appointment.
A market appointment is when an editor goes to a designer showroom and all of the new stuff for the season is laid out and a PR person will explain the collection while the editor picks things to be sent to the magazine for shoots. Its kind of like shopping but you aren't bringing the stuff home at the end of the day.
It was SO MUCH FUN. I liked seeing all the new stuff and what the trends will be for the spring a summer. Gorgeous stuff!!

When I got back from the market appointment I decided to get lunch at the cafeteria in our building and I saw Gayle King getting lunch too!! She works at one of the magazines that is published by our company.I'm obsessed with Oprah so I was FREAKING OUT!!

At the end of the day me and the other interns took some pictures and said our goodbyes be for leaving.
I was so sad about leaving my friends and coworkers, as well as NYC.

But I have faith that I will be back to New York very soon :)


*no pictures in this post. I plan on posting either tomorrow or the next day a bunch of pics. Promise.







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