Puzzles

I thought I'd give a little example of a typical "run" at Marie Claire.

Mission- Go to Rachel Roy and pick up sample dresses for a photo shoot... not as easy as it sounds, however, here's how it went:

First of all, I'd just like to reiterate how AMAZING hopstop is and how I'd be lost without it. Also, New Yorkers are much friendlier than made out to be, if you even look the slightest bit puzzled they will ask you if you need assistance.

Okay, so given the address I hopstop my way to the location on my phone. Two transfers later and I'm headed eastbound on Broadway in attempt to get the amazing spring collection gowns. Upon entering the building there are 3 banks of elevators all divided by specific floors. I find Rachel Roy on the directory and head up to the 50th floor via elevator bank 3. I get up there and it's literally abandoned besides a small Asian man sewing clothing samples. He lets me into the office and I wander until I find someone who looks like they are a sales representative. I finally find someone and they tell me I need to go to Rachel by Rachel Roy on the 14th floor, but in order to do this I must first go back to the lobby so I can transfer to elevator bank number 1.

I do all of this and finally arrive on the 14th floor only to find a sign with an arrow pointing in two directions, one saying "Rachel Roy" and the other saying "messengers and pick ups". I head in the direction of "pick-ups" and there is a sign on the door saying to go to the Rachel Roy door and buzz the number of the person I need to speak to. I go to the door and there's a note for the person I need to find saying to go back towards the elevator to a door on the opposite side entitled "Creative Directors". I get to this door and the intercom to buzz people is broken. I find a random phone on the wall and dial an extension that matches the name of the individual I am looking for. She answers and tells me to go back to the first door I was originally at directly behind me.

Talk about stressful...

it's all who you know.

The subMercer, Spitzers, Pianos, Budakan, Stout, Balthazar, Kiss & Fly, Blind Barber, Veranda, Highline Ballroom... all I can say is I'm living the good life :)


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Dictator of Taste & Style

After a first week of mundane, tedious and repetitive tasks I finally feel as if I've arrived. I'm into the groove of things and at the top of my game among a sea of my competitive fashion hungry peers. Working Monday through Friday 9AM-9PM doesn't even have a negative connotation, I love fashion and I love being surrounded by it on a daily basis.

Although I still continue with the day to day chores of receiving and filing invoices and returns, packing/unpacking trunks for photoshoots and organizing couture, I've reached a level of maturity at the publication and in turn I've been rewarded with minor perks and added responsibilities- the only direction to go from here is up. Not to mention the fact that on one of my runs the other day I gave directions to someone, which leads me to question, am I finally a real New Yorker?

Yesterday there was a photo shoot occurring at SunWest Studios and today there was another at Milk Studios. A crisis arrived on the set of the Menswear shoot yesterday where the preordered suits didn't fit the male models as planned. I was immediately sent to Brooks Brothers with the company credit card with a list of colors and model sizes, where I then picked out suit styles to take to the photo shoot. The set was surreal and exactly as I had imagined. Fresh, crisp settings with fancy photographers and insanely skinny women, endless hor d'ourves and various choices of sparkling sodas and bottled waters. Among the most glorious items I spotted on set were a pair of teal suede Christian Louboutin scaled pumps and a seventy-nine thousand dollar canary diamond Tiffany's ring. I was in awe simply being in the same room with this art.

Today at Heart Towers Seventeen Magazine was hosting an PR event in relation to the "Got Milk" campaign. In a matter of an hour the entire second floor lobby area by the elevators was transformed into the likeness of a small Hollywood premier. Photographers everywhere, people lined up outside the doors and press wistfully documenting every moment of the evening's events. Julianne Hough, the current cover model of Seventeen Magazine and new face of "Got Milk" was present.

I was also sent in a cab to pick up a cuff that had been shot in studio D for the magazine and a watch that was a personal item of JC. I couldn't help but feel important transporting items of such significance to someone so high up in the publication world.

I was also one of two interns able to stay in the closet during a pod cast shoot of one of the fashion editors, ZR, which is then distributed throughout the fashion community and featured online through Marie Claire's website.

To top these past few work days off, I ended today sitting at the desk of another fashion editor, CW, and working to complete returns from a photoshoot on her computer. Of course I sat back, relaxed, looked around and couldn't help but dream that one day this would be me, a real fashion editor- choosing models, designing fashion editorials, styling photoshoots and dictating the future tastes and styles of thousands and thousands of hopeful girls...

MC: Days 1 & 2

Alright- So despite a major setback arriving upon Friday morning and getting the worst known case of the flu Sunday-Wednesday, I've still managed to make the best out of my first few days interning at MC.

First of all, it was good to see how understanding the editors were about my late start due to my illness. I'm not the kind of person that likes to give excuses and I tried to make that as clear as possible to my superiors.

Thursday was my first official day on the job. I'd already run through the route on how to get to Hearst Tower a thousand times so things were running smoothly, but just to be sure I left extra time.

After obtaining my access card, passing the security desk and being directed to 1 of 16 elevators I had finally arrived at the beautiful Marie Claire offices!

There were about 7 or 8 other interns total, and to my surprise every single person was extremely nice and more than willing to help with anything. In fact, many went out of their way in the beginning to show me around and get things started before the editors even arrived. Fashion is not always as catty as it's made out to be, the thing to understand is that although you want to get ahead yourself its good to be working with other knowledgeable people. Its all one big system, so if someone else makes a mistake that just makes the work for the next few people that much harder. It's always better to take the extra few seconds and get things precisely right the first time around.

Tasks I worked on included processing returns for items that had already been shot; filing paper work for them, packing them for shipment and entering information into the computer database. I was also in charge of processing newly received items; filling out paperwork for those clothing and accessories, hanging/folding the items on the appropriate shelf or rack, taking and processing photos of newly received items, signing off on several forms and letting editors know when things arrive. Sometimes interns will have to travel to "Studio D" which is where the routine photoshoots occur, and you'll pick up or drop off items for future issues. Right now the office is working on April. In addition, before a shoot we have to pack up all the necessary items, photograph and record everything with its label and pack them into the trunks for travel. Also, there are times when you will be asked to prepare something for a shoot- like the other day I had to gather every single pair of fishnet tights in the closet for an upcoming shoot. Interns may also be asked to go on "runs" to pick up urgent items (although a lot is also done through company messenger systems). You could be asked to go anywhere in Manhattan from Hermes, to Baume et Mercier or the Leather Spa. It's helpful to have a good sense of direction, or in my case if that's lacking, a blackberry to direct you through websites like hopstop.com and virtual maps. You also do routine intern tasks like getting coffee, making copies, faxing items, answering phones, etc.

So far, the hours are long- Monday through Friday 9AM-9PM usually, and its unpaid. But hey! Nothing beats an experience like this, working at a major fashion company, getting to meet all these new wonderful people and living in one of the greatest cities ever- New York!

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