dull life updates

It has been exactly three months since I moved to the city, some things have been absolutely fantastic and others have been terrible. While being here I have leaned so much about not only myself but also about other people. Since moving into school I have gone through multiple groups of people whom I thought I was friends with but in the end they didn't turn out to be exactly the kind of people that I wanted to surround myself with.

Since here I have heard the phrase "I'm not here to make friends" throw around so many times I couldn't even be able to count them. With that being said it's not easy to know who you are able to trust, someone who might come off so genuine can be the complete opposite and end up stabbing you in the back. From this I have realized that it isn't worth it to try to make other people happy and the best way to take on this big city in such a competitive industry is to stop worrying about other people so much and focus on what is best for me. 

I have been faced with some incredible opportunities while being here such as working backstage at a NYFW show  and interning for Patricia Field, a HUGE name in the styling community. I have been able to embrace myself and my style and not worry about what other people are thinking about it, because face it in New York  you can be whoever you want to be and no one is going to stop you. I have become incredibly close with my roommate and two girls who I feel I can actually trust. 

I have been able to see multiple  free concerts, such as the global citizens festival in central park. Spending a day laying across the grass listening to John Mayor, Kings of Leon, Alicia Keys, and Stevie Wonder. I have gone to Live on Letterman twice for free to see Lorde and The Neighbourhood having fantastic seats for both of them. 

I have also been faced with some less then fortunate events, like getting pick pocketed having my wallets and everything inside of it stolen, including my credit cards and I.D.  As horrible as this experience was its something that you learn from, you get to comfortable in where you are and don't remember to take in your surroundings and where you actually are. 

School is incredibility difficult, and if you are someone considering going into the fashion industry don't take it lightly. It's much harder then people make it out to be, but personally being able to help other people select clothes that make them feel good about themselves and bring them more confidence in who they are is what makes me love this so much. As shallow as it may seem to some people knowing first hand how much the right outfit or a pair jeans that fit just right can take you from no self confidence to wanting to strut down a street is what makes me love what I want to do. I want everyone to be able to experience feeling good about themselves being everyone deserves at least that in their lives. 

Knowing that I'm only just coming up the conclusion of my semester here and I still have four more to go, I can only anticipate what opportunities and adventures I will be faced with. The city has proven to be the glamorous life its intended to be while also being the complete opposite. But I honestly don't think I would change anything about it

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Backstage Fashion Week

Working backstage at my first fashion show was everything I could have hoped, I arrived to the venue at 10am and immediately was told to pick a models garment rack to be there dresses. I choose a random garment rack and was paired up with a girl named Svetlana, we hit it off really well and were able to talk about many different things from the schools we were going too to the celebrities that we love.

 After being able to  chat we helped the models get into the first look, this show consisted of one designer with 50 looks the show was incredibly organized and the show ran completely smoothly. The day consisted of 5 different time slots with 18 different collections. Each time slot was very different there were so many volunteers that it was hard to find a designer that needed help. For the second time slot I worked dressing and helping with quick changes for two  of the male models, there was not any complaining there.

     

The third show was by far my favorite out of them all because I got to work with the designer Tess Johnson who I worked with at the model fitting. She was very insistent that I was the only intern that was aloud to dress her models or touch any of the pieces. This made me feel really well because it was nice knowing how much she trusted me. We a few glitches and changes of models her collection went perfectly! She then trusted me to hold onto a garment bag with one piece of her collection that needed to be given to someone to wear that evening.

After this show we were given lunch, all the models and workers, mind you whoever says that models don't each that is completely false. I have never seen people run for food like that in my life and they finished all the cookies before we got there.

The last show of the night was insane, the designers we two men from out of the country and they saw my friend and I first. They thought it would be a good idea to put us in charge of organizing all the models, clothing and other interns. After setting up that each model had a dresser and that each dresser had their models shoes and garments the show began. My model had two changes during the show, it was the most stressful 10 minutes of my life. Her changes were about 30 seconds each which would have been much easier had she not had all button up shirts, I was buttoning her shirts up until she was walking out to the runway. All in all everything had turned out perfectly.

We were all invited to the after part that they were hosting after the day, but due to being there 13 hours and getting a migraine  I was far too ill to attend. I talked to the directors of NOLCHA who ran the show and gave all of my content information so I will hopefully be working with them for in February during fashion week once again.

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