Stop the PRESS....Internship #2

Thanks to my investigatory skills through the Karen Walker website, and partly with Julia Hannon's help yet again, I had a phone interview and many email conversations with Press Office Ltd before arriving in New York.

"We are looking for qualified interns for placement in our fashion PR firm. We represent several fashion designers including Karen Walker, Lover, Dunderdon, Hansel from Basel, Andy Warhol Factory x Levi's x Damien Hirst, Umbro by Kim Jones, Built by Wendy, and Hooch in USA. We do seasonal press and sales in addition to producing special events, fashion shows and seasonal launch parties. Duties include, but are not limited to: daily errands, mailings, data entry, maintaining the showroom, and assisting in the everyday workings of the office. We feel that this is a very special firm that would be great for a student interested in developing strong communication and organizational skills along with being exposed to a very fast paced fashion environment"

I secured a place before arrival in New York, thanks to some twat not getting back to the team. Their loss, MY GAIN!

It was my first day today and it was very exciting. I hand delivered gift bags to important fashion writers, received and sent out samples to magazines and stylists, organised the showroom and went uptown to drop off lookbooks for someone at town and country magazine. Very much like what is portrayed in movies like Devil Wears Prada. The best part of the day was discovering that Karen Walker often personally calls the office, and was close friends with Cathy the managing director. WOW!

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