get an in, get an internship

some top choices:

Elite Model Management

a premier international modeling agency that takes unpaid interns (rolling applications), and hires the select few who stand out.

or hell, if you just want to model, send in your photos.
(another modeling opp. -- work for a socially conscious sex fiend)


Liz Claiborne

offers a paid summer internship with opportunities to work in various departments,

most notable to me: textile design

(fashion background preferred but not required)








Or if fashion's not your thing, check out John Wiley and Sons Publishing.
A great internship for anyone interested in the writing/publishing field.

check out the universe of fashion series covering classic to contemporary designers

an excerpt from yves saint laurent, written by his close friend (and love) pierre berge:

"Haute couture was born the day when women, tired of being subjected to the vagaries of fashion, demanded a set of rules to provide them with the reassurance they needed. Haute couture is not and end in itself. Creation in fashion cannot be abstract. Whatever may be said, ours is a profession conjugated in the present. Never in the past, never in the future. Haute couture only exists to be lived. It must share the lives of the women who wear it. Otherwise, however beautiful they may be, dresses will spend more time in suit sacks and closets than at glamorous dinners and parties. Life today has obviously changed. The civilization of 'being' is gradually replacing that of 'appearing'. Nowadays, there are very few real parties and dinners. It was not the Opera Bastille that sounded the death knell of the famous 'black tie evenings'; but the wind of change. None but a handful of the most nostalgic insist on dressing up to go to the opera, and it is immediately apparent that their hearts are no longer in it for they are fighting a rearguard action. Haute couture will not die for lack of creators or clients, but because the events, places or occasions permitting it to exist will have disappeared. Carriages have given way to taxis and those that remain only serve to transport tourists in search of the past. Let us spare haute couture this fate."

Berge, Pierre. Yves St Laurent. (New York: Universe/Vendome, 1997). p.8

nima taherzadeh, 24

straight out of design school, and, much like zac posen and proenza schouler, taking the design world by storm.

his premier line was picked up by saks fall/winter 2006-2007.

interestingly enough, i only like one piece out of the collection:

this egg shell dress

career ideas

costuming
fashion buyer
fashion designer
fashion director
fashion marketing
fashion photography
freelance make-up artist
library sciences, particular interest in the library of congress, MET
museum curator, particularly the MET: costumes institute
professor, American Studies
studio wardrobe
tailoring
textile conservationist