{"id":568,"date":"2013-11-23T13:24:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T17:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/?p=568"},"modified":"2013-11-23T13:27:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T17:27:09","slug":"fun-fearless-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2013\/11\/23\/fun-fearless-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun, Fearless, Fashion!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fashion Career Summit hosted by the Council of Fashion Designers of America<\/a> and Cosmopolitan Magazine<\/a> was held last Saturday at the Hearst Tower. Luckily, I got to volunteer there and it was one of the most exciting events that I’ve ever been to in my three years at FIT. This inspiring day-long conference was about all the different careers within the Fashion Industry and how to get where you want to be. It was broken down into seven sessions such as A Life in Fashion, Career Boot Camp, and others with panelists who are power players from all across the industry. This educational yet fabulous event ended up with a networking reception and make-up application by beauty advisors from Lanc\u00f4me<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Survival Kit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ashley already shared her experience as an attendee of this event, and you can read more about it here.<\/a> Now, I’m going to share my VIP backstage pass experience (aka volunteering<\/em> it’s relative haha<\/em>) with all of you. To begin with, to work this event you had to be interviewed by the Senior Director of Special Projects at Cosmopolitan Mag. I was really scared and intimidated by the thought of it (because let’s face it we have all watched the Devil Wears Prada<\/em>), and I was expecting this to be like all the gossip I’ve heard around campus as to how bad it is to work for a fashion magazine. Turns out I was surprisingly wrong, and every single person I worked with that day could’ve not been more amazing and helpful (seriously considering interning there now<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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The day of, we were supposed to be in all black (traditionally<\/em>) with comfortable yet chic shoes. The day started with breakfast (yup this includes volunteers too<\/em>) and registration. It was followed by panels which I got to attend too (technically I got to be at the event for free<\/em>) but with the perks that I was allowed at the Green Room, the place all the panelists met before the show. Here I met Cynthia Rowley (with whom I fell in love when she said, there should be less internships and more entry-level jobs in the industr<\/em>y<\/em>), Isaac Mizrahi, Jimmy Lepore Hagan, Kelly McCauley amongst others.<\/p>\n

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Silvia Galfo, SVP Marketing Lancome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jenn Rogien, Costume Designer Girls & Orange is the New Black<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Cynthia Rowley, Designer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At noon we had a break for lunch where we had pre-packed lunch boxes for us with three different options (the chocolate chip cookies were to die for<\/em>). The panels went on after and I got to see them from a flat screen that was placed in a lounge area for volunteers outside the theater (they really treated us tip-top)<\/em>. When the networking reception was amongst us a table with all the desserts you could imagine was set up, including cookies, CRUMBS cupcakes and delicious mini-pies.\"desserts<\/a>This was the time to get your make-up done and take a selfie for the opportunity to win a $1,500 career wardrobe.<\/p>\n

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Jimmy Lepore Hagan, Director of Digital Media at Nanette Lepore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All the ladies and gents there were having a blast because they even had a DJ spinning the best tunes, and you could see business cards flowing from hand to hand.<\/p>\n

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At the end, everyone got a gift bag (yes, even we did!<\/em>) full of goodies. I for one, couldn’t wait to open it when I got home. Turns out it was INCREDIBLE! We got an American Eagle Denim shirt or sweater, a $25 Macy’s gift card, a $50 Nanette Lepore gift card, a 15% discount for Cynthia Rowley Eyewear, latest Cosmo Issue, Lancome eyelash curler, mascara and eyeliner and so much more (the event was $35 so I’ll let you do the math<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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Necia and Me, FIT representing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Truth is, this event is very much needed all around the world I would say. Everyone that knows me knows how passionate I am about education so being able to attend this event and help in this sector meant a lot to me. I want people to know that there is SO much more in fashion than being a designer or stylist (no offense there<\/em>), and this event was all about eliminating misconceptions and guiding people through all the careers out there. It was about educating the future leaders in the fashion industry (me included<\/em>), so keep an eye out for next year. In the meanwhile, check out all the different majors we offer at FIT here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carpe Diem,<\/p>\n

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Step+Repeat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sadie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Fashion Career Summit hosted by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Cosmopolitan Magazine was held last Saturday at the Hearst Tower. Luckily, I got to volunteer there and it was one of the most exciting events that I’ve ever been to in my three years at FIT. This inspiring day-long conference was … <\/p>\n

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