Teen Vogue Fashion University
So this past weekend has been the best weekend of my life .Why you ask? Well it is because I spent the past weekend in not only New York but i spent it by being surrounded by the best of the best in the fashion industry. I was able to attend Teen Vogue's Fashion University class of 2015. the application process was simple in itself , all that is required is writing an essay that depicts your passion for fashion and why you feel you should be able to go;this year however as applying you ranked your top interests in the industry from one to three. the options were business , styling and design, and PR. The category i chose out of my top three was the design /styling major, in this major we were talked to about building our brand and successful one at that,we were given tips on how to even breach an entrance into this industry and the things that people that are giving away these opportunities are looking for.
To do a little name dropping of how big some of these people that were in attendance I'll start off with those that i specifically met myself. saturday we started off my class with meeting the Vashtie kola who stayed true to her tomb boy/ skater roots and it paid off for her in the long run After meeting with her we then moved on to meet Jens Grede who is one of the co-founder of frame denim. Jens gave us the top 9 steps that he wish was at least 10 to be even but he ran out of things to say so he gave us 9. Those 9 tips were definitely detailed and very conducive to the pieces to owning an running a successful brand. We then went on to meet our dean speaker who was the one and only Rebecca Minkoff. She gave us the advice as to what help launched her career(not like i didn't know) and she gave us as well the key pieces that most designers or magazines are really looking for in interns as well. After that we then attended lunch in the conde' nast cafeteria ,which was pretty good ,and from there we attended a few more lectures from the likes of Micaela Erlanger celebrity stylist and Jodie Snyder the JO to the DANNIJO jewelry line.
What i took away the most from this weekend would have to be that every single lecture that we listened to was that this road to the glamourous does not start off glamorous. It requires hard work and to really succeed you must network and be open to meeting lots of new people.
So my overall weekend i loved every last person i connected with and all the great advice and coming very soon all of my blogging and hard work and effort will pay off.
