Reflection:
My Fashion PR Internship*
Intro to Los Angeles
It feels like a couple weeks ago that I hopped on a plane with my mother and headed
west for California. It had always been my dream to come here and conquer the city
that has not only bloomed amazing careers but crumbled many dreams.
Your only human if from time to time you get discouraged with the way things are
going in your life but the difference between someone successful and someone
who is merely getting by and unhappy, is the hunger in their belly that
refuses to take no as an answer and keeps pushing to get to where
they want to be. I'll 'never forget one of my favorite
Professor's at Bay State College, Professor Federico who looked at me
in the middle of talking about careers and finances and said
"You, you in the back row. You have that fire
in your eyes, I just know you are going to do big things, I can just tell."
Whenever I have gotten homesick or discouraged about a job interview,
I remembered him saying that and it constantly reminds me keep plugging away.
I still exchange emails with him from time to
time because I want him to know that what he taught me in his class has
stuck with me and will always stick with me in my future career.
I was blessed to have scored an awesome internship 3 days after my arrival but
finding a part time well paying job wasn't as easy. This upcoming Friday is my last
day at my 3 1/2 month internship at Preface Public Relations in Hollywood.
It was truly one of the most amazingly fun, exciting, rewarding
but stressful experiences I have ever had! I arrived just in time for
Award Season in LA so you can only imagine the hustle and bustle of the
fashion industry as I started this new job.
Preface PR is one of the many Fashion PR firms in LA but we represent a
handful of exclusive European designers and act as the laison between
stylists and celebrities. It is our job to get our clients pieces on
as many up and coming and established celebrities as we can
so that we can build a brand recongnition, a following
and demand for our clients collections.
On any given day, especially award season, 3-10 stylists enter our showroom either
returning clothes they borrowed from us or pulling pieces from our collections to dress
their celebrity clientele for award shows, red carpet events, movie premieres and
editorial features. As an avid fashion lover, many celebrities in my eyes are these
fashion stylists themselves that we work with who dress some of Hollywood's
most elite. I have been blessed and had the pleasure of getting to work
with the stylists whose clients include Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt,
Kate Hudson, Britney Spears, The Kardashians and Giuliana Rancic,
Kristen Stewart, Eva Mendez and Jennifer Lopez.
I've only been here almost four months but I learned quite a lot and
am so excited to keep pursuing my career in fashion and enterainment.
I feel very blessed to be living a life where I have the freedom
to explore and conquor any dream I've ever wanted, and I can't
wait to share more of my adventures and experiences with you!
Thanks so all of the love and support!!!
xoxoxoxoxooxxoxo
