Gimme them Bright Lights, Long Nights

For me, fashion magazines are where it all began. My love for fashion, writing and dream to work for a fashion publication developed when I first got my hands on Teen Vogue during my early adolescent years. Confession: I became addicted ever since. My room is a shrine to cut outs of captivating photo shoots, intriguing feature stories and style trends; I display the pages like artwork in a museum. Call me crazy, but I get two copies of Teen Vogue: one to keep perfectly intact, the other I use for inspiration as I pin words and images on trend boards around my room. My heart starts to pound of excitement each time I see the latest issues of my favorite magazines. I read my favorite fashion websites and blogs religiously – they are the best way to start off my day and I dream about fashion and returning to NYC at night. Needless to say, I am desperately seeking a career in the fashion journalism world and my personal life reflects this.

Although I’ve grown up watching about every fashion magazine related show - The Hills, The Fashionista Diaries, Stylista, The City, Running in Heels – you name it, I see this profession for more than glamour and chic clothes. As an intern for Lucky last summer, my passion to pursue this field expanded and I have developed even bigger ideas for the future. These shows make me realize what I want to do – get to the “top of the [fashion] world,” and I am getting there steadily.

Here are some useful sources/tips for others interested in the same career path:

This Teen Vogue A-Z posting by an intern accurately depicts the industry. I stalk teenvogue.com and this is one of the many intern comments that has inspired me. http://www.teenvogue.com/teamvogue/blogs/intern/2007/04/intern-essentials.html

http://www.stylecaster.com/– one of my new favorite sites!!!! A platform for displaying fashion and individuality. It uses convergence of technology to feature fashion on the web and bring styles to users.

Thesartorialist.blogspot.com - classic photos that show personal style from all around the world. I’m obsessed with the camera. I will be doing street style pictures this summer and this triggers me with excitement.

http://altamiranyc.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-york-city-street-fashion.html - more street looks

http://www.luckymag.com/style/cutegirl/cutegirl_20090309 - This site shows the creative looks of the Lucky mag staff and provides great inspiration ideas.

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