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:
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.
Mary-Kate & Ashley’s book Influence
The latest fashion phenomenon was not seen on the runways at New York or Paris Fashion Week. Rather, the newest trend is the emergence of magazine “reality” shows. The hottest series to hit the ranks after The Devil Wears Prada, The Fashionista Diaries, Stylista and Confessions of a Shopaholic is Marie Claire’s Running in Heels. The Hearst publication uses television to highlight the process of producing a magazine, a smart choice to promote Marie Claire given the economy and difficulty for print publications. The show’s advertising tagline is “what really happens at Marie Claire,” but is it all exact? The show focuses on three interns Samantha, Ashley and Talita. They are all trying to prove themselves in the industry by working their way up the fashion ladder. The trio try to impress the Marie Claire staff and ultimately the editor in chief – Joanna Coles. Since I’m seeking a fashion magazine career, this show provides some good exposure, but also has exaggerated moments that offer humor for all viewers. The girls live together which produces drama and are constantly jealous of each other’s assigned tasks. There’s both glamour and stress, fashion shows and errands. Running in Heels depicts the truth about interns at a fashion magazine but don’t forget it’s slightly altered by television. 
