So Monday afternoon my boss took off for Paris! For the rest of the day I sat in for her, trying to get acquainted with her position and daily tasks. Before she left, she briefed me as to my responsibilities and such, telling me that no one thing about her job is particularly difficult, rather it is doing them all at once and learning how to prioritize! I sat at her desk reading emails and putting in the pick ups for looks that we need to get in by Wednesday, we have three shoots this weekend! It seems sort of hectic already, but I'm getting the hang of it. Once I have any down time, I have to put on hold my job as my boss and go back to being me, for the next two weeks I am my own intern as well. It is kind of interesting however, because I get to follow and initiate the whole process from start to finish. This includes: communicating with the PR contact of whichever designer, calling in the look, putting in the pick up information, making sure it gets in on time, checking it in and then placing it on the correct rack based on the story it was pulled for. I am completely responsible for this process!
Look at this item we got in yesterday:
Maison Martin Margiela--those patches are actually sewed on pieces of paper, and yes, that is a bodysuit.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention the mouse on the loose in the office!! YUCK!
In other news, today has been quite crazy! For one reason or another we keep getting in the wrong looks, for instance, we call in look 12 but get in look 22, somehow the message gets lost in translation. So it has been my responsibility to correct the mistake--send the look back and request the other. Other than that, however, things are going great! When I thought that the day was starting to come to an end though...boy was I wrong! I relieved myself of my assistant duties and went off to help the other interns until 8:15pm--all in heels!
Long day but great experience!!!
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