Week 6: Spring/Summer Preview

This week was the Spring/Summer 2016 Preview. It took place in a penthouse studio in midtown. We spent all day Monday at the studio setting up for the event. We were steaming and hanging all of the clothes on the racks. I also assisted the accessories team in designing the set up. It was an extremely long day, but I was really excited to see how it would look in the end. On Tuesday and Wednesday, I had to wake up extra early to go and help the teams set up and get ready. Editors started arriving at 8:45 am to look at the samples. We were showing Spring/Summer clothes, sunglasses, shoes, watches, etc. As editors arrived, it was my job to greet them and direct them to where they needed to go. We offered coffee, juice, and mini donuts for everyone to enjoy. This was an amazing hands-on experience for me because I was able to participate in everything that my bosses did. I was glad to help and be able to be there for this amazing event!

week 6

This week was interesting and fun. This week, my boss assigned me to create several flat layouts. She allowed me get creative and create layouts according to my own taste and style.  I was allowed to use plain black/ white background and arrange the jewelry or use images that I chose to set as a background. So I picked images from Tumblr and Pinterest and arranged the images in the background of where I placed the Jewelry. I found that from my past class, Presentation Technology, it was easier to set up how I wanted the images. This project was very similar to all the boards we created in that class. The way of arrangement was very important to the viewer, so I was able to incorporate the skills I learned in that class to this assignment.

Weeks 5 & 6

An update on the Boutique: definitely happening! Products have been purchased from vendors and showrooms in New York, signs and fixtures are being installed tomorrow, and promotional giveaways   are on their way to the office. Blood sweat and tears is bringing this boutique to life but happening it is! Currently, I'm working on a promotional card to be handed out to all of our clients as advertising for the boutique, a blog about facial peels (I got one for free!), and in-store signage for the boutique.

The big thing that I worked on last week though was our main event of the season: Bellevue Gets Engaged. It's a bridal fashion show held by Nicole Miller (check out Sydney's blog post for more on their role!) and lots of different companies have booths and giveaways there to attract the business of brides-to-be. The Salon & Spa had a huge booth there --- right next to an amazing seafood one --- as we cater to brides and bridal parties for hair and makeup and did all of that for the show. With everyone stopping by the rent went very quickly, and it was a ton of fun. Yes it was also a ton of work, but looking at gorgeous engagement rings and schmoozing with ladies on cloud 9 is always a good time. Of course, the dresses too were spectacular.

Bellevue Gets Engaged was such a fun time and I'm looking forward to the next fashion show we're a part of!

I'm having difficulty with adding pictures now but they'll be on here tomorrow morning, also all pictures from BGE can be found on the Salon & Spa Facebook page!

Bellevue Gets Engaged

These past two weeks have been pretty busy because there were two big events for Nicole Miller. Last week was the XIX Most Fashionable Women event that I talked about. The other event, Bellevue Gets Engaged, was this past Sunday for the Nicole Miller bridal line. I was there the entire day starting at 9AM, preparing for the show and getting everything set up. I helped with the goody bags, putting stuff in them and then organizing all of them in a room, and then helped getting everything else ready. There were a lot of vendors there such as cake and bakery vendors, photographers, and whatever else a couple needs for a wedding. Finally at 2PM the fashion show began and right before it started one of the employees asked me to sit VIP front row because there was an extra seat and I was in Nicole Miller clothes. It was such an awesome opportunity to be able to sit front row and watch the show. The dresses were beautiful, bride and bridesmaids dresses, and I was so grateful to be a part of this entire event! It's pretty cool to say that I helped for an event from start to finish.

Yesterday I was back in the office and got caught up on my work, and also had to steam all of the clothes from the event that came back to the Manayunk store. I definitely know that I like working events more than being in an office but I'm glad I'm getting experience on both sides of this business. 

Back to Back Events

This was an extremely eventful week at the office for everyone. I felt like there were events every day of the week, with more than one at a time. Wednesday I was sent on a mission to find wigs that resembled the New York Met's pitchers for one of our clients who was giving away costumes of the players. It was probably the most random request I've ever been asked of, but after running in and out of what felt like 30 different stores, I found a few wigs that worked. At the end of the week, the woman who had asked me to do that ran up to me and told me that the wigs I found and the story I was helping made the New York Post, so that felt like a huge accomplishment. Overall, Wednesday was just the busiest day of running around and helping as many people as I could.
On Thursday, I was asked to come in earlier than usual to the office to help for an Undies.com event, and to stay late and travel to the Time Warner building to help work a Sugarfina event. Although it felt like the longest day of my life, both events were a lot of fun! For the first event I kind of worked as a bartender, packing people gifts of the panties and bras they picked out from the "bar". It was fun to interact with all the editors and get to hear more about this new client of ours. I even got to take some free merchandise home with me afterwards. At around 3:00 pm, I followed an account executive from the lifestyle team to the Sugarfina event at the Time Warner building. I would be helping to set up goody bags of the candy, and check people in as they came to the event. It was the launch party for the first NY Sugarfina location, and it looked amazing. It was a glorified kiosk that was seen immediately when entering the building. I worked with a lot of the employees at ABPR, and was able to get to know them better, which was great. Waiters were walking around serving the guests champagne and gummy bears with 24K gold flakes in them, and now I can say that I've eaten gold before...never felt so fancy. The event perfectly fit the type of brand the company aims to be, and I was happy I was able to attend the private event that was such a big step for the company. Even though it was the longest day of co-op so far, I feel like I got so much out of it and can't wait to see what the next few months bring!

Week 5 @ Freedom Rains

I really can't believe that a month has gone by! Just like last week, everyone is really working hard to finalize all the designs and sourcing for Fall '16. We're hoping to complete everything by the first week of November that way we can put prototypes into production. The designers finally had sketches ready, so this week I got to edit those and create tech packs to be sent out to our factories. Since we are obviously unable to create each piece by hand we need tech packs to act as instructions for our factories. Initially, they contain detailed sketches of the garment, a list of materials being used (including fabrics, trims, fusibles, etc), specific construction and sewing details, and measurements. It's a lot of work and everything has to be very precise or else our coats could come out looking completely wonky!

While we're mainly working on next fall right now, we also can't forget about Spring '16. We had another fitting this week to finalize the measurements for some of the Spring coats. Even though we're a contemporary line, I think it's great that we try to fit for the average woman and we're always adjusting to make sure everything is as perfect as possible. Getting the fit and silhouette right are definitely vital when thinking about our different customers. Not everyone is a 5'9, size 2 model who wants to wear a super fitted coat. We need to have something for everyone and cater to different body shapes. Furthermore, I also got to accompany the lead designer while running some errands to our pattern maker and some of our textile manufacturers' offices. I really appreciate that she values my opinion and we've been bonding over our shared Drexel experiences since she's an alumni! I also just feel like I'm learn a lot from watching her work and being able to sit in on meetings with her. I also found out this week that a color palette I developed for a line of packable raincoats at Saks Fifth Avenue while the designers were away in Europe got approved! Even though it seems kind of nerdy, I still think it's really cool that they liked the colors I chose for them.

To top off this week, my Mum came down for the day on Friday and we were able to go shop our showroom for coats. While the company is giving me one for free, I couldn't resist buying two more because my discount is so good! I really can't wait to wear them this winter. Of course, my Mum was also excited to see where I work and meet everyone. And speaking of Mom's, Zac Posen's own Mom came in earlier this week to pick out coats for herself! I was surprised at how normal she was considering her son is so fabulous (we even found that she takes the bus around New York). It was really cool to meet her though and she even welcomed me into the House of Z family!

I feel bad that I can't take a lot of pictures at work, so here's a photo of the view from my rooftop! Living in Manhattan really goes hand in hand with my co-op experience. I've gotten to do a lot of exploring and I feel more and more like a New Yorker everyday.

Week 5: Preparing for Spring Preview

This week at Bollare consisted of preparing for next week's preview. The past three days have been very busy and pretty stressful. The fashion team and I have been steaming and packing away all spring samples in the showroom bring to the preview. We are constantly getting in new shipments that need to be sorted through to see what will be shown at the preview. It is a great experience to get to see how such amazing events like these are prepared for. The events team has also been working extremely hard to plan the entire two days by ordering decorations and food. We will be having pastries and refreshments, such as donuts, for the editors coming to the event. The event will take place on Monday and Tuesday of next week. I'm very excited to be preparing for it and attending it. I am very appreciative to be able to play such a large role in helping out with the event!

Week 5

This week definitely needed my computer skills to complete the tasks that I was assigned this week. My mentor/boss was sketching up new jewelry sketches for her spring/summer line and I was asked to research inspirations for her new line. I was able to use Drexel resources, and was able to access Fashion Snoops. This website is the most helpful and should be used to its advantage because it helped a lot with my research. Fashion Snoops had detail shots of every designer that did the spring 2016 and resort 2016 runway. I was able to gather enough images for several inspiration boards. Once   she finally designed new designs, she asked me to color chart all the different pieces that belonged to the jewelry. This allowed it to be easily interpreted to her manufacturers. In order to complete these tasks, I had to use Adobe Illustrator and photoshop. Thank goodness all those computer design classes which helped me a whole bunch in completing these tasks. Not only did I brush up on my Adobe skills, I impressed my boss even more by completing the tasks she didn't even think I was capable of!

XIX Most Fashionable Women : Nicole Miller

I can't believe it's the 5th week of co-op already. Yesterday I helped out at an important event that Nicole Miller has annually that recognizes 19 women who are fashionable and philanthropic in the community of Philadelphia. I got to help set up for the entire event with other interns and volunteers, greet people, set the gift bags and other goodies on each chair and so much more. I only helped set up for about 2 hours and we got so much done in that time. It's crazy how hectic it can get when planning events but I definitely know that I like being on my feet instead of being in an office all day. It was also fun because I got to wear my Nicole Miller clothes and got to see everyone's gorgeous outfits. This definitely makes me more excited for helping out with other events, especially the one I will be going on in November in Maryland! This Sunday I will also be helping out at another event called Bellevue Gets Engaged. It will show off all the new Bridal wear and I'm so excited to see all the beautiful dresses. 

Week 4

At work this week, it was a lot slower, but a nice break from the typical pace of things. I found the most delicious bagel and coffee shop only a few blocks away from work on 3rd Avenue so I've started to make that a morning routine before heading into the office. On Wednesday I was sent to a Kerastase event, but only to help pack everything away; although I did get to take home the left over desserts, which wasn't too bad. My mentor surprised me with an ABPR bag full of products from our clients, including a hot pink Clarisonic Mia which was so nice!
The rest of the week consisted of me meeting up with friends and walking around the city. Christina whose also interning in NY, and I went to the adorable restaurant Jack's Wife Freda and spent the entire day walking around Soho. It's so fun exploring this new city, yet so nice and easy to commute back to Philly to visit other friends whenever I'm a little homesick. I can't wait to see what other amazing places I'll wonder into.

Week 4 @ Freedom Rains

With the design team back from Europe, things have picked up a bit around the office and everyone is motivated to get ahead on the Fall '16 line. It definitely feels more normal to have everyone back and working in one place again, though I was excited to see the results of the trip. The designers returned with thirty sample garments that we'll be taking inspiration from in regards to fabric, trim, silhouette, etc. We had a long meeting with the entire office discussing the success of the trip, modeling the samples to everyone, and showing the takeaways of each piece. Although they largely bought coats from brands like Moncler, Max Mara Weekend, Vivienne Westwood (which we sadly cut apart to take fabric samples from) and Versace, but also dresses from Stella McCartney and Jill Sander. Our lead designer explained that any dress can become a coat if you just use your imagination, which is so clever and I never would have thought of! It was definitely fun to try on and photograph all the samples, as well! I think having all of them in our showroom gives a more solid vision to what next year's line might look like.

I'm also really excited because the floral print I've been working on is going to get produced into a fabric, which will obviously be turned into a coat later on! This is definitely something I will be adding to my portfolio and I feel like a small piece of me will be going into the collection. I also get to work with the mill that will be developing the fabric and handle the order, which is a great learning opportunity. This week we've also been finalizing which fabrics will be used for the line, which is a bit strange because the designer's haven't really started sketching. In a way, we're pretty much working backwards.

Week 4

This week at work was a bit slower for me because I only had to work for two days. Now that the Valentine's Day preview is over, we are starting to prepare for the Spring preview. A bunch of new samples have been coming in everyday. It is really awesome to be the first to see what will be popular in the Spring. I have been working with the fashion team to check in all of the samples so that editors are able to look at them. I'm really excited for the Spring preview because it is going to be a large two-day event. I am also adjusting to living in New York City, which is a really great experience. I got close to a lot of new people and explores a lot of new places.

Week 4

So far my week on co-op has been better. My boss is on the road at trunk shows all week so I'm in the office alone but I'm finally beginning to get the hang of everything. Yesterday I learned more about the behind the scenes with the business. I was trained on working with quickbooks, which is an accounting system for businesses and keeps everything all organized. I learned how to add new items from our open orders to the system so that the store is able to sell those products and also how to make sure packing slips get received, etc. It's pretty interesting and I'm glad I'm able to learn so much from all different ends of the fashion industry.
I'm also getting really excited for November because I am going on the road with my boss in for a trunk show/event in Maryland right by my hometown! It'll be fun to be able to work with my boss on the road and see how the business works. I'm also excited because it's right by my high school so the town will be familiar and I will get to work with a store that is so familiar and close to where I lived.

S+S Week Three

This was an exciting week of improvement as we upgraded to a huge corner office in the 79 Madison WeWork building where Snap+Style is located.  As the rest of the office continued on with their normal day-to-day work tasks, they left me in charge of ordering all the necessary supplies from desks and chairs to pens and pencils and everything in between. After everything was ordered and waiting to be delivered, I began working with an interior designer preparing to personalize our new office further. Interior design has always been a passion of mine that I never pursued, so I was thrilled to be given the chance to work in that area for the week. After many ideas were thrown around within the team, we decided to leave it all up to the designer to produce an office worthy for Snap+Style, with the hope that the new space will promote inspiration.

After hours, I had the opportunity to experience a Flyers vs. Rangers game in the one-and-only, Madison Square Garden.  It was so nice not to worry about homework assignments and to have the free time to explore the city and everything it has to offer.  

S+S Week Two

This was the week of the Rebecca Minkoff Event which I worked so hard to plan my first week.  The turnout was better than we could have imagined. Not only did the majority of people from our guest list attend, numerous more from the street came to participate in our event where we promoted 25% off all merchandise purchases. I learned all the benefits from holding an event such as this as we watched our popularity on social media grow. Later we celebrated with lunch at Laduree, a french restaurant which specializes in macaroons.  I was able to enjoy the luxuries of The Big Apple and had entirely forgotten I was working.

Later in the week, I experienced my first photoshoot with Snap+Style.  It was everything I imagined a photoshoot in New York to be, extremely hectic and stressful with a sudden lack for time.  Thirty minutes before it was time to leave for the shoot, we came to the alarming realization that co-founder Anna Jensen (model and my head boss), was unhappy with the dress we had selected for her to wear.  The only solution was to run to the nearest All Saints and buy a dress she would be pleased with.  It was only my second week on the job and I already found myself running through the city in heels with a garment bag in my hand.  I thought a situation like that was only true in the movies, I was wrong! In the end, it was neat to experience the ‘behind the scenes’ aspect of a photoshoot and to see the beautiful end product.

S+S Week One

For my co-op I am working in New York City as the Fashion Stylist/Graphic Design intern at Snap+Style which is a start-up phone app that creates outfits using pieces from various brands that we partner with, and combine them with items from our customer’s personal closets. Our company just launched in September, so business is hectic as we attempt to establish ourselves. The biggest focus for Snap+Style right now is to spread the word about our services, and what better way to do so than to orchestrate events with local stores? My job for this week was to organize a shopping event with Rebecca Minkoff at their 96 Greene Street store in New York.  Due to their strict morning availability, we decided to provide pastries and mimosas and hold the event at 10am for the following Monday.  It was then left up to me to create an invitation, organize a guest list, and provide ideas for a gift bag, which was to be handed out to each attendant at the end of the event. I learned to be quick on my feet and always have creative ideas on deck for when I was asked my opinion. These tasks helped me to learn about the company and what they stood for while meeting my various bosses and co-workers.  

Weeks 3 & 4

Things are certainly picking up over here at the Bellevue! A lobby level store is opening that will act as a 3D marketing device to push clients downstairs into the Salon & Spa. The shop will carry makeup, haircare, and skincare products, as well as offer make-up touchups and an appointment making service with the full Salon & Spa. The interesting things about this shop are that it a) is only expected to be around from November to February so there are monetary and stock investment dilemmas, and b) it will be open after a whirlwind one month of idea conception.



A large part of my job now is developing the branding for this shop. It will be called the Bellevue Salon & Spa Boutique, so there are branding needs so that in February when clients are saying "The Bellevue Salon closed" it won't be confusing. Thus far I've developed the "coming soon" signage, the window treatments and header sign for the storefront, and I'm in the process of developing the business cards. It's a lot considering there are also other events going on with the regular Salon & Spa, but when you open a store in 20 business days things have to move quickly.


Last week I attended the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator fashion show at
Macy's which was really phenomenal. I've received emails from Drexel about attending in the past but never have, and having gone this year it was a fun time --- especially seeing what goes into it.

I encourage everyone to sign-up to volunteer for Bellevue Gets Engaged on Sunday the 25th! It's a really great event and I'll be there capturing everything for social media!

Week 3 = Events

Everyone in the office was very busy this past week. More than once a lot of us gathered into an Uber and quickly went to an event for one of our clients. The highlight of this past week for me was most likely the Clarisonic for Keith Haring event I was sent to on Wednesday. It was in the most beautiful apartment in the West Village, with an incredible view of the entire city. I helped to set up goodie bags with the limited edition Clarisonic devices and signed people in at the door. One of the guests was the super model Coco Rocha which was really amazing. I couldn’t help but snap as many pictures as I could at the event just because it was set up so cool. The next day was slower, doing mailings and such, I even got to work the receptionist’s position, which was hard since the phone has more than 100 buttons on it. At one point, one of the employees asked me and another intern to go to a Clinique event where Rumer Willis was handing out free cotton candy, a very random spur of the moment aspect of my day.

Not related to work, I also visited Drexel for Fall Fest and it was such a nice break to see everyone again and have a really fun weekend with friends there. Now it’s their turn to visit me in New York.

Week 3: Valentine's Day Preview

This week was a very busy one because it was the Valentine's Day Preview event at Bollare. Editors came to the office to look at samples of the new Valentine's Day collections. The Valentine's Day collection included lingerie from different brands and silk pajamas. There was coffee and pastries for everyone to enjoy. It was an amazing experience because I was able to meet all of editors and learn about what they do and where they work. I helped decorate for the event and made small bouquets of roses to give to the editors on their way out. I really enjoyed the event and definitely learned a lot about event planning. This was only a small event, but I was told that there will be a bigger and longer event for the Spring collection, which I am very excited about!

Week 3 @ Freedom Rains

This week I was greeted to the ever delightful question "Have you ever had Chick-Fil-A? It's amazing."And, to answer that question, I have had the unfortunate pleasure of eating at Chick-Fil-A. For my coworkers who have never had it though, they just opened up New York's first ever Chick-Fil-A in Herald Square, luckily for them. While the raving of the fast food chain continued, the design team had work to do - or at least what was left of our already small team. This week, two of our designers and a few members from sales took a trip around Europe to curate inspiration pieces for the upcoming Fall line. This left our office feeling very quiet, but the break in the action gave myself and our technical designer a lot of time to get work done. We started the week off with a fitting, which I was very grateful to be included in. A fit model came in to try on samples of leather jackets we are working on for a private label project. I've never worked with a fit model before, so it was interesting to hear the amount of feed back she gave us throughout the fitting. She definitely gave us the view point of the real woman who would be wearing the jackets, which is important for a designer to not lose sight of when working with ready-to-wear pieces.

This week I got to go out to some leather wholesalers to source a mint green leather for another private label project. This one place that I went to, Global Leathers, was completely closed off from the public, which made me feel a little special walking in. While they had almost every kind of leather imaginable, even crazy things like exotic amazon fish leathers, they didn't have many options in the mint green family. I basically had to take swatches of what I could find, but it was still a really cool to walk around their store and see everything. Back at the office, I have also been working on different variations of floral prints via Adobe Illustrator that will be stitched into a wool fabric. I was honored that the designers delegated this me as this was the first time I really got to use my creative skills since starting co-op. Although I'm still tweaking the print, I really hope that the fabric gets put into production!

week 3

Week 3 has been a lot of hands on work. This week has definitely been the most running back and forth from the UPS store. Since I do not have a car, it was a lot more difficult to carry packages that were received and sent out. I was practically in and out of the UPS store that I already made new friends. Other than that it was a fun type of challenge to be in charge of all the inventory. I was responsible for taking in repairs and sending them off to get repaired. Then once the repairs were repaired, I had to take in the repairs and send them back to the customer. My boss often relied on me to make sure all the jewelry was kept in inventory or sent back to the customer. This was a lot of pressure but I successfully did all the tasks she asked me to do. I definitely had a lot more tasks to do but I'm glad it kept me busy. This makes me  even more excited about the next challenges I might meet next week.

Week 3 @ Nicole Miller

My third week on co-op has been another busy one. On Monday October 6th, my boss didn't make me come into work because of the social media threats and told me to just stay safe. Those threats really freaked me, and several of my friends out, especially because the threat said it would be on a Philly campus but didn't specify where. Tuesday I had to catch up on my work and of course the computer wasn't working for half of the day. Luckily, my boss is really understanding and because she wasn't in on Tuesday she told me that I don't have to worry and it's not the end of the world if I don't finish my work until the next time I'm in. Thursday the old wholesale intern will be helping me out and she is going to come in once a week, since I barely got trained in the beginning. Everyone is really helpful where I work and I'm so appreciative that people are so understanding.
So far, I've learned how to fill out RA's, which are forms that you get approved if a client wants to return or swap an item that is damaged or not selling well. I've also learned how to use this system called AS400, which is used for almost everything (orders, open orders, RA forms, etc.) and I'm finally getting the hang of it!
There are a lot of Nicole Miller events coming up in the next few months and hopefully I will have the time to help volunteer and possibly see some of you there!

#ABPRHOLIDAY

My second week at ABPR was amazing. I spent the first couple of days doing mailings to editors like I typically do, but I also helped other interns with photoshop advice for press releases and for our annual ABPR Holiday event where we showcase everything for the holiday seasons that our clients have to offer. Although I am typically on the beauty team, the great thing about this job is I can still help out with any other team, as well. So for the event I helped the lifestyle team. The products I was showing to our guests were Illy coffee and coffee makers, Avion Tequila Espresso flavor, and Yoko Ono’s designs for Illy tea cups. It was a room filled with so many people I got to make connections with. I even got to get my hair braided in the salon thanks to Kerastase, something I never imagined would be happening when I walked into work that morning. There was also puppies up for adoption which of course was extremely hard to resist…

So far my time here has been incredible, and while it was busy for the event and a lot of hard work, I enjoyed myself. Next week I’m doing even more with photoshop which I’m really looking forward to. Can’t wait.

Week 2 @ Freedom Rains

This past week was definitely a busy one! The design team is getting ready to start planning the Fall '16 for the ZAC Zac Posen outerwear line. I actually got to attend to the creative meeting with the Zac Posen design team where we discussed our vision for the upcoming Fall line. Last week, we sent out fabric choices to be approved by the Ready to Wear design team and now that we have received their comments we can proceed to put together a color palette. I worked with the lead designer to pick out Pantone swatches and find swatches of other fabrics in colors we like. Then, we send out our color and fabric choices to our manufactures for lab dips, which will show us what our fabrics will look like in our new color palette - this way we can make adjustments as needed. Simultaneously, we've also been preparing our Spring '16 coats for production. I had to make up and send out quality cards to all of our factories. These cards include swatches and samples of all the fabrics, colors, trim details, zippers, etc and act sort of like an insurance policy in case any of the orders get messed up. This week, I also got to accompany the lead designer in meetings with our tanneries and leather retailers. They basically come into our showroom with all of these giant suitcases that are filled with leather skins in almost any color and texture you can imagine. Of course, we then take swatches of qualities we think we can use for either the ZAC label or any of our private label projects, but it's still fun to look at all of the different leathers.

Outside of work, I also ventured up to Central Park and the American Museum of Natural History, which is the museum the movie Night At the Museum is based off of. I had a lot of fun and definitely recommend checking it out! It's fairly easy to get to from Manhattan, via the metro, and you only have to give a small donation for general admission.

Co op Week Two!

It is my second week of co op and I am starting to get a lot closer to the girls at Bollare. This week, we all worked together to organize the showroom and switch out the clothes and accessories for the new season. The events team is currently planning a big event for Valentines Day. We will be picking out refreshments and desserts. I was also able to help the events team look for decorations for the event. We will be ordering new samples with pink and red color schemes for Valentine's Day. Editors will be coming to Bollare for the event, which will definitely allow me to learn a lot. I am really looking forward to helping set up for the event and also attending it this February. One of my favorite things about working at Bollare is the atmosphere. There is never a dull moment because there is music and everyone is always busy working and moving around the office. The other interns and I are able to learn a lot about what each team does, which is really important to me.

I am really enjoying working on Fifth Ave near the Flatiron building. It is really cool because I am able to meet up wtih friends after work for dinner. I am also able to go shopping and exploring new places in the Flatiron District. Working in New York is an amazing experience and I am excited to find new places and try new things!