This past weekend I had the time of my life at Teen Vogue Fashion University. I spent the weekend learning about the ins and outs of the fashion industry from top designers, stylists, editors and entrepreneurs. The weekend was also filled with fun social events like a kick off party at Express and shopping event at Topshop.
I actually missed the kickoff event that Friday at Express because I was on the 5 hour bus ride from Penn State to New York (womp, womp). Of course I attended the actual day-long event on Saturday filled with classes and seminars . The day kicked off with a panel led by editors from Teen Vogue. This is where I met the amazing Amy Astley, editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue. The editors talked alot about what it takes to survive in the magazine industry and how you really have to be ambitious and driven to succeed. As "fabulous" as the industry looks on the outside, it's actually really cut-throat and without being persistent you won't get far.
After the Teen Vogue editors panel, each "Fashion U" student then attended their own schedule of classes led by leaders in the industry. My first seminar was led by DanniJo.
I actually didn't know much about DanniJo before TVFU but I'm so happy I went to this seminar and had the opportunity to meet them. They're sisters who didn't even have a background in fashion and one day decided they wanted to start their own jewelry accessories company and now their products are worn by top celebrities and has become an international brand. I was just amazed by that because I don't have a background in fashion or much experience either. My experience is in entertainment. But it's encouraging to know that as long as I'm willing to put forth the work I can be just as successful as the next person even if they have more experience in the industry than me.
In between classes Teen Vogue had fun activities for us to take part in like getting our hair done by stylists, signing up to be a Teen Vogue It Girl, getting our "aura" future told (much more fun than it sounds) and of course a photo booth set up for us to take pictures.
Other speakers at TVFU included Coco Rocha, Christian Siriano, Alexa Chung, Oscar PR Girl and editors from Vogue.
After the seminars on Saturday we went shopping at Topshop with a 15% discount off the entire store just for us! Oh and mind you, freaking Jourdan Dunn was there! I shopped with a top fashion model! Can we just digest that information for a minute because I'm still kind of freaking out.
So what did I get out of Teen Vogue Fashion University? Other than an awesome swag bag filled with goodies like Bvlgari perfume and hearing from top professionals, I ended up meeting a PR rep from Express at the Express seminar I attended on Saturday and I gave him my information. He loved my online portfolio so much he invited me for an interview later this year which could lead to an internship. I attended this event hoping to get my foot in the door for Fashion PR and I ended up getting a foot, arm and leg in the room.
We kicked off the last day of TVFU with a seminar led by editors from Vogue and a movie from Vogue called The Editor's Eye. It all ended with graduation. We received our diplomas and Amy Astley signed them herself which was such a big deal to me because she's one of my inspirations and I hope to follow in her footsteps.
Oh and Teen Vogue commented on my graduation photo and I just can't hide my excitement about that either.
All in all, it was an amazing successful event and I am definitely applying to attend next year! #FashionU #ClassOf2013
If you have any questions about TVFU feel free to comment and I'll to do my best to answer :)
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