This week was my first week living in New York City and also as a Badgley Mischka sales intern. I have been so busy I have had no time to write about it until now!
On sunday I went to Carlo's Bake Shop (or where Buddy the Cake Boss works at for all of you TLC fans) with my parents before I moved into the city. We waited in line for about 30 minutes, but it was well worth the wait! We bought various pastries including their famous crumble cake (cinnamon crumb cake) and it was amazing. It's hard to stay away from Hoboken knowing that cinnamon-y goodness is right across the water.
After Cake Boss, we went to University Hall, the NYU dorm I am living in this summer. I am right in the heart of Union Square. This is my view from the 13th floor! My program held a first-night dinner and I got to mingle with my new hall-mates. Monday morning we had orientation to learn about what we would be doing over the next two months. I was lucky enough to meet a fun group of girls after for lunch and we mapped out our way to work. We got over our fear of the subway and took the Q to 42nd Street.
Then it was the big day! I could barely sleep Monday night knowing I was starting the next morning. I wore the outfit below. A blush colored, ruffled collar and sleeved top with cropped black pants and spiked flats. I began my day with a subway ride with 3 other girls and we were so early that we sat at a coffee shop before work began. Then at 10 I went into my building where the doorman (what!?) called the elevator for me and I took it to the 22nd floor. The elevator doors opened to a beautiful lobby with mirrored tables and frosted glass walls. I got a tour of the floor and the entire office staff was insanely friendly! My first day consisted of meeting everyone, finding all of the samples in the closet that were sold out and taking them to the archive closet, filing paperwork from buyers, and gathering photos of their latest collection for Neiman Marcus's Conclave where Badgley Mischka is the featured designer this year! While doing this, both Mark and James (the designers of the brand) came into the room and I was completely star struck! I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to talk to them both for a few minutes! They were so sweet!
What a great way to spend my first day!
These are my favorite pieces from their Fall 2013 collection. I was lucky enough to work with them in the showroom! Jana Kramer (country singer and former One Tree Hill star) wore the dress to the American Country Music Awards show this year.
This is an inside look of the waiting area and part of the showroom at Badgley Mischka. On Wednesday, my second day, I took the photos I collected the day before and helped select which looks would be used in the Conclave fashion show, what trends should be featured and what order they would go in. I also learned how to use the brand's computer program Apparel Magic. We use this to look up each and every dress, gown, shirt or skirt within the company.
Wednesday night I went to Times Square with a group of girls and we had a blast! We were very touristy and took too many pictures and bought ice cream from a Mr. Softie ice cream truck.
The outfit below is what I wore on Thursday: a high waisted maxi and cropped halter top with a sock bun. It was an exciting day at work, we had our go-to model Gigi (she was incredibly nice) come in for a fitting for their upcoming line. I assisted her in changing out of about 20 dresses as the designers and a few other key players in the company tweaked and tailored each cocktail dress or gown. Two other interns and I then took that new collection and printed stickers that had various information about the dress on them and applied them to the Badgley Mischka tags and used a tag gun to attach each one to the dress.
After work on Thursday, I went to the 86th floor of the Empire State Building with a group of friends. The view was amazing! It was eerily quite at the top of the balcony even though there were a few hundred people up there. Unfortunately, about 98% of those people were incredibly rude and it was a struggle and took a few shoves to get these next few shots.
My new friends Gina, Sarah and Melissa!
View from 86 stories. Hello, NYC!
Today (Friday) was a shorter day. I wore a charcoal maxi dress and layered a few new chain necklaces. I started the day by tagging a few more new dresses. After that, another intern and I sewed labels on to about 15 new collection dresses. (shocking isn't it? me sewing? I finally learned, and have a few needle pricks on my hand to prove it!) We then went to pick up books that included all of the looks that would be used in the Neiman Marcus fashion show and mailed them out. We did a few more small tasks before we left for the day. The company has "summer fridays" so we get to leave early, how exciting!
Tomorrow my program is taking the group on a double decker bus tour of the city and then treating us to dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. We are so excited to be the ultimate tourists for a few hours!
I'll leave you guys with a picture of Minnie Mouse in a new(er), haute look. The navy gown and red tiara was debuted last year in Paris. It was designed by Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz. As much as I love the traditional red and white polka dotted dress, a little evening wear never hurt anyone.
Keep checking back for more about my days here in the city!
Alana
