MBFW NYFW 2012 Spring2013

Nothing terrifically personal pertaining to MBFW because I'm not really supposed to BUT, this stuff happened and it was pretty cool:

Orientation, as we were leaving, Sarah Jessica Parker was going into the Lincoln Center.

Fashion Week had started.

I scanned tickets for 

the Fashion Law Institute presentation

Noon by Noor

Rebecca Minkoff

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Tracy Reese

Erickson Beamon

Diane Von Furstenberg

Timo Weiland

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Joy Cioci

Farah Angsama

Angel Sanchez

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Brandon Sun

Badgley Mischka

Vera Wang

Naeem Khan

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Fotini

Whitney Eve

Clover Canyon

and got to hang out during the Vivienne Tam, Milly by Michelle Smith, J. Mendel, Carlos Miele, Carolina Herrera, Zang Toi and Nicole Miller. I did actually get to see the Clover Canyon Presentation on the last night, right before it closed down. All other shows I got to watch live stream from the lobby if I wasn't checking in other about-to-happen shows.

Various interesting people sighted: 

Nicki Hilton at two different shows, Maya, all of the Fashion Police folks including Joan Rivers, Melissa Rivers, Kelly Osbourne, Kimora Lee Simmons, Whitney (the designer from The City) and a slew of my favorite bloggers Keiko Lynn, Leandra Medine (aka the Man Repeller), and Claire Geist (who is, by the way, the sweetest thing. I might have fan geeked out a little when the other scanner with me was letting her in, and she acknowledged me without having the slightest clue who I was and that really stuck with me). There was also a handful of people I recognized but couldn't put names to (the usual).

People we stopped and shouldn't have:

I did in fact stop Kelly Cutrone, yes THE Kelly Cutrone. Woops. She wasn't wearing her pass, and I was just doing my job without quite realizing I should have committed more reality tv to memory beforehand.
... and Nina Garcia, although to be fair, as soon as two of us and the security guard realized she was being stopped, we stepped in immediately!

At one point, the kiosks for self check in went down. That was 0 fun at all.
However I loved the Fashion GPS system used to ticket people, it was efficient and quick and relatively simple to use. I had someone explain all the different ways it was used in the industry and it sort of amazed me. Who would have thought GPS systems could catalog so well? Mine barely gets me to White Plains without getting me lost.

I loved every minute of working fashion week, I would love to do it again and/or actually go see a show next time around. I definitely realized how much I like doing guest services and could get used to doing it more often. I'll be looking around for various opportunities now that I've got this under my belt.

Finally: I wore this

Sock bun (first attempt wasn't too bad, and worked out most days)

 Urban Outfitters dress, Betsey Johnson blazer, and Forever 21 flats that you can't see...

MBFW NYC 2013

Things I want to blog about: My experiences working Fashion Week

Things I'm not really allowed to blog about: My experiences working Fashion Week.

So in other news, I saw Sarah Jessica Parker yesterday. 

I wasn't officially working so I think that's safe to say...

Weekend According to my iPhone

From top left:

Post-Fashion Week interview in Bryant Park

My good luck kitty on my way to Friday's interview

Coldwater interview outfit

Art Critic Cop sticker, seen in the A train station (an inside Inwood joke)

Swayze stressing out a bird in the petstore while waiting to buy food

Armani Dresses, seen from the M66 bus

Lauren, pumped and ready to go at 5am Saturday

Dawn.

Keeping my camera dust-free with the Color Run bandanas

Pink station take 1 & 2

Lauren and Co. at the Finish line (Color Extravaganza I believe was the team name)

A color war at the main stage

Lauren's hair post-run

The rest of my Saturday afternoon light reading (September is the best.)

Let's discuss the swimsuit I borrowed to enjoy the pool in (the skirt, primarily)

But really, such a hard life at the gated community pool

Margarita on the rocks

Caviar and cream cheese

Jumbo shrimp

Cooked lobstah dinnah

Jill sporting her new haircut and a lobster bib (<3 span="span">)

My Weekend Kicked Your Weekends' Ass.

There's no doubt in my mind. The only people who's weekend even came close were those who got to partake in the first Annual Martini Walk in Downtown Bing and then the Big Ball Tourny (my bestie's weekend came in close second).

On Thursday, I had a mildly horrifying interview with the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week people for a guest services job (right up my ally) but I don't entirely expect to hear back from them. After moping around the City for the day, Jill more or less convinced me to come to the opening night of the play she's stage manager'ing: The Last Yankee, by Arthur Miller. It was excellent. Post small show, the weather was perfect and we decided to walk to a further train stop and take in some of Midtown. I fell in love with the City all over again, some nights when the tourists are few and the lights are bright, I don't know, it all feels possible again. 

Friday found me up and ready extra early for another interview, this time with Coldwater Creek, where Mike used to work and Gracie still is. The interview went super quick, and she just kept asking me why they didn't hire me sooner (I've applied twice in two years so hell if I know).  And then offered me a job, on the spot. I couldn't have been more excited, and it couldn't have come at a better time (Ok, yes I would have liked it to come two weeks ago, but better late than never).
To deal with my excitement, I grabbed some celebratory sushi across the street and waited for Gracie to finish up the last hour of her shift so we could go home together. On the walk past Central Park on the West side, we literally rubbed shoulders with Tina Fey. She was *rightthere* and time slowed down and I had to grab Gracie's arm to be reassured I wasn't seeing things. First celebrity sighting, only took me 8 months! Awesome.
After relaxing and gathering myself a bit, I headed over to the East Side to meet with Lauren and everyone at Anne's, who I finally met after having heard all about and seen pictures of through mutual friends. She was closer to Brooklyn, and that's where we were headed at 5am the next morning for the Color Run, the Happiest 5K on the Planet!

The Color Run was amazing to watch, I definitely want to do it next year (well, walk the majority of it) - it's where you get teams together in all white to run through stations of color. It's not quite a paint, it's more of colored dust that gets puffed up everywhere around and on you and tye-dyes you as you run through the stations. It's absolutely ridiculous and I was so glad Lauren had asked me to come photograph it for her. Running through clouds of colored dust with a nice camera isn't really anyone's idea of a good time unless they're properly covered, and no ones was, so I found myself in some great side line spots to catch all the action. After watching them try to get it off (not to mention looking like rainbow bums when we stopped at a Dunkin on the way home) I was sort of thrilled I had such a small role to play in the day, but I can't shake the feeling of wanting to be part of it for real next year.
As soon as I got home, I passed out like the dead from exhaustion and the heat. Left the rest of the afternoon to do what it wanted without me.  

Sunday found Jill and I on our way to Eastchester to spend the afternoon with her grandparents. They hooked us up with bloody mary's and wine as soon as we got there, which turned into margaritas, followed by Brooklyn Brews with dinner. There's no way to turn that down on a lazy Sunday.
Sammy met up with us for a bit to enjoy the pool, but mostly Jill and I lounged poolside just catching up. It's been a busy week for us and we haven't had a lot of quality time; taking in some sun and actually smiling was a huge improvement. August hasn't been kind to us, the happy break from reality was well deserved.
We returned to the house to caviar, jumbo shrimp, and freshfresh lobster. Just got totally spoiled. This week we will be back to Ramen and bagels, so we soaked up every flavor of luxury. I felt re-energized and recharged, and couldn't have asked for a sweeter way to end the weekend.

Today, it's back to business. I have a lot of loose ends to wrap up for this month, as well as get prepped and ready (aka wardrobe shop) for work (!!). 

 

All in all, the best kind of long weekend. 

(pictures to come in the next post)

Make that 2 interviews

I have one tomorrow at 11am and another Friday at 1230. 

I have nothing to wear. 

That's the most worrisome thought right now. 

The one tomorrow may or may not have something to do with this place:

No complaints, only looking up.