My First Day Interning in New York City

So today was my first day as an intern at Rafaella Design Group. Yay! So basically I got up at 7:30am and caught the 9:30am bus from where I'm staying in New Jersey to Manhattan. My aunt took me since it was my 1st day. :) It was like the 1st day of kindergarten all over again. haha. But seriously, once we got to Manhattan we walked like a block from the station to Fashion Ave, yeah you know the one like they always show on Project Runway, yup right in the heart of the fashion district. It's right across from Parson's New School of Design. So cool. Oh or a better description is that it's only a few blocks from Time Square. So here is where it gets fun. We enter the building and go to the 2nd floor where Rafaella is located and I swear it was like the entrance to Mode from Ugly Betty mixed with Devil Wears Prada (sorry for all the TV and movie references but I figured that would be the easiest way to describe it). I was all giddy inside but I'm like, "Ashley, hold your composure", haha yeah right. So then I go and meet Richard who is the Executive VP of Design for the whole company. I'm his intern, way cool. Then he showed me to my office...yes...office. So crazy! I guess it was just the only extra space they could find but hey a girl can't complain. :) After I spruced it up, they put me to work organizing clothes and folding samples, total LC moment. Time for ASHLEY'S LESSON OF THE DAY: knit fabrics are smoother than woven fabrics and touching it is about the only way to know that, georgette can be silky or matte and you can see that, but they are considered to be in the same category so it doesn't matter, and thin wovens are not to be classified as sweaters, who knew? ANYWAY, when folding samples I got to handle some amazing designer clothing, I'm talking Diane VonFruestenburg, Philip Lim, Free People. I know that means virtually nothing to most of you, but it meant something to me so there. haha. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I met the other intern also. Her name is Taylor, she's from Long Island and seems pretty cool, idk time will tell. So the day ended pretty uneventfully but after all it's just the first day. So pray for me and wish me luck, cuz here we go.

Much Love,

Ashley