Do your homework and find a company that speaks to your heart and your sense of design

After searching through fashion internship listings, I decided that I wanted to work with a smaller company, since big name companies receive thousands of submissions daily and are in top demand from the students who attend the big name fashion schools.  Since I attend a less well known school, at least in terms of interest in fashion communications, I thought it would be more likely that I would be able to find an internship in a company that was relatively new and not as well known.

 

I stared free online internship websites, met with my school’s Career Center, and asked around to my friends and my employers I work with at a clothing boutique in Georgetown, D.C.  I sent resumes and cover letters to a bunch of different places; a few magazines, stores, and smaller fashion apparel companies until I found Abigail Lorick and her line, Lorick New York. 

 

When your parents/counselors/professors say to you, “It’s all about connections and who you know,” they are 100% correct.  My boss said that they had met the Abigail on a buying trip and thought the line was fabulous so they purchased it for a fall delivery.  When I told my boss I was interested in interning in the city she immediately called Abigail and asked her if she was hiring interns for the summer.  Abigail told me to send in my resume and cover letter and then we would follow up.

 

I called Lorick a few days later, and to my great surprise, Abigail Lorick herself picked up the phone and offered me an internship spot!  She was so nice and upbeat and took the time to talk to me and find out my interests.  I knew she would be a good mentor and would help me grow through my experience with her as an intern.  I then arranged to visit New York in person.  I had interviews with a few more established companies, but they much more impersonal than the one I had with Lorick.  After I got home from the city I immediately called Abigail and took a position with Lorick as a Public Relations/ Marketing intern.

~ by Robin on July 17, 2008.