

Those decisions you make so early shouldn’t shape your entire career. I was like, “Here’s all this fringe tassel!” and then I just left and didn’t come back."ĭanielle Brooks in Christian’s February show Getty Images How Not to Go on TV I was sent to run an errand, and I was so annoyed, when I got back, I put the stuff on her desk. My boss was not a fan of me, so that was my job… so after a week, I did the thing you’re not supposed to do. I copied fabrics every day for eight hours that entire week. Obviously, Marc Jacobs is an incredibly talented, amazing designer, and I have so much respect for the label, but I didn’t do a lot there. I don’t talk about that experience because it was so short.
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My opening line would have been, “I didn't get in, but congratulations to you all.” So yeah, it’s very full circle and I think it all worked out!" How to Leave an Internship That’s Not Quite Right And they asked me to speak at their commencement this year. But if I’d been at FIT, I don’t know that I would have had those experiences… Now? I have two pieces in their museum, so I think it worked out. I still try to run my studio like that because it was very hands on. McQueen was a very inspiring place, and it was a very creative place.

It was so far to her studio, like a two-hour commute each way, but I did it because I loved it and I learned so much.

The head pattern maker at Vivienne Westwood was my teacher, so she was like, “You need to go work for Vivienne,” and I did. Well, I didn’t get it, so instead, I went to London and studied there. "I did a summer program at FIT, and a teacher encouraged me to apply. Getty Images How to Handle Early Rejection
