EDITOR'S LETTER

It was a scorching hot and humid August day when I walked into One World Trade Center for my first day at Glamour. I can vividly remember feeling so small entering the Condé Nast elevator to take me to floor 35 and replaying every good early 2000's fashion movie in my mind as the floors increased.

I moved to New York just a few days prior and was living out of a suitcase in my tiny six-floor walkup. I landed my first real industry job as a freelance New York Fashion Week assistant at the magazine. I was finally in the Big Apple and felt unstoppable.

Over the past decade I have learned a hell of a lot. I have had major career achievements like styling multiple magazine covers, celebrities for the red carpet and being featured in a number of publications and websites. But I have also made countless mistakes, I've had career lows, and I'll be the first to tell you that working in the fashion industry is not always like a movie, and my shoe collection is nothing close to Carrie Bradshaw's. When I started Fashion Fundamentals, it was originally a small blog series on my website to share my life in New York, working in the fashion industry, and any tips and tricks I had learned along the way. I never imagined Fashion Fundamentals would grow beyond this mini blog series into an e-book, national college workshop tour and eventually a digital course and community with hundreds of students across the world.

I am so grateful for the community of hard working and passionate creatives I have met through Fashion Fundamentals. In 2021 we are making some changes, and I am so excited to share with you our monthly mentor giveaway launching this month (more details on page 9) Each month I will host a 30-minute mentorship session with one community member.This is a dedicated session to answer any questions (career, fashion, social media, business, etc.) you may have about your career, resume, side hustle or business!

I really missed the one-on-one conversations I would have with students when we launched Fashion Fundamentals in 2017, so this year we are taking it back to the basics and focusing on the digital course and the monthly mentorship giveaway! Thank you for your continued support over the past few years and I cannot wait for you to read through this magazine created, written and built by our wonderful community of student writers, ambassadors and interns.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 - EDITOR'S LETTER 9 - WHAT IS FASHION FUNDAMENTALS 12 - YOU'VE GRADUATED IN A PANDEMIC, NOW WHAT? 14 - THE BEST ONLINE CAREER RESOURCES 16 - THE BEST PODCASTS TO LISTEN TO 17 - SUMMER READING LIST 18 - HOW TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD OF VIRTUAL INTERNSHIPS 19 - 7 ITEMS TO HAVE ON YOUR DESK FOR YOUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP 21 - 5 WORK-FROM-HOME TIPS FOR TIME MANAGEMENT AND MOTIVATION 22 - I DIDN'T GET A SUMMER INTERNSHIP — WHAT DO I DO NOW? 24 - 10 WAYS TO UP YOUR RESUME GAME IN 2021 25 - 6 THINGS TO ADD TO YOUR RESUME 26 - WHERE TO LOOK FOR INTERNSHIPS 27 - BUILDING A PERSONAL BRAND 33 - FASHION JOB DIRECTORY 41 - FASHION SCHOOL DIRECTORY 45 - WHAT TO MAJOR IN TO WORK IN FASHION 47 - HOW TO GET EXPERIENCE AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT 48 - SUMMER 2021 TREND REPORT 56 - SUMMER NAIL TRENDS TO TRY ASAP 57 - RUNWAY LOOKS FOR LESS 61 - SWIMSUITS FOR SUMMER 65 - HOW TO DRESS FOR AN INTERVIEW 67 - HOW TO DRESS FOR YOUR INTERNSHIP/JOB 70 - SUSTAINABLE BRANDS TO SHOP NOW 71 - 6 ONLINE THRIFT STORES TO SHOP NOW THE 72 - BEST SUMMER HAIRSTYLES 73 - FASHION FUNDAMENTALS SHOP 74 - INDUSTRY Q&A 82 - 5 PIECES OF ADVICE 83 - THANK YOU 86 - SOCIAL / BACK OF BOOK

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