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LIM Plays Major Role at Sustainable Fashion Forum in Los Angeles
Environmental sustainability while maintaining profitability is not an oxymoron, as posited in the Sustainable Fashion Forum that took place during the 2019 LA Textile Show. Approximately 300 people attended the one-day event in California on March ...
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Redefining Fashion: Retail, Luxury, Sales, and Merchandising
I recently edited a special issue for the Journal of Fashion, Style, and Popular Culture. The subject of the issue was Redefining Fashion: Retail, Luxury, Sales, and Merchandising, and sought to explore different catalysts of change that are ...
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Green is the New Black: The Spread of Eco-Friendly Fashion Companies
Fashion changes as the world changes. As global warming and pollution endanger the environment, many companies are stepping up. Fashion companies are going green by changing their fabrics and methods of production. Companies are practicing ...
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My Internship at Christian Siriano
Over winter break I secured an internship with luxury womenswear designer Christian Siriano, as a Public Relations Intern. I found this internship at the LIM College Fall Career Fair. (Shout out to EECM!)
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The Wage Gap in the Fashion Industry
Though the fashion industry is predominately female, gender wage gaps are still prevalent. A wage gap is the average disparity between what men and women earn.
America has the thirteenth highest pay gap in the world! The Census Bureau conducted a ...
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My Graduate Internship Experience at Jimmy Choo
Right now I am fortunate enough to be interning at Jimmy Choo. I found the internship through the LIM College Online Job and Internship Posting site – Simplicity.
Some of my key responsibility areas include reporting, assisting with open-to-buy ...
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Workshop with Furniture Design House Estudio Campana
by JiaXin Chen
Free! Every student’s favorite word. Between all the jobs, internships, and classes that we’re juggling at LIM, sometimes we need a break from everything. And what better way to do just that than at a free event?
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Interview: Fashion Industry Author, Penelope Nam-Stephen
by Victoria Stankus
I had met Penelope Nam-Stephen years ago when I had my first interview with Cache for a summer intern position in New York. I was terrified the entire time. I didn’t like my resume. Then, I really did not know much of anything ...
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My Apprenticeship with Celebrity Stylist Debra Ginyard
by Leah Francis
There it was on Linkedin...Her name belonged to one of the most fabulous celebrity stylists whose work I had admired for years and a schoolmate I knew had just connected with her. What I really like about Debra Ginyard was the work ...