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" Hi! I&amp;amp;#8217;m the assistant to Glamour&amp;amp;#8217;s deputy fashion director, and Ashley just asked me to do some guest blogging while she&amp;amp;#8217;s out. I just couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t say no, even though my boss is leaving for Paris and Milan momentarily and I&amp;amp;#8217;ve gotta make sure her arrangements are in perfect order. Sounds fabulous, right? Well it is, but I&amp;amp;#8217;ve gotta make a dozen plane, hotel, and dinner reservations, request tickets for all the fashion shows, confirm appointments for the Glamour team to see all the collections after they&amp;amp;#8217;ve been sent down the runway (which is called a &amp;amp;#8220;re-see,&amp;amp;#8221; fyi), RSVP to all the parties and set up meetings for our top editors with designers like Alexander McQueen, Olivier Theyskens, and Frida Giannini. Needless to say, I&amp;amp;#8217;m swamped. But in true procastination mode, here I am. Ashley&amp;amp;#8217;s trip is making me nostalgic&amp;amp;#8212;she&amp;amp;#8217;s now in my home state of Texas! Every morning, as I try to throw an outfit together, I rebel against my style upbringing. My mind says, &amp;amp;#8220;Joyann, match your shoes to your bag, your jewelry to the hardware on your bag, and never mix black and brown.&amp;amp;#8221; Obviously those rules are outdated, but even though I&amp;amp;#8217;m a serious fashion junkie these days, I flinch every time I break &amp;amp;#8216;em! I guess you can take the girl out of Texas but&amp;amp;#8230;well, you know what I mean. So I do my best to mix&amp;amp;#8212;not match&amp;amp;#8212;my accessories and go easy on the over-the-top hair! &amp;amp;#8212;Joyann Photo: "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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