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"I have wanted a career in fashion ever since I can remember. In high school, I worked for a small boutique in Atlanta. When I got to the College of Charleston in South Carolina, I landed an internship with Charleston magazine, where I helped out with the local fashion week.\n\n After graduation, I secured a summer internship in New York with the sales department at Tibi. I was so excited that I was willing to do pretty much anything for them, from shipping samples to filling in for an absent showroom model on a Saturday afternoon. It was an incredible experience that really immersed me in the fashion industry.\n\n While interning, I noticed there was an open position at Shopbop for a merchant&amp;#39;s assistant. I applied online, and the girls at Tibi gave me a recommendation. I interviewed and ended up getting the job. Proof that a good word goes a long way!\n\n For buyers, our daily routine is very different, depending on the time of year. During what we call market, which is the week (more like a month!) that we see new collections from designers and choose the pieces we think the Shopbop girl would want, we go into the office early to check sales from the previous week, place reorders on any pieces that are selling out, and catch up before heading out to appointments. On busy days, we can have seven or eight meetings with different designers back-to-back. I take notes and snap pictures of each style we see so I can review everything with my boss [senior buyer Jane Albiter] and pick the best items for the site when we get back to the office.\n\n During fashion week, things can get especially crazy. At the shows, I look for trends and keep an eye out for special pieces on the runway that might be good for the site. Sometimes we&amp;#39;re so busy that Jane and I will review orders in the cab between shows!\n\n Shopbop carries a lot of great international brands, and we&amp;#39;re always looking for new ones that will set us apart from our competitors. We&amp;#39;re known as an incubator for up-and-coming brands that often go on to achieve major recognition. I like that we&amp;#39;re not afraid to test labels that are just starting out. Recently I&amp;#39;ve been really into Italian label MSGM, which has fresh silhouettes in amazing bold prints. I also love Dagmar, a knit company from Sweden, for its supersoft sweaters.\n\nRight now, I have a handful of brands that I manage under the guidance of my boss. Eventually I hope to move up to associate buyer, where I would be in charge of a whole category, and to senior buyer after that. I know it sounds cheesy, but I honestly do have my dream job!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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