Crazy for Crayola Dresses

raglan sleeve, waddup

So....I love my boss. If you've interacted with me recently you probably know this. Like, seriously, LOVE him. I've really been sucking at writing this post (I've re-written it more times than you'd think possible) so I thought I'd start it with a pretty picture and an exclamation of my endearment. And before you read any further please be advised this is not the weird creepy stalker kind of love just the "thank you for letting me sit in the same room as you and share in your creativity" kind of love...which I guess is creepy but between you and I, that's just my personality. Anyway, he's gonna google his name and see this and automatically fire me so I might as well enjoy this internship while I still have it.

Meet Christian Francis Roth. He was showing his clothes on the runway when he was only a year older than me, a year before I was even conceived. Francis is his current project, a contemporary line with a vintage-pop feel and beautiful tailoring.

my favorite look from Francis'
upcoming fall collection: LOVE!
pic from the fb page which you should go like ;)

I feel like this has, so far, been the perfect first internship for me. Not very many people get to spend their days interacting with a fellow who won a CFDA award and has his shit at in the Metropolitan Museum's collection. He's more than just a pretty face! Things really do happen for a reason; I was almost half-an-hour late to my interview but he still saw something in me (I knew my "I just...you know, like clothing!!" line would really work)


Anyway, I started working there last Tuesday, May 8th, the day after school got out so I had a mini-meltdown my first day; lost my verbal filter, said stupid shit, and felt very uncomfortable and awkward and weird and burnt out. But I kind of came out of my funk the next day. I started working right in the middle of a trade show so it was a weird time to begin working because it was almost a calm-before-the-storm kind of thing. But, hey! It was so cool being able to go to my first trade show!! And I got to spend all of that Wednesday at it with Christian which was a good way to get to casually interact with him/hear about what it's like to live with skunks.

I'm so legit

This week we got down to business thinking about Spring/Summer. It's really cool being able to contribute my personal opinions about what direction we go in. It's no longer Barbie Dreamland Apparel Design class; this is actually kind of actually important. No roadkill public panties for this collection!! Christian and I went on a few little outings to try to gather some, for a lack of a better word, inspiration. I even came in an extra day to go on a museum exploration and enjoy the beauty (and beauties) of Central Park with him. I'm glad I was lucky enough to find such a fun and enjoyable work environment with such an interesting and fun supervisor. Thank God it's summer!!