First Day!

Friday was my first day interning at Pesavento Couture, a small high-end eveningwear company located on 29th Ave. Emily, the assistant first had me run to Spin Fabrics to pick up 2 swatches. I caught the guy just as he was locking the door, thank god! I also sent some lacey fabric and ribbon to Stanley Pleating so that they could manipulate the ribbon into a fancy design onto the fabric. I met the production team, Richie the head and Jeanie the seamstress. Both were Chinese and Emily was happy because she had been having trouble communicating! The designer, Jamie (an FIT Accessories Design Graduate) was sick so I actually took the 1 train up to 175th St. to his apartment! The apartment was right on the riverside and I could see the Queens? skyline from the edge of the river. It was a particularly windy day, and it had just snowed in the morning! Jamie's apartment was, like himself, very eclectic and tasteful. He was a geniuinely happy ole guy and reminded me of a toned down version of Austin Scarlett (Project Runway). Lastly I helped Emily pack 2 dresses to be shipped, one to Staten Island and the other to Maryland. I had to wrap the huge puffy dresses in tulle, then cover the entire thing in plastic, hang tags and purchase stickers, and fold it, front facing up, in the large rectangular cardboard boxes. Lots of tape and invoice taping later, 2 boxes were ready for UPS! I gathered my things to get to class at 1:30 P.M. and looked forward to coming in again next Thursday.