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Teen Dreams — And Nightmares — At Teen Vogue Young Hollywood Party
Fashion Jobs Are Not All They're Cracked Up To Be
To Splurge, Or To Steal? For Teen Vogue, There Is No Question
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Alexandra Michael Is About 28 Pounds Too Fat For Modeling
Teen Vogue's Amy Astley Resolves To Stop Consuming The Mindsquelching Ephemeral Cultureporn She Dishes Out '08
"People Move On To Coke, Starting At About Fifteen. It's At Every Party We Go To."
Teen Vogue Message Boards: "I Gained Alot Of Weight Over The Summer. Its Disgusting."
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Does 'Teen Vogue' Editor Amy Astley Let Anna Wintour Sign Her Name For Her?

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dianersb was bit by a zombie
09/28/09

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Amy Astley is not only letting the trend wear her, she's letting it beat her about the shoulder pads.
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Scout
09/28/09

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Dodai
09/28/09

@Scout: Let's critique the clothes but leave a 17-year-old's face, which he can't do anything about, out of it.
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Scout
09/28/09

@Dodai: duly noted - such thoughts, in the future, shall remain as internal dialogue.
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Snowbunny
09/28/09

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Katie Cassidy could have GREATLY benefited from a sweater or blazer.
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GeorgeFayne
09/28/09

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Tisdale's sexyface looks confused.
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Aesop's Foibles. YES.
09/28/09

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Number Eighteen.

Yur dress.

I need it.

Give me it.

Now.

Kthx.
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SarahMC
09/28/09

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Kelly Osbourne - whoa. She looks incredible. I am ashamed to be wondering how she got in such fantastic shape.
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Snowbunny
09/28/09

@SarahMC: Dancing with the Stars. She's been talking about it (the getting into shape part) non stop. And yes, she looks fantastic.
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hfree
09/28/09

@SarahMC: She's been killing it on DWTS. She really, really good (with the cute bf and crying parents in the audience). Even if you don't watch the show it's worth it to record it and just watch her performance.
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SarahMC
09/28/09

@Snowbunny: I had no idea she was even on that show. For a moment I thought, if Kelly Osbourne can do it there may be hope for me yet! but I don't have 24/7 to devote to getting buff. :(
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MIXED
09/28/09

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Kelly, can we best friends? I can borrow your clothes and you can borrow my...books? Yea, I got lots of those.
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dripdrop
09/28/09

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That polka dot dress is adorbz! Also, I'm really liking the "mullet" dress.
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AthertonMerriweather
09/28/09

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Danielle Panabaker is a dead ringer for Emma Watson.
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hortense
09/28/09

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Katie Cassidy's dress is very Tori Spelling, no?
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bitchney
09/10/09

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The big business of fashion has made it near impossible for American designers in two ways:
1. If you want to work for a company and you are not financially stable to work extremely low wages for years, you are screwed.
2. If you want to start a line, you better have millions in the bank / and or be a celebrity. Many of the small boutiques who mainly support independent designers have gone out of business or have a tough time paying their bills. As for department stores, those amazing 80% off sales are subsidized by the vendor--that's right, if I sell my items to a dept. store and they are discounted, I make up the difference. The company I work for goes an extra step and pays "discounts" to dept stores which essentially amount to us bribing them to carry our product. We are in an era where only the deepest pockets will survive, not the most talented.
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TwiceShy
09/10/09

@bitchney: oh, that's depressing to learn.
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freckles
09/10/09

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I know of lots of women who worked at magazines for a year or two and then left to pursue a different career. It's not for everyone. Everyone thinks: glamour, parties, famous people, free stuff...and yeah, you can have all that if you work hard enough, but it comes at a cost (just like every other job). You won't get to see your family that much, you'll have barely any time to yourself, and you may not EVER advance, even if you really, truly deserve it. I've worked with some great people in the magazine industry, but it's tough. It's not a 2 hour movie with fabulous clothes and a great soundtrack. It's a fuckin chain gang.
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ccchild
09/10/09

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Although I completely agree that some awareness is necessary, (and it seems TV is onto this, telling readers about the suffering) I can't really complain about young people, or any people, who want to dream big. Say this about those who look up to the contestants on Project Runway: they're not going to be lawyers because their daddy wants them to be.
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Seeräuber Jenny
09/10/09

@ccchild: There's a difference between dreaming big and dreaming crazy. And nothing -- nothing, including law, is a sure thing any more.
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Seeräuber Jenny
09/10/09

@Seeräuber Jenny:

BTW, I didn't mean to suggest that people shouldn't pursue fashion, or any other field they feel drawn to, just that they should have a healthy acquaintanceship with the facts.
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TashaGabsta
09/10/09

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I'm actually a current fashion student in my senior year. After almost four years of fashion school, I've come to the conclusion that 75% of the girls/guys who decide to study this don't really care about it at all. They didn't do shit in high school, but they LUV2SHOP, so they automatically think...FASHION SCHOOL! I'LL BECOME A BUYER! And the sad realization that it's not all fashion shows and shopping and meeting celebrities breaks their little hearts and causes them to drop out.

And plus, I think it's gotten sort of trendy. WIth all the fashion shows on TV, movies (like Devil Wears Prada) and all that crap.
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Seeräuber Jenny
09/10/09

@TashaGabsta:

I've taken classes at F.I.T, which, as you know, has tons of incredibly talented people in its fashion design programs, including many foreign students who are basically treating the program as a graduate school. I wonder how they're all going to find jobs in this economy.
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polypam
09/10/09

@TashaGabsta: There were those girls in my college and that was over a decade ago. They'd start as a fashion design major because they love shoes and bags! But after a year, they'd realize they couldn't hack it behind a sewing machine and either drop out or move into merchandising. But I suspect it's even more common nowadays.
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greengrey
09/10/09

@polypam: You are 100% right, and I say this as a merchandising major.
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greengrey
09/10/09

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Oh, and I'm pretty surprised the applications to Parsons and Pratt have increased.
Do these kids look at the tuition? The room/board? God forbid what happens if you don't get a dorm. And if you go to Pratt, you have to be in Brooklyn!
(JK on the last one...)
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Penny
09/10/09

@greengrey: OMG I was obsessed with going to Pratt when I was in high school. I was just to big of a wimp to move across the country.
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