Have you at any time questioned what it’s like to operate with movie star stylists and worldwide powerhouse brand names? Nineteen-12 months-aged Alisa Drake can explain to you. The college or university student from Columbia, Maryland, a third-yr business significant at Howard University, invested the summertime as a fashion marketing intern in Los Angeles, performing at PR company Rogers & Cowan.

From June to August, five times a week, Drake was completely immersed in the planet of fashion and PR, obtaining to work with stylists for important celebs though also mastering the ins and outs of sending out PR packages and reaching out to influencers. “The most essential matter I figured out was that connections are anything in just the fashion field,” she tells Elite Everyday. “A lot of our consumers are centered on personal connections the senior leadership has with them.”

Drake was linked to Rogers & Cowan by the RaiseFashion x Anti-Racism Fund Internship software, which associates with 13 historically Black colleges and universities to join Black students with internships that will assistance them improve a profession in style. “A great deal of the time in trend, you have a ton of nepotism and privilege, so [RaiseFashion x ARF] created it so that [more Black students] have these opportunities,” says Drake.

Nevertheless she went into her internship figuring out she was definitely fascinated in advertising, on finishing her time at Rogers & Cowan, Drake understood she has a “genuine passion” for trend PR especially. Below, she chronicles a working day in her lifetime as an intern, which consists of every thing from her daily assignments to her go-to office environment outfit.

Thursday, July 13, 2023

6 a.m.: I begin my day with my push to function. That 45 minutes when I’m driving is an integral aspect of producing positive my working day begins off right, and I have to decide out the correct songs to wake me up and make certain the vibes are great. I really like to hear to Childish Gambino, Sade, Erykah Badu, and The Smiths.

6:45 a.m.: I have a work out session at the rooftop fitness center in my place of work creating. I operate on the treadmill for 15 minutes and do stomach muscles. By then, extra men and women begin coming to the health and fitness center, so I’m like, “OK, I have to go.” I really don’t like operating out in front of persons.

8 a.m.: I shower and do my make-up in the fitness center rest room. The most important matter in my magnificence plan is blush. I love putting it on my nose to make it look like I have a very little bit of sunburn. Even on days when I do not want to put on makeup, I’m heading to set on that blush mainly because my manager will be like, “Oh, my God, you are in this article, you’re completely ready to go.”

I set on denims and Dr. Martens — I have on this outfit to get the job done all the time. The vogue field isn’t like corporate The us — you can actually deliver oneself to the place of work, and that’s crucial to me simply because if I’m comfortable in what I’m functioning in, I can do my career greater.

9 a.m.: I pretty much get a espresso as shortly as I get to the business. Then, I say hello to the other interns for 15 minutes, and we have a morning kiki session. We have all gotten definitely near all through the internship. Soon after that, I head to the meeting with the complete global staff. We get jointly with [the other international offices], and we discuss about what tasks we’re all doing work on, what someone may perhaps need to have enable with, or if everyone has any solutions.

10 a.m.: I’m on the entrance strains, reaching out to stylists to make sure the seamless return of loaned pieces and assisting them in finding out the finest items to certify the visibility of our purchasers.

I really like when the stylists occur in. They are quite bougie. They’ll arrive in with their canine and their Starbucks matcha, and I’m like, “Period, you are consuming the women up.” They usually pull outfits, but sometimes they’ll just sit and we are going to discuss for 30 minutes. A Victoria’s Secret design came in 1 day to consider on attire, and then she stayed for a chat. She said a great deal of the times when she goes abroad to reveals in Paris, she’s actually actually lonely, but she by no means reveals that on social media. It was actually a relief to hear mainly because not every thing is as glamorous as it appears on line.

The most remarkable particular person I was capable to function for was a Barbie actor. She went on The Kelly Clarkson Clearly show, and we dressed her for that in an Azzi & Osta ensemble. It’s rare that the stars ever arrive in by themselves, but it’s normally their stylist, so it’s however fairly big.

11 a.m.: The Gifting and Dressing workforce huddles up to map out impending activities and craft procedures that’ll aid elevate our makes.

We had to change a whole lot for the reason that of the SAG-AFTRA and writers strike. Actors couldn’t do premieres or PR for any movies, and those people had been our primary avenues for dressing expertise, so we experienced to determine out how to pivot. Definitely, the strikes are not great, but they came at a great time in my internship for the reason that I was able to learn a great deal. We mainly experienced to shift to on the lookout more at musicians and influencers. It grew to become, “Oh, now we have to dress celebs for tunes movies. Now we have to costume artists on tour.”“

Noon: It’s Privé o’clock! My greatest challenge is Privé Revaux, an eyewear corporation, which will make sunglasses we gift to celebrities and influences. I assist decide on certain individuals, achieve out to their PR teams, and get their addresses and the variations they like. TikToker Anayka She did a whole unboxing. I was like, “Oh, my God, I did that, time period.” I’m capable to assist cater to influencers who are about my age. We’re less fascinated in what Angelina Jolie is wearing and more interested in what any individual like Monet McMichael or Sofia Richie is carrying.

1 p.m.: For lunch, I get pleasure from some homemade tamales from the farmers current market. I go with my intern besties. I practically enjoy them so a lot.

2 p.m.: This time is devoted to inventory and making guaranteed all the racks appear wonderful. Just retaining up with the showroom, sending out offers, and crafting very little lovable notes to folks like singer Olivia Rodrigo and basketball participant Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

3:00 p.m.: Another detail that will take up a great deal of time is monitoring. We keep track of everyone we gifted to on social media, to see if they are sporting the goods in any of their posts.

4 p.m.: Satisfied hour is what I glance ahead to most simply because I get to network with people today in different departments. I can join with folks in branding or on the influencer aspect, and it’s genuinely neat to listen to what they’re performing on. I meet a great deal of senior leadership at delighted hour, or I’ll go pop into their office environment and be like, “Hey, what is up?”

5 p.m.: I’m on the hunt for the up coming wave of expertise to ignite our outreach endeavours. It’s like remaining a talent scout, looking for those concealed gems that could elevate our projects and campaigns. I’m looking for the expertise that will be the most effective in good shape for each brand name. We have Marshan, the umbrella enterprise for Victoria Beckham, Karl Lagerfeld, and Lanvin, so we have to uncover specific people for that. They are name brands, so they are a minor picky about which men and women don their things.

6 p.m.: The visitors in L.A. is so bad, so I get off at 6, but I truly won’t get dwelling till 7:30.

7:30 p.m.: I promptly go and place on my PJs. I’m keeping with family members in Very long Beach front, so it’s very good to arrive again to a home-cooked meal. I eat meal and then check out Enjoy Island United kingdom. Sometimes if it can be a pleasant day out, as a substitute of watching Television, I’ll sit by the pool and study a reserve like 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

9 p.m. to 10 p.m.: I shower and do some respiratory routines prior to I go to bed. That genuinely just knocks me out for the night. Definitely, I scroll on TikTok a minimal bit, but then I can go straight to rest. I’m very a great deal in my mindfulness healing period this summer months, so I am accomplishing anything to dwell my tranquil life.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.