Today was my first full day at Curtain Call headquarters. Ashley and I each got our own desk/computer set up and a full set of Perform Group catalogs to flip through whenever we want :) In the morning, we sat in on a brief meeting between all the design department members and then Sara (my supervisor) assigned us each a task for the rest of the morning. Ashley was cutting swatches to send to a woman we met at the photo shoot who is interested in custom tops for her studio and I got the job of altering a costume! One of the women up in Advertising also teaches at a dance studio and one of her students' costume was WAY too short - like 4".
It was this costume - In the Spotlight. While I was altering in, I got to meet a bunch of people again! I had to get the pattern dept to print me out the front and back skirt pieces and while I was there, I discovered that one of the pattern makers had gone to Moore! She was a graphic design major and fashion minor so we talked about Moore and teachers while the pieces were printing on the plotter. The pieces come out of the plotter perforated so you can just tear them apart - so cool. Then, I took that over to the cutting room and got Bev, one of the cutters to help me find the fabric and then she cut me out an extension. Next, I borrowed a seam ripper from the sample sewers and spent some time picking off the sequin and fringe trim that is at the hem. Finally, I went back to the sample sewing room and got Sharon to show me how to use set up the super industrial overlock. It was so nice to sew on!! Sooo much better then at school! It was a four thread double needle with industrial needles to sew the sequined fabric and it sewed so smoothly! She also helped me set up the industrial straight stitch to stitch the trim back on after I attached the extension. Luckily, I remembered a lot from Mina last fall but the machines were just a little different then the ones at school.
We had a working lunch today - the design department went out to eat with the Interim VP of Marketing, John Misner. We went to a diner nearby and talked about the upcoming catalogs over lunch. After lunch, Ashley and I were assigned to research Broadway shows that are playing in NYC in July - we're going to take a trip up to see a show and look at fabric!
Sorry, no photos from my internship, all the ones I took at the photo shoot are top secret :) But...here's a link to a quick blog about some of the models at Moore's fashion show with a photo of my menswear! It was a good school related day - I got my internship check in the mail and my final grades for last semester - 4.0 :-D
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