![]() It also forces you to find something better as quickly as possible, instead of pussyfooting around about your job search because you’ve settled into a routine of G-chatting for six hours a day and doing work for just two, while making enough money to afford Bravo, possibly also HBO. Having the unpleasant “I quit” conversation feels like telling someone, “No one likes you.” So a boss asking you to leave a job-and it’s probably one you hate most people who get fired don’t love the thing they’re getting fired from (How could you? They’re firing you!)-only saves you the extreme awkwardness of actually quitting. When I hostessed at that local Tex-Mex joint, the restaurant manager knew I would quit when I left for college, yet still I was nervous to tell him I was leaving. No matter how excited I’ve been to quit a job and move on to the next, I’ve always been terrified to quit. There’s a good chance that getting fired will be the best thing that ever happened to you. It also, theoretically, teaches you how not to get fired again. For instance, if you didn’t grow up buying full-price Pucci like a socialite, you might have to learn how to live on the same amount of money your employed friends spend on lattes. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who was fired from Harper’s Bazaar, once said everyone should get fired once because “it’s a great learning experience.” I agree: you should get fired once because it is a great learning experience. I’m pretty sure that even though this was the kind of real, high-value work college is supposed to groom you for, I made less than I did at my high school hostess job at a Tex-Mex chain. This was New Media 101, and I got the $400-a-week paycheck, benefits not included, to show for it. My job involved sitting in a cramped office, filing invoices, and assisting someone who was sort of weird and not particularly warm. I was an editorial assistant at Jewcy, a website about Jewish stuff that was supposed to reach cool young people but ended up not reaching a large audience at all and shut down before being relaunched by people who could find an actual audience for the thing. Especially after I got fired from my first job. Landing a job as a full-time fashion writer was a glamorous dream I never expected to fulfill. ![]() In her “light-hearted, cocktail-hour confession from someone who is…sober enough to recognize insanity for what it is” ( The Washington Post), Amy is the first to admit that as much as she is embarrassed by the thrill she gets when she receives an invitation to an exclusive after-party, she can’t help but RSVP “yes.” Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of high fashion: “Whether you’re interested in pursuing a career in publishing, public relations, or design, or you’re just fascinated with what really goes on behind-the-scenes without the usual sugarcoating, we’d say this is required reading” (). And as Amy climbs the ladder (with tips about how you can, too), she introduces an industry powered by larger-than-life characters: she meets the intimidating Anna Wintour and the surprisingly gracious Rachel Zoe, not to mention the hilarious Chelsea Handler, and more.Īs she describes the allure of Alexander Wang’s ripped tights and Marchesa’s Oscar-worthy dresses, Amy layers in something else: how the fashion industry is an exaggerated mirror of human fallibility-reflecting our desperate desire to belong, to make a mark. ![]() In the “funny, insightful” ( Harper’s Bazaar) Tales from the Back Row, editor Amy Odell takes readers behind the stage of New York’s hottest fashion shows to meet the world’s most influential models, designers, celebrities, editors, and photographers.īut first, she has to push her way through the crowds outside and weave her way through the packed venue, from the very back row to the front. ![]() A keenly observed collection of personal essays about what it’s like to be a young woman working in the fashion industry, Amy Odell’s Tales from the Back Row offers “a backstage pass to the intimidating, backbiting industry” ( US Weekly).
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