Maguire Steele Needs Fashion PR Interns. (NYC)

Maguire Steele is looking for motivated, professional and responsible interns. Internships will begin in Nov/Dec and/or interns to start in January, to work through the Spring 2010 semester.

Clients include: Billy Reid, Florsheim by Duckie Brown, Shipley & Halmos and Timo Weiland to name a few.

Interns must possess the following skills:
• Strong communication skills; both verbal and written
• Must multi-task effectively
• Attention to detail
• Highly organized
• Interest in the fashion industry; specifically the field of public relations
• High energy
• Eager to learn and grow

Responsibilities Include:
• Sample trafficking (electronically logging out loans of clothing samples lent to various publications, celebrities, musicians and stylists / checking in samples as they are returned from these loans and ensuring that any missing samples are immediately reported)
• Taking inventory of new collections
• Preparing look book mailings and other press mailings
• Preparing gift mailings to editors and celebrities
• Maintaining the general appearance of the showroom
• Clipping and scanning press
• Compiling publicity reports and event re-caps
• Running errands which may include deliveries to publications and/or clients' showrooms, purchasing publications for press reports, picking up supplies need for meetings and/or presentations and more
• Assisting with events (fashion shows, cocktail parties, in-store launches, press previews, etc) and editor appointments as needed
• Database maintenance

This internship is unpaid however; you may receive academic credit for the internship.

Maguire Steele office hours are 10 am to 7 pm. (non-negotiable)
Minimum Commitment: 3 days per week (non-negotiable)

To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to megan@maguiresteele.com

**THIS INTERNSHIP POST WILL EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 3rd**

Insider: Megan Maguire Steele.

Style is in the genes. (Chi Chi Maguire & Megan Maguire Steele at Gold Bar)

name: Megan Maguire Steele

occupation: publicist and owner of Maguire Steele

hometown: Cherry Hill, NJ
homebase: Soho/Little Italy/Chinatown (only Manhattanites know exactly where this is)

how many shows/events are you doing this fashion week?
3 Fashion’s Night Out events, 2 fashion shows, 1 dinner and 2 after parties

is there anything you always find yourself wanting (or at least saying that you will) to do different this season than how you did last season? Every season there are little changes that can be made to tighten the system. Primarily, we strive to challenge the boundaries and formats of the presentations, runway shows or events that we produce. Each season, we innovate to stimulate dialogue and move the brands forward so the means of execution must always service that premise. I love the performance quality of a fashion show and the orchestration that accompanies it which is akin to the strategies of fine art.

three things that comes into your head right before "cue -music"/before 1st model walks out?
Check list of reporters and TV crews that need to get back stage immediately following the show.
Check list of celebs in attendance who still need to be photographed with the designer/designers.
Note reviewers facial reactions as looks come out.

three lifesavers for you during fashion week?
My husband, Timothy Uriah Steele.
My all star staff – go team Maguire Steele!
Organization, double-checking, triple-checking, cross-checking – you get the idea – leave no stone unturned.

three things people probably don't know about you:
1) I have an MFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design.
2) Growing up, I went to sailing and racing camp.
3) I have a black standard poodle named Betty Midnight (Everyone knows this because her pictures dominate my facebook wall. At nine months, you can already see her modeling potential.) Tim and I want to get another standard poodle, a red and name him Butchy Cleaver. Betty Midnight and Butchy Cleaver – what a duo.

what's your summer cocktail du jour? Pabst Blue Ribbon, Woodford Reserve, Svedka grape vodka with a splash of grape soda (because it tastes like candy), vodka soda with a splash of grapefruit (because it’s very refreshing).

three things you would buy from TheOutnet.com today?
Brian Atwood Garza suede sandals Original Price $714 Now $285.60 60% off

Fendi Bow Front Blouse Original Price $840 Now $168 80% off

Fendi Jewel Evening Bag Original Price $1,190 Now $178.50 85% off


what's in your makeup bag? Shiseido The Makeup Stick Foundation (with spf17 in Very Light Ivory), Smith’s Lip Balm in Minted Rose, Kevyn Aucoin The Mascara (Volume in Black), MAC technakohl liner (in graphblack), Jouer powder blush, Revlon makeup remover pen, Listerine FreshBurst PocketPaks, Dior blotter paper compact, and some type of Dior or NARS eyeshadow.

ocean view or garden?
OCEAN VIEW – I love the ocean.

p.s. Megan's a true insider.

PR Interns Needed for Maguire Steele (NYC)

Fashion PR Intern needed for boutique agency, Maguire Steele. 

Interns needed 3 days a week from 10am-7pm.

Unpaid internship, school credit given. 

Responsibilities include maintaining samples to and from showrooms for editorial and stylist pulls, manage press clippings, mailings and errands.  Looking for someone to work through Spring '09 Fashion Week (mid-Feb).

Must be a good multi-tasker, detail oriented, quick-thinker and of course love fashion. 

Clients include Rag & Bone, Billy Reid, Odin, Den, Pas de Deux.

Email resume w/brief cover to megan@maguiresteele.com.

Good luck!

*Rag & Bone Spring '09 (photo by Marcio Madeira)

Thin-To-Win Breakfast #2

plus

equals a Thin-To-Win breakfast

Bananas have always been a quick energy fix and offers a high concentrated mix of 3 types of sugars; fructose, sucrose and glucose, which releases energy into the body over a much longer period of time than any other food.

Other ways bananas are a do-gooder:

- they're potassium-rich which helps the body lose sodium, which is a major cause of high blood pressure

- high in fibre containing tryptophan, a protein the body transforms into seratonin, which relaxes the body and induces a general feeling of happiness (so, it can work as a minor quick-fix anti-depressant)

- contain great amounts of phosphorous, iron, thiamin, calcium and beta carotene all great sources of B vitamins, stress busters to help calm the nervous system

Why it's great as the first meal of the day:

- one bowl is quick, easy and affordable

- you can easily bring bananas and a bottle of maple syrup to work

- it's so much healthier than a donut

- it accompanies nicely with the morning coffee

- it's the new oatmeal

*This Thin-To-Win entry is dedicated to Yasmin Hekmat who knows the importance of a healthy breakfast

(unless you're hungover, we've all been there).

*Thin-To-Win is a copyright phrase by Megan Maguire Steele

Insider: Megan Maguire Steele

Cecilia Maguire & Megan Maguire Steele at Rag & Bone Fall 2008 party
at The Box - Who doesn't bring their mother to fashion week?

name: Megan Maguire Steele

hometown: Cherry Hill, NJ
homebase: Lower East Side/Chinatown in Manhattan

occupation: Public Relations, Senior Director (Fashion)

biggest misconception about working in the fashion industry?
Fashion PR = Professional Party Girl and this is not the case

favorite part of your day: Seeing the new collection, talking to my clients who I love, talking to editors who I love - then again to clients and then again to editors and so it goes...

what did you wear to work today? rag & bone silk side button blouse in lavender, rag & bone rbw9 zipper jeans in black, YSL shoes, Chanel printed scarf, Trovata wool trench coat,
Duckie Brown purple cashmere hat (a gift from the Duckies), Be&D "Locket" bag.

first big fashion purchase: Fendi bag (when I briefly worked at Neiman Marcus in Las Vegas, yeah baby)

most recent fashion purchase: Be&D "Perry" bag in cobalt, Stretsis green wool double lapel coat, Stretsis purple silk halter dress with glasses print.

who are the young influencers right now?
Rag & Bone, Duckie Brown, Rogues Gallery, Stretsis (sisters spelled backwards), Rory Beca (she's the new DVF), Be&D handbags.

if God was giving out jobs today what would your dream job be other than the one you already have?
To be exhibiting my art work, which incorporates my obsessive love of fashion.