30 Year Old Intern
Rick Owens DRKSHDW vest (similar here), F21 top, Elizabeth & James jeans (blue version for cheaper here), Minimarket boots (similar here and here), 3.1 Phillip Lim Pashli bag
I was on such an updating roll for a while! Until the past couple weeks, that is. Haven’t been updating as much because I started INTERNING.
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed my funemployment the past couple months, but unfortunately, the fun had to end sometime. What better time to try to enter a new industry than while on unemployment? So I’m putting law on the backburner (as well as putting corporate office-speak such as putting things “on the backburner”) and focusing on retail (yes!).
For the past month, I’ve been interning at a local boutique here in Seattle and getting experience in operations, client services, mechandising, shipping, receiving. GET A LOAD OF ME AND ALL THESE RETAIL TERMS.
I never thought I’d be 30 years old and interning somewhere, but it’s turned out to be super beneficial in getting my foot in the door in a brand new industry, a great way to be able to experience several different retail roles, and (best of all) maintain my school loan deferment (stupids).
It’s definitely different from what I was previously doing. My brain is used in a completely different way, which is both foreign and curious. Much more problem-solving, much less analytical. I’m no longer sitting in front of a computer for 10 hours a day, which I both miss and don’t miss. So much less INTERNETZ.
But so far, I LOVE IT. I’m excited to see where this path will take me. I must say, the best part is being surrounded on a daily basis by Rick Owens, Margiela, Jil Sander, Yohji Yamamoto, and the like.
Which brings me to pointing out MY FIRST RICK OWENS PIECE. Not from said boutique I’m working at, but my new surroundings definitely inspired me to pull the trigger. Plus, I found for 75%+ off. Could not pass up YOU KNOW. The deliberate draping and placement of seams and buttons, the oversized pockets, the oversized SEKRET pockets. Yes, it is all they said it would be and more.
18 February 2013 by phi style | Categories: outfits | tags: 3.1 phillip lim, elizabeth & james, forever 21, funemployment, interning, minimarket, rick owens | 15 comments
wuuuuuuuuuuut! i like that vet.
i was in so much shock of its beauty i forgot the s. VEST is lovely.
That is awesome. I’ve been following your blog for a long time, and I’m super happy for you! Your new gig sounds fun and cool, keep us updated.
Is it Totokaelo, by chance? I’m trying to think of places that sell clothing around here cool enough for you to work in, and I know that one’s near Cap Hill.
Love that vest. So much.
Congrats! I’m so happy for you, please keep us updated. Every door closed is a door opened.
Well done on your courage! I love seeing people who chase after their own passions!
Congrats, tram! your hair looks great btw!
Congrats on the new direction you’re heading in! Hope you keep us updated.
Also been following you for awhile now and really happy for you on this new direction. Takes a lot of guts and I love it. Good luck!
Huzzah! But … how am I supposed to chat with you??
Congrats on the new job! Glad to see you going into an industry that you enjoy and are perfectly suited for (style, u haz it). Good luck!
Rick Owens! Looks so good. I bet the little brother is yealous.
Hi Tramanh,
I’ve been following your blog for a few years now (getting over my study breaks) and I really admire how you decided to just enter into a whole new industry (and as an intern at that)! As a recent law grad I find myself dreaming of ways I can possibly transition into a new direction but every possibility seems a little too risky and a little scary. I really admire how you are able to keep true to yourself, your interests and your personal style. Thanks for being an inspiration!
-Kristy
oops, I meant to say *viewing* over my study breaks
So you and I are too alike. Getting graduate degrees and then realizing “oops……this sucks. hmmmmm what now?”
The moment hit me after getting a B.S in biomedical science and then a master’s of science in epidemiology and working at the health dept as a zoonotic disease specialist (i.e. rabies rabies rabies prevention) for 3 years. For me, the moment was more like “Damn. How did I get here? What happened to my life? I CANNOT spend my life sitting in a cube while staring at another cube all day!”
So I quit my job, went back to school, moved back in with my folks AGAIN, and pushed back my wedding date. Hardest thing I’ve ever gone through. Now that all is said and done, I have the best job EV.ER. doing physical therapy at a nursing home. Can’t believe I ever sat at a desk all day analyzing data and talking to the citizens of Houston about bats and vaccinating their dogs. SHEESH. Never going back. NEV.ER.
Congrats to you on making the big break. VERY tough to do. But VEEEEERY worth it
BTW. A human with rabies is the scariest thing you will ever see……