Travelers, I am now half way into my last quarter here at FIDM and have confirmed moving on from my RA position, leaving me homeless (retrospectively), which has me reexamining my raison d'etre. In English it literally translates into "Reason of Being" or my Purpose.

When looking up the definition of "Purpose" it's defined in two words "reason" and "drive"...interesting. So I decided to look up "reason" and "drive" here is what I found:


So accuse me of trying to be deep here but I see Purpose as what moves you towards what you believe in. Your Purpose is the gas in your vehicle that moves you along your freeway. Okay let me break this down for you using this blog as an example:

Purpose: To show that there is no one right way to build a career in the fashion industry

Vehicle: Blogger

Point B: My Travelers fearlessly jumping on their freeway and going for their dreams.

I hope this all makes sense to you cause it make perfect sense in my head but if not leave a Diva Stamp and let's talk about this!!

Until then go out there and find your Purpose! What moves you toward what you believe in? Great! Now GO!

Happy Travels!

"One Step Forward Just Glance Back, No Fear, Just DIVA!"

It's Market Week here in LA and that means that all the buyers come to the different showrooms to purchase product for their respective stores. I'm presently waiting on our fit model to arrive as we have a meeting with Nordstrom right now. I must tell you between all the printing, running to the fabric store and pattern makers (sometimes 3x's in one day) to see a product go from concept to presentation makes my time at FIDM worth it that much more. I always call my internship "my degree in action" and today it couldn't be any more true. I'm starving my feet are hurting in these heels and I couldn't be happier. Go for that desired Point B Travelers. Trust me it's worth it!

Happy Travels!

Hey Travelers! Now as you know I have a business back ground and many times I am taken out of my comfort zone here at FIDM. My Fit Analysis class is a prime example of this. Today we were working on Draping, Fit, and using our classmates as Fit Models.

As a team of two effort these were our results:
















What do you think? Not too bad right? Thanks!

So let's talk about the lesson learned. I have 6 more weeks of this class and being out of my analytical comfort zone. I will do all that I can to keep from working with my hands, but that is what this class is all about. Do I understand the class' relevance? Yes. Do I want to take it? No. But I have to so let me learn what I can without complaint. I need this class to graduate and sometimes Travelers, on the way to our Point B there are lessons to be learned and tasks to be mastered that make us want to quit or skip a step (I tried hard to figure out how I could graduate without taking this class), but if we learn to treat those challenges with a winning mindset we can surprise even ourselves at what we can accomplish.

Happy Travels,

"One Step Forward, Just Glance Back. No Fear, Just DIVA!"

I have to be honest travelers I lost my way when it comes to the direction of this blog. I lost what it was I wanted to do with it and how I wanted to use it to help guide us all along our Fashion Freeway.

My posts became more personal and not giving universal information that can be used across the board. There are internship posts, event invitations, and other forms of networking that my Travelers can take advantage of that I'm just not posting. And yet I have the nerve to complain about students not taking advantage of what is out there to help them build their careers. So it's up to me to change that.

I want to teach my Travelers to adopt the mantra that is this blog "No Fear, Just DIVA" I want to write more about the books that I am reading and do reviews on them. Article overviews and even international magazine suggestions.

So here we go Travelers! It's a new season and a new day! I'm ready to redirect my route of this blog and get everyone back on track with their Freeway! Who's with me!?