STYLE NOTES: STYLE.COM'S SUMMER INTERNS GUIDE
Obey the Dress Code
"What not to wear is often easier to outline," says Vogue senior market editor Meredith Melling Burke. On her list of don'ts: flip-flops, Crocs, ripped jeans, denim shorts, chipped nails, exposed lingerie, and makeup experiments. (Go easy on the eyeliner, Avery!) W magazine executive editor Bridget Foley advises using other office dwellers as a general yardstick of what's appropriate. Even in creative fields, though, you should look like you mean business. "Dress according to the reality of what your day will consist of," advises Teen Vogue fashion director Gloria Baume. "Packing up for shoots and running around to showrooms means comfortable, easy clothes."
Patsy and Eddy might think they're Absolutely Fabulous, but fashion victimhood is an internship don't.
"What not to wear is often easier to outline," says Vogue senior market editor Meredith Melling Burke. On her list of don'ts: flip-flops, Crocs, ripped jeans, denim shorts, chipped nails, exposed lingerie, and makeup experiments. (Go easy on the eyeliner, Avery!) W magazine executive editor Bridget Foley advises using other office dwellers as a general yardstick of what's appropriate. Even in creative fields, though, you should look like you mean business. "Dress according to the reality of what your day will consist of," advises Teen Vogue fashion director Gloria Baume. "Packing up for shoots and running around to showrooms means comfortable, easy clothes."
Patsy and Eddy might think they're Absolutely Fabulous, but fashion victimhood is an internship don't.