Fabric2Finish

  Although I did not get to take any pictures at Fabric to Finish I felt I was given so much helpful and useful information. Jaime is such an inspirational individual and it is really nice to hear that she still has such drive and passion about her job. I am in a product development class where we just had a test so this visit was perfect timing. She talked about licensing, royalties, and a lot of other terms that I could really relate to. It's so impressive what Jaime does, interning at Calvin Klein and having a product development team, It's crazy to me that she does the job that normally dozens of people do together. I also found it inspiring that Jaime started off at George Washington college and majored in Literature and had no fashion experience but has been with such prestigious companies as she had really proves that it's not just your education, most people might not care where you went to school, it's about your personality and how hard you work. If you put your mind to anything you can achieve whatever you want. She also made a very good point about standing out,  it made me think what does make me stand of from the next person that walks in the door. Its important to understand yourself and what your strengths are and to overcome your weaknesses. Working at Tommy Hilfiger seemed to be a very important connection that Jaime made with the company. I enjoyed that she became so close to her bosses and they ended up promoting her and giving her responsibilities she never thought she would obtain. I also think being fired from J-Crew or any job in general is helpful to learn how to deal with rejection because not everything is ever going to be a cake walk. The lack of internet and technology has never come across my mind but being so dependent on it I find it hard imagining how I would keep in contact with overseas offices, or even find jobs! Another story Jaime told was about the man she had her first interview with and saw in the elevator at Mood and how she had not seen him in 10 years and here she was as successful as she could ever be and had transformed into such a great successful businesswoman. I hope to have an experience like that, where I see the first person I interviewed with or interned with and see how successful I am at the point in my life, I hope to see Jaime again, she really had such useful advice and inspiring stories and life lessons that cannot be forgotten.