Abercrombie and Fitch
As surprising as this sounds, I might be moving to Columbus Ohio to design for Abercrombie and Fitch's upper-end line, Ruehl 925.
I've been bored with my work and thinking about going back to school. Why go back to school if I can get paid to learn all the clothing design concepts at a company?
My head has been swimming about it for the last few weeks, since my agent contacted me and said she thought that I was qualified for the position(s) that they had open. I met with the head recruiter and the head graphic designer here in New York and then they flew me to Columbus to meet with the nine head designers and to give me a 2 hour tour of the city.
The facilities are INCREDIBLE. It's a campus in the middle of a forest wth bonfires burning everywhere so it's like camping all day. They do all their design, production, embroideries, dying, etc on site. They even have a store there so you can see what your work looks like in a full scale mock up store. All their t-shirts are domestically produced, so the turn around is really fast. The designers are flown in from LA,NY, UK, Paris, Sweden, and I'm sure everywhere else. They have a gym with yoga classes on site.
Then, when I see a sore whore walking down the street, they can glare at me, but I'll have the vindication that she will be wearing a t-shirt that I designed. And no, I'm not trying to "fuck things up from the inside." From a graphic standpoint, Ruehl 925 has really funny and innovative shirts.
Columbus is like Lawrence meets the West Bottoms meets the East Village. The part of town i'd be living in, Short North, is super gay and filled with antique stores and vintage clothing stores. It's fucking adorable. And I could buy a 2 bedroom condo for the same amount that I'm wasting on rent in NY.
I'm crazy, but I'm taking it if I get the offer. Oh, the money is RETARDED.
If I take it, i'm going to get one swallow tattoo on one side of my chest to remind me to get back out of the midwest before too much time lapses.
Ryen
I've been bored with my work and thinking about going back to school. Why go back to school if I can get paid to learn all the clothing design concepts at a company?
My head has been swimming about it for the last few weeks, since my agent contacted me and said she thought that I was qualified for the position(s) that they had open. I met with the head recruiter and the head graphic designer here in New York and then they flew me to Columbus to meet with the nine head designers and to give me a 2 hour tour of the city.
The facilities are INCREDIBLE. It's a campus in the middle of a forest wth bonfires burning everywhere so it's like camping all day. They do all their design, production, embroideries, dying, etc on site. They even have a store there so you can see what your work looks like in a full scale mock up store. All their t-shirts are domestically produced, so the turn around is really fast. The designers are flown in from LA,NY, UK, Paris, Sweden, and I'm sure everywhere else. They have a gym with yoga classes on site.
Then, when I see a sore whore walking down the street, they can glare at me, but I'll have the vindication that she will be wearing a t-shirt that I designed. And no, I'm not trying to "fuck things up from the inside." From a graphic standpoint, Ruehl 925 has really funny and innovative shirts.
Columbus is like Lawrence meets the West Bottoms meets the East Village. The part of town i'd be living in, Short North, is super gay and filled with antique stores and vintage clothing stores. It's fucking adorable. And I could buy a 2 bedroom condo for the same amount that I'm wasting on rent in NY.
I'm crazy, but I'm taking it if I get the offer. Oh, the money is RETARDED.
If I take it, i'm going to get one swallow tattoo on one side of my chest to remind me to get back out of the midwest before too much time lapses.
Ryen