MEETING ZAC POSEN WAS A DEFINING MOMENT IN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH FASHION. WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE I WENT TO NEIMAN MARCUS WITH MY MOM AND A FRIEND TO SEE A SMALL RUNWAY SHOW. I DONT HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IT WASN'T VERY GLAMOROUS, AS IT WAS AT A DEPARTMENT STORE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT THAT'S WHAT MADE ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE. THERE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE THERE AND YOU COULD LITERALLY GO RIGHT UP TO ZAC AND TALK. SO, OF COURSE, I DID.
SO CLEARLY DO I REMEMBER PATIENTLY WAITING TO TALK TO HIM BEHIND ALL OF THESE WOMEN WHO JUST 'COULDN'T WAIT TO BUY HIS WHOLE COLLECTION.' I REMEMBER FEELING SO SMALL, AS I WAS JUST SOME GIRL WHO WAS ABOUT TO START HER FIRST INTERNSHIP IN NEW YORK, AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY ONCE I REACHED THE FRONT. BEFORE I KNEW IT WE WERE SHAKING HANDS AND I WAS SO STAR STRUCK THAT I'M PRETTY SURE I NEVER LET GO FOR THE ENTIRE TIME THAT WE TALKED. I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS A HUGE FAN AND THAT HE WAS AN INSPIRATION BECAUSE HE WAS SO YOUNG AND SO SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN SOMETHING SHOCKING HAPPENED, ZAC POSEN SPENT THE NEXT 5 MINUTES ASKING ME QUESTIONS ABOUT MY LIFE. AS THE CAMERAS AROUND US FLASHED AWAY, ZAC ASKED ME ALL ABOUT MY SCHOOL, MY FUTURE INTERNSHIP, AND MY FEELINGS ABOUT FASHION. GRACE AND COMPASSION ARE TWO CHARACTERISTICS THAT CAN BE HARD TO FIND IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY. ZAC IS AN EXAMPLE THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE AFFECTED BY THE FAME MONSTER AND THE KINDNESS HE SHOWED TO A LITTLE GIRL WITH A HUGE DREAM IS SOMETHING THAT WILL NEVER LEAVE ME.
YESTERDAY THE LOOKBOOK FOR ZAC'S TARGET COLLECTION WAS RELEASED AND THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE BEST ONES YET.
(ME AND ZAC SPRING 2004)
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