Due to an unfortunate broken alarm clock, I scurried my things and took a cab for my first day of work: destination Nouveau-PR: 150 Spring St.  I rang the buzzer and was confronted with an incredibly long staircase up to the top with three plateaus. Luckily, my stop was on the second.  I opened the door and came into a large briefcase of a room, with beautifully embellished white ceilings, perfectly contrasting the cement white brick walls.  There is a beautiful three-paned window in the center of the room where the Head mistress and Head master sit, Corinna and Michael. I began my day opening boxes that were left over from the move only a day prior, and began to learn about each designer Nouveau PR represents.  I ferociously scanned old and new look books, magazine credit pullouts, and bios and various articles on the designers.  I carefully separated each designer into his own pile and then placed each division into a plastic filing bin.I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Corinna, the Headmistress, had already carved a space in her Fashion Fun-land just for me- a beautiful antique wooden desk and even this Apple computer.  I was delighted.

First things first I checked my email and then began the networking part of the job that Corinna had hired me for in the first place. I got onto to Nouveau-PR’s group and began to rework it and then created an I <3 Nouveau-PR fan page.  She took a picture for the new space which complements the clothing, beautiful, harmonious, and even its own little kinks.

After I created the Nouveau-PR Facebook page, I snuck into the back of the room and happened to see a white platform bootie with trompe-l’oeil laces on it. I must have this!  I had hit the treasure chest.  Old shoes form spring collections from LD Tuttle, A.F. Vandervorst.  “I thought these were you,” Corinna said, “Wear them Please,” she declared.  This is a dream job-learning about new designers, helping them gain brand awareness and lastly, free clothing, shoes and accessories to borrow anytime I pleased.

Alas, I loved the shoes but then when one of the interns had finished unpacking all of the clothing for Fall from Corinna’s designers, I was like a kid in the candy store.  Just a few of my favorites include Bland’s, black vest with a belt around the collar placed to not only pop the collar but show the slices made in the front under the shoulder.  The back was cinched in like a corset with three rows of what looked like climbing gadgets and buckle material, open grommets and a thick rope sliding through each side coming up to the front.  There is a hidden zipper in the inside right pocket and two trompe-l’oeil buttons.  The back is splattered with open button snaps-this jacket is Sick.  Great for editorial, great for real wear.

Then came across the designer Ideeen.  The most beautiful mint misty green peasant blouse except this n had a twist-a twist of genius. It was corseted in the center with silk ribbon of the same green crisscrossing with panels left open to show beautiful slits of bare skin.  It was simply beautiful.  The piece that I died over was also Ideeem, a sherry red cap sleeve fur dress, just under the knee with black chainmail like knitwear interspersed on the front, skin just barely peaking out like a caged animal. The ombre red is a color I have never seen before and one in which I adore.

I had an unsettling feeling like someone or something was looking over my shoulder-little did I know it was a fabulous pair of pants from Risto Bimbiloski.  Enlarged eagle eyes splattered all along the skintight leggings with delicate ruching around the calf and a thin black knitwear band along each side.  They were stunning in their own right.  I also found a micro mini double-faced bubble skirt by Risto, which looked like it had been shellacked with a pottery glaze.  The material was novel to me, which is not common so I was intrigued and decided I must try it on.  I felt like someone had just painted the mini skirt on me, it fit like a glove.

Then I came across the sexiest and at the same time chicest pair of jodhpurs that I had ever seen by Tim Hamilton.  Black knit and velvet piping, these jodhpurs, had deep roomy pockets and were draped in all the right places.  The wide waistband was the same fabric and piping however in this instance vertical instead of horizontal stripes, with a hidden side zipper on the side.  They were delicious.

Nouveau-PR represents many fashion brands that I wasn’t able to conquer the first day, but there is plenty of time now that I am officially working there part time. I hope you enjoyed this little tale and for more information join I <3 Nouveau PR, and come along for the ride.