Heyyy guys it’s Air!

I know I’m about a week late for the final Four Days of Fashion Week post, but better late than never right? My boy Drake would say ‘but never late is better’ and he is right so sorry guys, I will do better. I missed my final show for fashion week this year because I wasn’t prepared, so I wanted to share some of the lessons I learned the hard way. I read a ton of blogs with advice prior to this magical week of festivities (which I highly recommend doing in advance) and there were some tips I took and some I didn’t, but overall here’s what I felt to be most important:

1) Start Preparing Months in Advance.

I’m a member of StyleCollective and I am so incredibly grateful for all of the resources that are available to us to help us prepare for fashion week!  They provide you with a timeline of when you should start making arrangements for accommodations, when and how you should start your outreach to brands, and even when to start planning your outfits (a really underrated thing to add to your checklist that I definitely think you should do in advance.) SC sisters also will share contact information for outreach as well as a ton of other helpful tips, so I highly recommend joining this community. If you’re interested in joining, you can do that here.

If you’re out there on your own, I just suggest planning as much as you can in advance so by the time fashion week arrives, you can just enjoy attending events and shows without being frazzled.

2) Make Sure Your Bag is Stocked!

• comfy shoes
• your camera/phone
• extra batteries/chargers for above devices
• your show schedule
• WATER
• SNACKS
• items for makeup and hair touchups (cameras are EVERYWHERE)

3) Don’t Overbook Yourself and Know When to Say No

Living in New York, I’d say my fashion week experience was likely pretty different from someone who was traveling from out of town, especially in the sense that the rest of my life wasn’t stopping so I could attend shows and events. This means that I also had to balance going to work, and in my case, attending several job interviews. I knew in advance that this stuff was going to be going on so I booked what I consider to be a very light schedule (5 shows, 1 event). However, I wasn’t prepared in a few other aspects of life at the time which resulted in some stress (hence tip #1) that was an unnecessary addition to an already generally stressful balancing of life events. As a result, I started to get sick; and due to the importance of the other events going on in my life, I had to cut some things out of my schedule.

Fashion week is a beautiful and magical time, but it’s important to remember that it’s supposed to be something fun and enjoyable!  If you’re stressed out because you’re running from show to show and you’re overbooked and missing events, you’re not really making the most of your experience. I think that’s one of the biggest takeaways from all of this.

What is your most important fashion week tip? Share it with me below!  I would say I’m allllllmost just about recovered from both fashion week and life events that seemed to pile up on me this month, and am so excited to share with you what’s going on.  Talk soon! Kitty Kisses xo