how do you do it?

Exactly HOW are we as interns supposed to climb to the top..... or even get our foot in the door?

Grace Coddington started as a Junior Editor and then worked her way up to Creative Director. But this was  TAH-ROWWWWWW-BACK so its probably not that easy anymore....

Anna Dello Russo started as a fashion assistant, then was promoted to a fashion editor, then became a editor in chief, then became a editor at large/creative consultant

A editor I previously interned for was a fashion assistant, then was promoted to a associate market editor after 2 years and then in less than a year promoted to Fashion Market Editor.

We all know the story with all the Teen Vogue editors....  blahblahblah interned blahblahblah fashion assistant job blahblah blah editor. emphasis on the interned.

A really cool assistant at my last internship had lunch with me one day and told me she was a freelance fashion assistant for different stylist for a year. Then she met the editor that she works for now under a magazine.

Kate Lanphear started as a fashion assistant at a magazine and then got her big break to where she is now.

Everyone who works in magazines now that was once a stylist...... well......... you know how that goes............. style this..... style that..... STYLE FOR MY MAGAZINE! Then they edit, not "style".



I'm assuming that especially nowadays when jobs are scarce, you have to do anything and everything to not only get your name out there, but show that you have a eye and talent for editing for a magazine, while building up the appropriate experience. But above all....
NETTTTTTWORKKKKKK! AND THEN WHEN YOU GET YOUR JOB SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE YOU NETWORKED WITH! VERY IMPORTANT.