{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms","title":"SFD084 How to Become an Event Planner for New York Fashion Week","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4130,"description":"Emily Burton lives in Georgia, is barely 5” tall and has a thick southern accent. She’s pretty far from what you would coin as a stereotypical “fashionista”. But she’s a spitfire of a woman and through pure perseverance and hard work, built an event planning company that now works with brands at New York Fashion Week. Her journey is long an inspiring, from the days she lived paycheck to paycheck and knocked on boutique doors to offer pro bono styling, she tells it all in this interview. Emily has faced a lot of no’s and has had many opportunities to give up, but her sheer passion and drive led her to success. Whether you want a behind the scenes glimpse at what it’s like to be behind the scenes at New York Fashion Week In the interview (which you'll love) we will cover: The overview of Emily’s rich history in all things design, and how she landed as an event planner and stylist for New York Fashion Week How having the guts to work *pro-bono* showcased her talents and proved her skill Why she always has contracts--even (especially) when it’s pro-bono work How starting small got her on the right track Why her mentality and never taking “no” for an answer is something we should ALL be doing The BTS of planning, styling, designing, and coordinating New York Fashion Week How New York Fashion Week and the goal of the designers have changed over the years Emily’s role in relation to the designer in the design process How Emily turned “Nos” into “Not right now,” and persevered until she was successful Emily’s opinion on taking time for yourself mentally and emotionally and how to take care of yourself first START SMALL Emily Burton does event planning and styling for New York Fashion Week. BIG WOWs. But Emily started off so small--she lived paycheck to paycheck back when she first got started, and she had to literally go knocking door-to-door to find people she could do free work for just to get exposure, portfolio work, and resume experience. Emily came from an...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aKuVxL8JmweBENlQ3ijRBkKP2y4MyoOXJoGtd_pgZ84/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83MDEx/Y2M3YzBjYTI4NTM4/ZWNjY2QzNDUyZTY5/N2VhYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}