When I grow up I want to be... Pamela Ocampo.

Remember I wrote a post about wanting to be Garance Doré earlier? There I wrote that she won a CFDA Award with her Sartorialist boyfriend. In the post about the award she mentions former winners and she cites them as inspiration for her own career. That inspired me to write about my own inspirations. She of course is one, but there are some other people I want to be (like). 

This, and the other pictures of Pamela Ocampo, were taken from a great interview with 

her by CoolHunterMx.

One of them is Pamela Ocampo. The name may not be very well know to you, but she is a fashion editor at Elle Mexico. You know, from previous posts, that I would love to work there after I graduate from my masters (less than two months now!). And she is one of the reasons I want to work at that particular magazine.

I like her articles on the magazine, her posts for the Elle Mexico in Quien magazine's blog and, of course, her tweets. And that she is very nice. Very, very nice.

 This is the February 2012 cover, styled by her. Image taken from 

Fashion Gone Rouge.

 

 One of her Twitter avatars. Doesn't she look super nice?

She studied the same thing I did at the same college (Comunicación at the Tec de Monterrey), and was obsessed with magazines when she was little. She also loves doing yoga and blogging. Just like me! Yay! I'm really a fan of hers.  

 She loves green tea and yoga.

And... We are finally meeting next weekend after being "twitter friends" for a while... I can't wait! I have so many questions to ask her regarding my thesis and the magazine world. I'm really excited! I'll let you know how that goes! 

*Most of her tweets are in Spanish, and so is her blog on Quien magazine, but I had to link to it!

Welcome 2012!

I hate New Year Resolutions... I think that everyone should try (or at least pretend) to be their best every month, week or whatever. But I want, and am determined, to make 2012 my most fashion oriented year so far. And I don't mean go shopping more, because I certainly can't afford it, but to finally get started with my own fashion carreer.

Pic taken and edited by me. ELLE Mexico January 2012.

Step 1: Internship with Dana Thomas
Dana Thomas is a fashion journalist living in Paris. She will be doing research for upcoming books in Savannah (courtesy of SCAD) and I will be working with her as a research assistant. I recently finished her book Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, about how luxury houses went from being small family businnes to belong to huge companies. And this book actually inspired me to change the direction of my upcoming MFA thesis.


Step 2: My thesis about the fashion world in Mexico
After reading Deluxe and talking to some fashion people in Mexico I decided that my thesis needed more conflict. Initially, it was going to be about the history of fashion in Mexico, profiles of some famous designers and where it is going. One of the persons I talked to suggested I explore the problems and conflicts fashion encounters in Mexico and I think that's the direction I'll take. I hope I get some insight from Dana Thomas herself on how to improve my material.

Step 3: Graduation
After finishing my Master of Fine Arts in Writing I'm planning on gifting myself a very fashionable graduation present. Probably something from net-a-porter:

Net-A-Porter is definitely one of my favorite websites, and
I long for that day I can actually get myself something.

Step 4: Getting a job in a major fashion magazine in Mexico

Once I have the perfect outfit(s), I will return to Mexico and try to get an equally perfect job in a magazine. My number one choices are Elle Mexico and InStyle Mexico, I just love them and people I admire work there. But anything and everything from Glamour to Harper's Bazaar, or the fashion section in a newspaper would be amazing.

To work for ELLE Mexico would be my dream come true.
Image courtesy of Fashion Foie Gras.

As you can see, I have a lot of work to do... But I am really, really excited to do all this and more. Also, I hope I can put together a great New Year's Eve outfit, I'll keep you posted... Happy New Year to everyone!