"People in fashion are a bit of crazy-heads and they want you to be a crazy-head too, they want someone who mixes well with them."
So says Michelle Rodriguez, who graduated from New York University's Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in 2014 with a degree in textiles and accessories.
Now she's working in Paris as a buyer for Marc Jacobs' ready-to-wear line, per the New York Times.
She's also the daughter of Marc Jacobs and Diane von Furstenberg.
Rodriguez, who says it took nine months for her to "be like...
'this is actually who I am,'" also offers some advice for women in the industry: "Don't compromise on the goal, move ahead, and never give up," she says.
"The right opportunity and the right job will find you.
Just keep on building your Lego and the house will be fine."
(Here's what a woman in fashion has to say.)
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