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NYU junior Teresa Lee isn't just an intern, but is also designing a clothing line.
She has interviewed celebrities such as "90210" star Shenae Grimes and French designer Jean-Paul Knott. The editor-in-chief of Women's Wear Daily Paris knows her personally.
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Lee first realized she wanted to work in fashion when she was a fourth grader.
"I drew a princess dress with poufy sleeves and a big skirt. I really liked the picture and I told my mom that it would be cool to draw clothes for a living," Lee said. "She told me that some people actually do that, and that's when I knew I wanted to be a designer."
But it was not until her senior year of high school that Lee got serious about designing. She applied for Nordstrom's BP Fashion Board and was accepted. Through this program, she got a feel for what the fashion industry was really like.
In college, Lee secured an internship with WWD and attended her first fashion show.
"My boss asked me if there was any fashion show I really wanted to see. I said Phillip Lim would be pretty cool. She said 'OK, I'll get you in,' " Lee said.
Lee was just in the standing room area for the show, but said it didn't matter.
"Nothing can beat the excitement you feel at your first show," she said.
Since then, Teresa has attended more than 50 shows, including big names such as Louis Vuitton and Zac Posen. When in Paris, she even went to the spring couture shows.
Since coming back stateside, Teresa has turned to videoblogging with a company called CHIC.TV, through which she attended numerous fall fashion shows.
Lee's busy schedule has put her designing on hold. But with Fashion Week over, Lee said she thinks it is time to focus on her own designing career.
Soon, Lee will present her collection in the university's fall fashion show, but Lee's long-term dream is to develop her own line.
"In 10 years, I would like to own my own label. Probably split my time between Paris and New York. Hopefully have a store in Paris," Lee said. "And have a cat."
Even though she has big plans for the future, Lee said that four years ago, she "would have died" of excitement if she could have known her current career.
A lot has happened since she drew a princess dress in fourth grade. The run-through is over and Lee knows the show is about to start.
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