This year marks 20 years since the CFDA/VogueFashion Fund was established.
Back then the industry was still feeling the destabilizing effects of the 9/11 attacks.
So choosing the right mentor should be carefully considered.

Top: Photographed by Gregory Harris,Vogue, November 2017, Hunter Abrams, Norman Jean Roy,Vogue, November 2008, Amanda Jasnowski Pascual Bottom: Photographed by Amanda Jasnowski Pascual, Arthur Elgort,Vogue,November 2004, Hunter Abrams
And dont see things in the short term.
Always think and see things in the long term.
(The cotton boxers as pants trend of last season?
Homme Girls was at the center of it.
Its all very keep it in the CVFF family.
At least five designers are also now professors at fashion schools across the country.
It may not be a perfect system, but its one that definitely makes a difference.