If you've been following the fashion industry for a while now you might have heard about some major changes not only in relation to the publishing sector but also in terms of designers stepping down from certain brands. The past few months have been crazy for the industry. Things just got crazier. Conde Nast, the multi million dollar publishing house most notably known for Vogue, W Magazine and the New Yorker has been sued by two former interns at W Magazine and The New Yorker for unpaid internships.

Unpaid internships are not a rare occurrence in the industry. The industry's taught me that internships are my tickets to securing a great career in fashion. Unpaid, paid, part time, full time,local, international whatever it may be will always be beneficial. I've recently secured an internship locally as a PR/Social Media intern-unpaid and I'm quite fine with that because I'm still very young and its not a major requirement for me to receive financial pay now and I'm just looking for some valuable experience to put on my resume to amp up my college application. For a 16 year old  like me ,an unpaid internship poses no problems.I'm financially dependent on my parents and have always been simply because work laws restrict me from getting a paying job. 

According to Saville.com's research, New York has climbed from position 5 to being the second most expensive city in the world ousting predecessor London.New York is also the highest tax paying state and from personal experience from a visit to New York City, it ain't cheap. You best better be from a wealthy family or have a secure great paying job if you want to survive there.The  cost of a BBA or BFA degree at Parsons The New School for Design for 2013-2014 per term is $20,330 tuition per credit(12-19) is $1385, University Services Fee per term is $130 and Academic Supplies fee per box is $95. On top of this I'm sure there are other additional costs like residence, food spending's etc  to add to the financial pressure. By now you should have realized why this topic of unpaid internships is controversial

Yes, internships are about experience but would you continue to say that when you're a broke college student in Manhattan on an unpaid internship or getting payed below the minimum wage line? Purely based on finances you wouldn't. You would be left homeless and if you're an international student then you've also got a tonne of visas to deal with as well unless you have financial backup from friends or relatives. My tone until this point might have sounded biased. Let me put aside finances. Unpaid internships have their advantages too. 

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Again I have seen this building on a lot of Tumblr pictures and I love the color scheme and detailing on it but I still have no clue what exactly the building is called or what purpose it serves. 

Both of the above landmarks have something in common. They were both destroyed at some point. One due to a human disaster and the other due to a natural one. The picture on the left is the newly reconstructed World Trade Center Building. After the attack it was known as ground zero but the tower has almost been completed and it looks magnificent. Its extremely tall and you can see it from a very long distance. The one the left is Miss Lady Liberty which was reopened to the public on the 4th of July after suffering damages from Hurricane Sandy. Interesting story my ferry guide told me; the Statue itself was constructed by the French but it was upto the Americans to build the pedestal. It cost a lot but Joseph Pulitzer, a newspaper publisher put an ad in his newspaper asking for the average American to donate money and said that he would print the name of every contributor who donated no matter how small the amount of money. It took some time but it finally happened and serves as a proud reminder and memoir to all the Americans that donated.

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