Packaging Urban Outfitters jewelry in a Chinatown warehouse between a funeral home and fish market

You've dreamed about moving to New York your whole life and couldn't wait to start a job in fashion. You endlessly quote that excruciating line from Sex and the City, "I would buy Vogue instead of dinner. I felt it fed me more." You can recite every past winner of Project Runway, in order, but have no actual design talent of your own. Still, you're very good at thrift shopping.

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