Intern Spotlight: FSF’s Scholars Tackle Merchandising, Supply Chain

Peter Arnold, formerly of the CFDA — spearheads the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund, which helps place the likes of students such as Katelyn O’Neal, a fashion merchandising student at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Javier Uriegas, a fashion merchandising student from University of Texas at Austin — into the bold, inimitable yet smaller-than-you-think fashion industry. As early as September, companies seek access to YMA’s talent pool, which includes more than 60 schools. Last year there were 740 applicants, and each January, the FSF hosts its anchor talent acquisition event in New York City. “Companies are eager to meet the candidates and attend the events to find interns,” Arnold told WWD, on the importance of the talent acquisition events. With the right fit, interns “could then become future full-time employees,” he added. The FSF hosts talent-acquisition events to help connect eager young talent with its roster of partnering companies such as Bloomingdale’s, Centric Brands, Macy’s Inc., PVH Corp. and more. For the first time, this October, the FSF will seek to expand its networking opportunities to the Los Angeles area catering to schools such as the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, while also reaching students

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