“My first job out of college was in books as an assistant at Crown Publishers. I was kinda bored by the slow pace and the type of books I was working on; gardening, etiquette, golf and something about soy. They had hired this new editor-the fiery Karen Rinaldi who had just come over from Details. She took one look at me and said, “You have to get out of books. Apply right now to be the assistant to the Editor in Chief- Joe Dolce is looking”. I went to Barneys on 7th Avenue that day and ended up buying a Prada belt (the one with the clip-in buckle) to amp up my look. A couple of days later, I headed downtown for my interview. Got the position. On the first day on the job, I was asked to shadow Shirley Manson all night at a fashion/music party Details was throwing at Mr Chows in midtown. I thought, ok this is it. Years later, Joe told me he hired me because of that belt.” -Ariel Foxman, managing editor of InStyle magazine