Maggie Carstensen

Major: Apparel, Merchandising, and Design

Minor/option/emphasis: AMD-Creative and Technical Design

Company/Organization: Gretchen Bohling Design

Company/Organization website: https://www.gretchenbohling.com/

Destination: Des Moines, Iowa

Timeframe: Summer

Advisor/Coordinator Email: annthye@iastate.edu

Responsibilities

Helping with custom orders, altering and tailoring clothing, sewing, cutting out patterns, sourcing fabric and organizing fall fashion show.

Accomplishments

Successfully organizing a fashion show and watching it all come together.

What advice would you give?

Don't worry if you didn't get a big internship in a big city, it might be best that your first internship is close to home and somewhere that you can actually afford the rent.

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