So, ok, yes, sometimes being a TEEN VOGUE intern means dashing out with a Starbucks order, but when the person you are ordering for is Zac Posen, you tend not to care.

Other times, being a TEEN VOGUE intern means having the privilege of working Fashion University, which, as the 500 fabulously dressed attendees will attest to, was a weekend of wonder.

At the exclusive shopping events at Juicy Couture and H&M, the TEEN VOGUE staffers and I joked about how much fun it was to simply watch what the students were picking up and purchasing—for whose taste better to follow than the designers, stylists and fashion editors of the future? If you ask me, as the onlooker, the students were just as inspirational as the speakers. I envied not just their fashion sense, but their confidence in Q&A with the likes of Anna Wintour and Vera Wang.

When the editors of the magazine offered to give up their lunch hour to do a signing and meet-and-greet with the students, the amount of dedicated attendees willing to skip lunch in order to converse with Amy Astley and Co. was overwhelming! A line filed around the room and, as much as we tried to encourage the “one question only” policy so everyone could get a chance to meet them, the depth of conversation between TEEN VOGUE editors and Fashion U. students was remarkable to watch.

I was amazed by the self-understanding of the Fashion U. fashionistas as they opened up to designers about what they hoped to do and design, shared their own body insecurities with supermodels Stacey McKenzie and Ali Michael, and proved their dedication to the magazine and the designers with their knowledgeable questions.

My personal highlights of the weekend? Packing up and personally handing birthday cake to Zac Posen is up there, along with handling the mannequins wearing the actual costumes from Wicked!, a musical I have a bit of an obsession with. What were your favorite moments? What made Fashion U. fantastic for you?