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8 fashion intern horror stories that are like the real life Devil Wears Prada

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Public service announcement: you can eat regular meals and wear sensible coats, and still bag a job in fashion. We know! Revolutionary!

But according to Instagram account @fashionassistant, some intern jobs are more similar to the Devil Wears Prada than a Miranda Priestly lookalike in a fur coat, and they've been sharing anonymous stories from their direct messages with their 8,000 (and counting) followers.

Here, eight of the worst (but also devilishly great for the gossip in you) stories from interns in the fashion industry.

1

'I had to hand wash worn underwear'

2

'I was a human coat hanger'

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3

'They didn't credit the interns'

4

'I was berated for being too calm'

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5

'I wasn't allowed any time off'

6

'They wouldn't let me sit down'

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7

'He said my voice was too annoying'

8

'We weren't paid for anything'

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Dusty Baxter-Wright
Entertainment and Lifestyle Director

Dusty Baxter-Wright is an award-winning journalist and the Entertainment and Lifestyle Director at Cosmopolitan, having previously worked at Sugarscape. She was named one of PPA’s 30 Under 30 for her work covering pop culture, careers, interiors and travel, and oversees the site’s Entertainment and Lifestyle strategy across print, digital and video. As a journalist for the best part of a decade, she has interviewed everyone from Louis Theroux and Channing Tatum to Margot Robbie and Ncuti Gatwa, while she has also spoken on Times Radio and BBC Radio. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram here.

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