It still makes my heart skip a beat to be told to report to the principal’s office.

Even if it’s really only the Principal’s conference room…which is where we met to kick off the 24th annual HSFI Career Day this morning with Principal Daryl Blank and a strong cuppa joe. The nearly 50 guest speakers from a range of careers then reported to their “classrooms” for their morning mentoring sessions with the students, among them Karen Alberg Grossman from MR Magazine, Tommy Hilfiger’s Kim Friday, designers Sal Cesarani, Brooks Brothers’ Brian Lane, and photographers Jamie McCarthy and Michael Loccisano from Getty Images.

HSFI Principal Daryl Blank, welcoming guest speakers for the school’s 24th annual Career Day

MR’s Karen Alberg with HSFI board member Christina Neault

Get ready for a tomorrow’s crop of fashion bloggers and designers….this is the new crew of fashion’s Next Gen’ers!

Fashion’s next generation, sessions one and two!

I loved the kids in my two groups.