Elle PR director Erin meets with creative director Joe to discuss the upcoming Fall A-Z project and admits that she is worried about working with Olivia again.
She says that every time Olivia messes up she has to pick up the pieces on top of her real job.
Joe suggests that she "doesn't bail her out in the future" but Erin says she has to because people are relying on her.
He says that he appreciates her concerns but insists that he is confident Olivia will succeed in her next challenge. However, he concedes that if she fails again it might mean that "her future is not at Elle".
Erin takes Olivia to the Badgley Mischka showroom to look at accessories. She explains that the Fall A-Z issue will have a different accessory for every letter of the alphabet and that Olivia is basically on her own at finding the 26 pieces.
Over at People's Revolution, Whitney plucks up the courage to show her clothes sketches to boss Kelly, who is impressed by the quality of the drawings. However, she makes some suggestions about how she can improve. She adds that a Spring 2010 collection should have 26 to 31 good pieces, which worries Whitney because she only has 15 designs.
Whitney later meets Roxy and Samantha for lunch to tell them about her meeting with Kelly. Roxy suggests that Samantha, an assistant buyer, organize a meeting between her boss at Bergdorf Goodman and Whitney to discuss the sketches.
Whitney admits that she is scared of rejection but Roxy insists that it is a good idea and that the worse case scenario is Samantha's boss won't like her designs.
Elsewhere, Olivia continues to visit showrooms to scout accessories for the Fall A-Z segment. At the Rachel Roy Showroom, the designer asks how she is fitting in at the magazine and Olivia admits that it has its "ups and downs".
"I'm a believer in always helping people when they are new," she explains. "To opening up and giving them a chance to adjust, but that isn't always the case in my life."
Whitney arrives at Bergdorf Goodman for her meeting with Samantha's boss Sunni. Sunni says that she receives lots of calls from designers and usually prefers that they submit photos or a lookbook instead of drawings. She tells Whitney she has potential but there is "still a lot of work to do".
The next day, Kelly calls Whitney into her office and says that she got a call from Bergdorf Goodman. Whitney explains that she wasn't trying to go behind her back and she only went to meeting because Roxy had suggested it might be a good idea.
Kelly replies: "It's always really good to take advice from a chick from California that has been in New York for three weeks and knows f**k all. That's always a great way to start your fashion career."
Whitney thinks that she had nothing to lose but Kelly says that "nobody in their right mind" would ever take unfinished drawings to Bergdorf Goodman. She adds that it's not a smart idea to listen to Roxy because she doesn't seem to always have Whitney's best interests in mind.
Back at Elle, Joe and Erin look at the photographs for the Victoria Beckham cover issue. Erin again voices doubts about Olivia and Joe agrees that she must produce some "incredible" ideas for the Fall A-Z segment. He adds: "I'm not going to pussyfoot this with her at all... if she comes in here with nothing, there will be a major problem."
Olivia arrives for the meeting with examples from various designers. She recounts the pieces that she saw and suggests a tribal theme could be big in the future. Erin is unsure about the pricing of one of the items but Joe is impressed by what she has done. He later tells Erin: "The girl's a star, I told you that."
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