Fashion internships are notoriously cutthroat and intense, but the industry at large tended to turn a blind eye to this reality until 2013, when lawsuits began rolling in against top publishers like Hearst and Condé Nast. Complaining of poor treatment and minimum-wage salaries—if they had a salary at all—over 7500 interns ended up supporting the Condé Nast lawsuit, which was settled last April with $5.9 million to be divided among the group.
Fashion internships are notoriously cutthroat and intense, but the industry at large tended to turn a blind eye to this reality until 2013, when lawsuits began rolling in against top publishers like Hearst and Condé Nast. Complaining of poor treatment and minimum-wage salaries—if they had a salary at all—over 7500 interns ended up supporting the Condé Nast lawsuit, which was settled last April with $5.9 million to be divided among the group.
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