Sean Avery, professional hockey player for the New York Rangers, will be working as an intern this summer over at the offices of Vogue. Presumably he didn't get either jobs with the Rangers or with the Vogue by browsing the job listings on MonsterTrak.com. He wrote a letter to Vogue editrix Anna Wintour in sum saying, "Yo Anna. Hit me up with a job."
But what does the person dubbed "the most hated man in hockey" for his style of play know about fashion? Well, quite a lot — Avery is a self-confessed clotheshorse who has been known to give girlfriends advice on how to dress, and in interviews has expressed a dream to become a fashion editor after his days on the ice (he'll likely be a big help clearing through the crush of shows). "He says that he prizes his black patent leather Yves Saint Laurent high-tops, 'a lovely cashmere throw from a friend who works at Calvin Klein' and his Philippe Starck machine-gun-shaped lamp," reports The New Yorker's Nick Paumgarten in this week's issue.
Avery recently made the sports headline news with this particular screen play during the playoffs this month against the rivals New Jersey Devils:
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