"Both students interned in New York over the winter... [Rachel] Koestenblatt spent two months at Betsey Johnson. 'Rachel fit in very well,' says Pamela Thompson, head designer for Betsey Johnson. 'She was like a sponge. She had the right attitude: She was polite, but she also knew how to have fun, which is what Betsey's clothes are all about.' Koestenblatt brightens when she describes the internship. 'I was right at Betsey's elbow. They trusted me to do a lot of things. I did layouts, drawings, fittings, and I helped backstage at her show.'