Sean Avery Gets a Doppelganger

stewart bradley eagles at elle magazine.jpg Somehow, everyone in sports knew another one of their own was leading a double (fashion) life.

Following in the footsteps of hockey player Sean Avery, who interned at Men’s Vogue last year, Philadelphia Eagles football player Stewart Bradley started an internship with ELLE on Monday. Bradley, who’s only been in the NFL since 2007, is set to tackle the off-season stint under the watchful eye of creative director Joe Zee.

Rumor has it the linebacker worked on a photo shoot his first day and has already received an invitation to attend a DVF lunch with top ELLE editors and guests like Jessica Alba. He was also told to start his day at “9:30 or whenever.”

The 6’4” player might be seen blocking fashionistas during Fashion Week where we suspect he’ll tag along with ELLE editors next week.

But as our informant put it: “So random, so lame, so last summer”. But in fashion, we don’t penalize for too many men on the field.

Update: Expect to see more of Stewart on ELLE.com soon…

—STEPH CASTRO

posted by guest

Feb 04, 2009 3:59PM

this is ridiculous and so incredibly unfair for all of the die hard fashion junkies competing to get internship opportunities of their own and getting stuck doing someone's expenses while a football player gets to work on set with Joe Zee...

Feb 04, 2009 4:03PM

you may want to make some further edits on that last paragraph.

posted by bastylefilegirl

Feb 04, 2009 4:15PM

Strictly from a football standing Steward Bradley "Stew" as he likes to be called is an awesome player. As for fashion, he's insanely attractive so if it involves him being photographed sans a helmet I'm all for it ahahah!

Feb 04, 2009 5:12PM

Guest #1: Unfortunately for most and fortunately for a few rich kids, fashion has nothing to do with what you know but who you know.

Feb 04, 2009 5:14PM

This is so pathetic - ELLE way behind (par usual).

I'm completely over the whole celebrity intern thing.
I am also over sad attempts to get publicity - why not try to garner readers through good product?

I've been working in the fashion industry for years & am actually disgusted by this. There are SO many people who actually deserve these internships that are simply not getting them because of poor choices like this.

posted by sambelle

Feb 04, 2009 6:57PM

i dont care who you know, the fashion industry should start respecting the interns who are now left to do "actual jobs" that have been cut from companies, (thanks recession) and STILL not get paid for it. We are doing this in hopes of landing a job. Not as a side gig when its not football season. For "celebrities" like "Stew", who I have honestly never heard of, to intern at a place like Elle is ridiculous. I doubt that he's being treated like an intern in any way, im soo over celebrity privileges.

posted by Modupe

Feb 04, 2009 9:36PM

okay so what about all the people who live breathe and eat fashion dying for those spots?
ok maybe not eat fashion but you get my point...

let me know when Matt Ryan becomes an assistant editor at TeenVogue

posted by Malibu

Feb 04, 2009 9:46PM

I doubt he's even a real intern esp. if he's being featured/advertised on their website. It's like Lauren Conrad being on the cover of Teen Vogue, even though she was "interning" for them.

Feb 04, 2009 10:01PM

as far as it goes, i'm pretty sure everyone above me is right. i just couldn't bother to not write something, seeing especially how i worked incredibly hard to be where i am at now and someone like this could just walk-on to elle. seriously? what input, what intelligence, what know-how of even anything remotely fashionable would this guy know? i bet you the closet he's got to commentating on fashion was telling his girl she looked hot.

'uhh.. yeh, babe. it looks, nice.'

ugh!