Daniel wore a blank expression as he listened to Wilhelmina give her idea for an upcoming photo shoot. It was the same old thing, the type of thing that would give the woman the attention she so craved. He was certain that Betty could come up with a better proposal. She always did. But he was the editor-in-chief, not her, and he needed to step up his game to prove that he was of some worth.

"What do you think, Daniel?" asked Wilhelmina. Everybody turned and faced him, inquiring looks on all of their faces.

"Oh, well, I thought it was great, but..." he trailed off as he shuffled through his papers in order to buy some time.

"But what?"

"Isn't there something more we could do with it? I mean, to me, it just seems like we always have the same kind of spreads for new lines."

"What are you suggesting?"

Daniel looked to Betty, who nodded and chimed in," Well, if you look at her designs, all the dresses are either black or red. We're suggesting that we incorporate that into some kind of theme to make the spread more than just pictures of dresses."

"Right, we could make it almost like a story," Daniel finished. He shot Betty a 'thanks-I-owe-you-one' look. "Just to give it more depth."

Wilhelmina raised an eyebrow, considering the proposal. "I suppose that could work. We can do the mock-up, and then present the idea to Miss Ellis when she arrives."

Everyone picked up their things and began exiting the conference room. Wilhelmina strode out, Marc following close behind. Amanda walked out, hips swinging from side to side like a courtesan. Daniel turned to confer with Betty as they headed over to his office. Both stopped when they saw that it was occupied by Christina's assistant, Katalina, and a fabulously dressed woman that neither of them knew.

"Um..." Betty flipped through her schedule, then checked to see if there were any messages on her phone. In theory there shouldn't have been any because Betty had gotten Katalina to cover her phone. She made a mental note not to make that request a second time.

Meanwhile, Daniel entered his office and cleared his throat, making his presence known. "Hi, um, you're Christina's new assistant, right?" he asked Katalina.

"Yup, that's me." She nodded. "Katalina," she added since Daniel couldn't seem to remember.

"Oh, right. Sorry. And you are?" he asked the other woman.

She stood and offered her hand. "Jean Ellis. You're featuring my new line in your next issue."

"Oh, Miss Ellis! We weren't expecting you for another few days. Here, take a seat," Daniel said, gesturing to the chairs in front of his desk. He looked at Katalina, and then at the door, signaling her to leave.

"Oh, right. Sorry," Katalina mimicked. "See you later!" She waved enthusiastically as she left.

"So who was that?" Betty asked as Katalina passed by. She moved some papers over so that the other woman could sit on her desk.

"The Jean Ellis. Seriously," she said when Betty gave her a look of disbelief. "Coolest thing ever that of all the people, I got to talk to her. She's really nice. Oh, and you know, if you need to know what her favorite foods or anything are if Daniel has to have a business dinner with her, just ask me. Then you won't have to go through the hassle of calling her 'people.'"

Betty laughed as she made air quotes over the last word. "Well, I will definitely keep that in mind, thank you. I think Christina is probably missing your singing by now," she said, hinting that she ought to get back to the Closet.

"Yes, of course. So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu," she sang on her way to the elevators, much to Amanda's displeasure.

Betty shook her head and smiled. She couldn't imagine Mode without Katalina. She looked over to Daniel and Jean, noting that they seemed almost finished with their meeting. Both stood, shook hands, and then Daniel was escorting her out of his door. She waved a friendly good-bye to Betty as she passed her desk.

"How did it go?" Betty asked Daniel. "Did she like our idea?"

"Your idea, you mean. Yes, she liked it. In fact, she liked it so much that she said that we could go ahead and start the shoot as soon as everything was set. She only had one request: that the pictures be in grey and white to make the reds and blacks stand out more," he replied, looking rather pleased.

"Alright, I'll go down to the Closet and let Christina know, then I'll get in touch with Wilhelmina and the props warehouse, and then we should be ready," Betty said, making a list for herself.