This is the premise of the new ABC Family series "Jane By Design" created by April Blair ("Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous", "Lemonade Mouth") and starring Andie MacDowell ("Groundhog Day", "Short Cuts", "Sex Lies and Video Tape", "Four Weddings and a Funeral") and featuring actress Erica Dasher.
The series revolves around teenager Jane Quimby, intelligent and dreams of working in the fashion industry after high school. But Jane and her best friend Billy Nutter are looked at as the odd balls in high school and quite often, Jane is ridiculed for her fashion sense by the most popular girl at school, Lulu Pope.
Jane lives with her older brother Ben, who quit his dream to become a professional baseball player in order to raise his younger sister. But unfortunately due to the tough economy, Ben has had difficulty in finding a full-time job and now they are behind on bills.
For Jane, she knows that her older brother is having a difficult time and she doesn't want them to lose the house. So, knowing that she needs to raise money, she figures that since it's her final year in high school, she should prepare in looking for a job, but while she is still in high school, she can intern for a company in the fashion industry for now.
Jane applies for an internship at Donovan Decker and during her interview, human resources unfortunately mixes her up with an application for an internship for a job as an assistant to work for Gray Chandler Murray (played by Andie MacDowell), a world famous designer at Donovan Decker. So, Jane Quimby is mistaken as a qualified adult applicant as the assistant for world famous designer, receives a salary of $34,000 and working the dream job...illegally.
An immediately, Jane's presence at Donovan Decker has been nothing but good luck to Gray and Donovan Decker..
But as Jane tries to live a double life, she finds herself trying to maintain her high grade point average, starting to develop a close relationship with the star baseball pitcher in high school and also trying to take part in school activities, but at the same time having to balance this secret life working at Donovan Decker, in which Gray is quite demanding and expects a lot from Jane. Which includes leaving school and home to take on activities and even traveling around the world.
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