Hockey player Sean Avery, who made a name for himself by personally pleading with Anna Wintour for a Vogue internship, and then taking his shirt of in Men's Vogue to write about it, looks like he might be trading teams. Yes, he'll still be inventing rules for the New York Rangers, but what's this about his schmoozing up to Marie Claire?

The hockey star, who interned at Vogue for the summer, was spotted schmoozing with editors in the offices of Marie Claire last week. "He was perusing the racks in the fashion closet with editor in chief Joanna Coles," said our spy. "He was promising to take her two boys to a hockey game." Avery, who stayed a few hours, was in plaid shorts and carrying a huge garment bag stuffed with clothing from The Row, the Olsen twins' line. "He had the fashion editors actually trying on the clothes and modeling them," laughed our spy.

In fact, he may have had an actual Olsen stuffed in the duffel.

Either way, Avery is trading down! At Vogue, he learned:

What's working at Vogue really like? Here's what it comes down to: I make millions of dollars a year at a "job" that I consider to be pure fun. The people at Vogue don't have that kind of salary. What they do have is a group of people working creatively and relentlessly because of their strong passion and love for fashion. I would challenge you to find another workplace — outside of sports or nursing — that has that.

At best, at Marie Claire he'll learn some Photoshop tricks.

[P6]