Kicking back in the studio, Absolutely Fabulous playing in the background, drinking delicious hot choc from the adorable cafe next door (fyi the most delicious waiter works there, incidentally he makes the most incredible sandwiches. hes delicious in more ways than one - multidelish!) sent a few emails, prepared a sample send out for a magazine shoot, (blogged - shh.) .. its all been rather relaxed here today.
LFW still looms in the distance like some sort of ominous hooded figure, but for now, why stress!
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Friday, 12 August 2011
Always an exception
I know know know I should NOT be blogging at work but.. my title says its ok, plus noone can see me, so. That makes it alright.
Business Partner Lady TOTALLY just said that I get to choose my own little dress from Designer Lady's collection to wear at LFW.
I GET TO WEAR HER CLOTHES...
Imagine me trying hard not to hyperventilate as I imagine twirling around in the many creations I've had my beady fashion eye on since I've been working here.
I love my job.
Business Partner Lady TOTALLY just said that I get to choose my own little dress from Designer Lady's collection to wear at LFW.
I GET TO WEAR HER CLOTHES...
Imagine me trying hard not to hyperventilate as I imagine twirling around in the many creations I've had my beady fashion eye on since I've been working here.
I love my job.
Monday, 1 August 2011
Ahhh..
The dude designer upstairs (who's name I had never heard.. the one that's kind of a big deal) totally just told me I have a nice skirt on. Fashion approval from a designer is like being given a big warm bowl of melted chocolate.
Sweet.
Sweet.
Do you know who I am?? .. No.
This week I took DL's dogs out to the garden roof of the studios. On my way I was asked 'are you the dog walker?’ by some guy with the snottiest voice. He introduced himself with the pretentious tone that incinuates his introduction is unnecessary because you should already know who he is.
Of course I acted as if I hadn’t a clue who he was. Which wasn’t too hard since I didn’t.
(Naturally, I read about him in Vogue the day after. He is kind of a big deal. Crap.)
Cute intern friend and I discovered another adorable little café right next to the studio. Its called something like ‘Mouse & Delotts’. So today I’m talking to the woman serving me..
‘so do you own this place?’
‘well I’m mouse’
.. I laugh, completely forgetting the name of the café and thinking shes making an odd joke..
‘you’re what, a mouse??’
‘no.. I’m mouse. of mouse and delotts.. I own half the company’
‘oh.. right.'
Crap.
Really need to stop this i-have-no-idea-who-you-are-which-is-awful-because-actually-you’re-rather-significant thing I have going on.
Oh I have yet to learn…
Of course I acted as if I hadn’t a clue who he was. Which wasn’t too hard since I didn’t.
(Naturally, I read about him in Vogue the day after. He is kind of a big deal. Crap.)
Cute intern friend and I discovered another adorable little café right next to the studio. Its called something like ‘Mouse & Delotts’. So today I’m talking to the woman serving me..
‘so do you own this place?’
‘well I’m mouse’
.. I laugh, completely forgetting the name of the café and thinking shes making an odd joke..
‘you’re what, a mouse??’
‘no.. I’m mouse. of mouse and delotts.. I own half the company’
‘oh.. right.'
Crap.
Really need to stop this i-have-no-idea-who-you-are-which-is-awful-because-actually-you’re-rather-significant thing I have going on.
Oh I have yet to learn…
Saturday, 30 July 2011
London Fashion Week is a witch.
8.45pm - on the last leg of my journey home.
Today has been.. emotional.. which is an understatement but an appropriate enough word.
There has been swearing...tension...mad sprinting to & from the studio.
There have been tears.
There have been emergency bottles of Cava opened (bought by myself - first time for everything hey..)
Though 70% of the time I am lucky enough to be part of a sweet, chilled out team..
..the run up to LFW is evil.
In-house PR has given me the chance to see what exactly goes into launching your own label. There are an infinite amount of tasks, you have to completely trust those you hire to competently complete the job you pay them for.
When a major store put in a big order for your collection, they don’t care that your seamstress did wonky stitches or screwed up the buttonholes on a shirt. They don’t want to be told that half the order got left out of the delivery because the DHL courier guy was an ass and wouldnt wait 2 minutes for the 2nd box of clothes. They don’t want to hear that 5 tshirt dresses were printed on jersey instead of crepe de chine. They either have the full order or they don’t. No matter what the outcome is, the designer is the one it all reflects onto.
The phrase of the day has been a distressed 'Why didn't I just open a chippie instead' muttered under breath as the next crisis unravels.
LFW is september 16th - 20th. The crazy continues..
Today has been.. emotional.. which is an understatement but an appropriate enough word.
There has been swearing...tension...mad sprinting to & from the studio.
There have been tears.
There have been emergency bottles of Cava opened (bought by myself - first time for everything hey..)
Though 70% of the time I am lucky enough to be part of a sweet, chilled out team..
..the run up to LFW is evil.
In-house PR has given me the chance to see what exactly goes into launching your own label. There are an infinite amount of tasks, you have to completely trust those you hire to competently complete the job you pay them for.
When a major store put in a big order for your collection, they don’t care that your seamstress did wonky stitches or screwed up the buttonholes on a shirt. They don’t want to be told that half the order got left out of the delivery because the DHL courier guy was an ass and wouldnt wait 2 minutes for the 2nd box of clothes. They don’t want to hear that 5 tshirt dresses were printed on jersey instead of crepe de chine. They either have the full order or they don’t. No matter what the outcome is, the designer is the one it all reflects onto.
The phrase of the day has been a distressed 'Why didn't I just open a chippie instead' muttered under breath as the next crisis unravels.
LFW is september 16th - 20th. The crazy continues..
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
A little help?
We know that I applied to lots of companies asking to intern with them yes? We know that only Designer Lady got back to me yes?
Well.
On Monday a huge london based PR agency emailed asking what my availability was with regard to interning with them.
I froze .. all these ideas filled my head of whether I could do 2 internships at once, whether it'd be sneaky, whether it's considered rude, whether I could handle 2 work loads, whether I'd be walking away from a big opportunity if I turned the agency down..
I replied saying that I worked part time for a designer and could only do 2-3 days a week, expecting the agency to be uninterested.. They wrote back confirming my thoughts, saying they really preferred interns to be full time.
End of story yes?
No.
Either my CV & covering letter to this agency were uhhhmazing, or they're desperate for interns (more likely the latter) but they emailed again today.
'Hi, what days part time are you available? Just trying to work out a timetable that may work.'
So now I'm in this awkward position where I have no idea what to do. This is a great company to have on my CV, but I do want to keep working for D-L (Designer-Lady).. I don't want to tell D-L that I want to work somewhere else, only to be dropped by her, treated like crap and not learn anything at big agency.. but then I do think I could do both.. It's a pretty sensitive situation - I appeal to you, dear reader.. What do I do??!
Well.
On Monday a huge london based PR agency emailed asking what my availability was with regard to interning with them.
I froze .. all these ideas filled my head of whether I could do 2 internships at once, whether it'd be sneaky, whether it's considered rude, whether I could handle 2 work loads, whether I'd be walking away from a big opportunity if I turned the agency down..
I replied saying that I worked part time for a designer and could only do 2-3 days a week, expecting the agency to be uninterested.. They wrote back confirming my thoughts, saying they really preferred interns to be full time.
End of story yes?
No.
Either my CV & covering letter to this agency were uhhhmazing, or they're desperate for interns (more likely the latter) but they emailed again today.
'Hi, what days part time are you available? Just trying to work out a timetable that may work.'
So now I'm in this awkward position where I have no idea what to do. This is a great company to have on my CV, but I do want to keep working for D-L (Designer-Lady).. I don't want to tell D-L that I want to work somewhere else, only to be dropped by her, treated like crap and not learn anything at big agency.. but then I do think I could do both.. It's a pretty sensitive situation - I appeal to you, dear reader.. What do I do??!
Friday, 15 July 2011
Yea.. I don't do phone calls.
Met the business partner last week.. She's ridiculously gorgeous, really nice, knows exactly what she's doing, but oh so intimidating. I don't even think she's aware of how intimidating she is.. does that stop me from shaking slightly whenever she calls my name? uhh.. na.
Usually goes something like..
'Right, Ok..?'
me: Crap. Crap.. sound confident and competent.. 'Yes?'
'I need you to phone X, ask for their PR team, say where you're from, what we're about, why you're calling and if they'd be interested in sponsoring our fashion week event'
me: Uhh, she wants me to give a pitch, with everyone in the room secretly listening, which is basically a presentation.. stall.. stall.. 'Right. Yep, sure, got it.'
..Some time later...
'So? How are you getting on?' - which reads - why on earth haven't I heard you make that call yet?
I make the call, taking as long as humanly possible to type out each number.. it starts to ring...
I shake a little more.. and ..
Voicemail. You beautiful thing. I've never been so happy to hear that glorious Vodaphone lady.
I didn't get away the whole day without making phone calls in front of everyone, and for the most part it was fine. But..
*Note to self* Whilst introducing yourself on the phone, its best if you DON'T forget the designers name.. especially when said designer is sitting 2 metres away.
No, that wasn't embarrassing at allll..
At the end of the day though business partner lady actually told me I'd done a great job, and she was so glad to have me - praise!! I never expected that - thought it'd be all The Devil Wears Prada and everyone would ignore me unless I did something wrong, in which case I would be shot on the spot..
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