As my first week working for The Lady draws to an end, I can safely say that, after the initial first week nerves, I am rather enjoying myself.
This week has been spent working on the new website, which is due to be launched very soon, so watch this space! I've basically been busy mastering the new system and Photoshop, converting all the photos and articles for the new site. And as a bit of a computer novice, the fact that I'm managing this task quite well has made me feel rather clever, smug, and a bit (emphasis on bit) of a computer whiz.
Hopefully the coming weeks and months will see me doing lots more exciting tasks, and hopefully I will get to fit in some writing along the way.
Stay tuned!!
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Friday, 9 March 2012
What an exciting week!
So this week started with what I thought would just be a normal week of work experience in London.
Monday comes and goes, all is fine. Then, midday Tuesday I get an email "Come and see me I want to have a chat with you." Oh my god! I had obviously just done something awful and was about to get a rucking. So, shaking a bit, I went downstairs and spoke to the sender of the email... and that's when something amazing happened.
The words, "our editor has been really impressed" and "we don't want to lose you" were ringing in my ears as I went back to my desk. What was to be just a week work experiences had just turned into a 6 month contract!
I couldn't believe it! But the worst thing was that I was supposed to be moving to Windsor on the 12th to start an internship with a different company...well you know what they say about buses, shame they never give you any hints on how to let down whatever bus driver you intend to let down!
Nonetheless, despite the fact I felt bad that I would be letting someone down, I already knew what my decision was. Yesterday, the contract was drawn up and signed, my decision had been made...so I called the Windsor people telling them I wouldn't be doing their internship any more.
I know business is business, but I did feel so awful about letting them down!
But, I am so excited about this contract! Already this week the East India Company has been in to our office with lots of goodies, and goody bags, for us to try, and next week I'm going to some swanky launch of a pop up bar somewhere in London!
Ahh, I am one happy girl at the moment! And to all of those who thought I'd never do it well pfft!
Monday comes and goes, all is fine. Then, midday Tuesday I get an email "Come and see me I want to have a chat with you." Oh my god! I had obviously just done something awful and was about to get a rucking. So, shaking a bit, I went downstairs and spoke to the sender of the email... and that's when something amazing happened.
The words, "our editor has been really impressed" and "we don't want to lose you" were ringing in my ears as I went back to my desk. What was to be just a week work experiences had just turned into a 6 month contract!
I couldn't believe it! But the worst thing was that I was supposed to be moving to Windsor on the 12th to start an internship with a different company...well you know what they say about buses, shame they never give you any hints on how to let down whatever bus driver you intend to let down!
Nonetheless, despite the fact I felt bad that I would be letting someone down, I already knew what my decision was. Yesterday, the contract was drawn up and signed, my decision had been made...so I called the Windsor people telling them I wouldn't be doing their internship any more.
I know business is business, but I did feel so awful about letting them down!
But, I am so excited about this contract! Already this week the East India Company has been in to our office with lots of goodies, and goody bags, for us to try, and next week I'm going to some swanky launch of a pop up bar somewhere in London!
Ahh, I am one happy girl at the moment! And to all of those who thought I'd never do it well pfft!
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Monday, 27 February 2012
A new adventure
Life has recently got very exciting, but very scary at the same time.
My dream job is to be a journalist, or have a job that means I can write about lots of interesting things. When I left uni I applied for loads of jobs and nothing was happening and I was basically starting to think that I'd be stuck with my job working in a cafe forever- which don't get me wrong, is fun and I enjoy, but it's not the career I had in mind for myself.
But I recently applied for an internship and got it! So from the 12th of March I'll be working as a journalist for a month in Windsor!! But as its for the month, and I couldn't really expect to have a month off work, especially as I had literally just had a week off for a placement at The Lady magazine, I did the crazy thing and quit my job.
Now if you know me you will know that that is a big deal. I have never not had a job and I am always panicking about money, so for me to quit my job is pretty scary.
On the contrary i realised that this is it, no not the Michael Jackson tour that never was but a new adventure! Ok so when the internship is up I might not get a job out of it, but hopefully it will open doors for me that were firmly shut before.
Yes I quit my job, and it is very scary, but I keep thinking to myself bigger and better things could be around the corner...wish me luck! I'll be sure to keep you updated!!
My dream job is to be a journalist, or have a job that means I can write about lots of interesting things. When I left uni I applied for loads of jobs and nothing was happening and I was basically starting to think that I'd be stuck with my job working in a cafe forever- which don't get me wrong, is fun and I enjoy, but it's not the career I had in mind for myself.
But I recently applied for an internship and got it! So from the 12th of March I'll be working as a journalist for a month in Windsor!! But as its for the month, and I couldn't really expect to have a month off work, especially as I had literally just had a week off for a placement at The Lady magazine, I did the crazy thing and quit my job.
Now if you know me you will know that that is a big deal. I have never not had a job and I am always panicking about money, so for me to quit my job is pretty scary.
On the contrary i realised that this is it, no not the Michael Jackson tour that never was but a new adventure! Ok so when the internship is up I might not get a job out of it, but hopefully it will open doors for me that were firmly shut before.
Yes I quit my job, and it is very scary, but I keep thinking to myself bigger and better things could be around the corner...wish me luck! I'll be sure to keep you updated!!
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Valentine's day- embrace it even if you are single!
So the V Day plan was to have a girlie night in with my friend, films take away and wine. But dancing at GNSH, with people from all over the world has meant I've been struck down with a cold, putting an end to that plan!
Now I'm sitting at home, with a bottle of wine and the cat, dinner in the oven in my pyjamas- not because I'm sad and alone on Valentines day, but because I'm single and happy.
Yes, I really do love being in a relationship, I like doing all the usual coupley things. But I also enjoy being single, like being able to do whatever. So why must single people chose February the 14th every year to wallow in their singledom?! I'm happy being single for the moment, but just because its valentines day I don't suddenly break down and decide that actually, I cant survive without a man!
I say, even if you are single, embrace valentines. If you haven't got a lover to love, then love yourself.
Now I'm sitting at home, with a bottle of wine and the cat, dinner in the oven in my pyjamas- not because I'm sad and alone on Valentines day, but because I'm single and happy.
Yes, I really do love being in a relationship, I like doing all the usual coupley things. But I also enjoy being single, like being able to do whatever. So why must single people chose February the 14th every year to wallow in their singledom?! I'm happy being single for the moment, but just because its valentines day I don't suddenly break down and decide that actually, I cant survive without a man!
I say, even if you are single, embrace valentines. If you haven't got a lover to love, then love yourself.
Friday, 10 February 2012
Busy Times
I was worried when I left uni that my life would be over. All my friends would be scattered to the wind after we all went back to our home towns, and I would have nothing to do. The thing that scared me most though, as I went back to my summer job, was would I get a job that would make my three years at uni worth while?
The boredom thing I conquered quite quickly, joining an am dram group and a dance class I soon found that I only had one spare evening! On the contrary the job thing was starting to worry me.
With this fire burning in my belly, i applied to every internship and wrote to every magazine, to see if I could get my foot on the ladder to being an amazing journalist. Months of nothing, and now, I've juts been given a paid two month internship, one month at home and one month in office, and I have a work placement with one of the longest established magazines on the market!
So I've gone from panicking about a lack of journalism work, to writing 50 articles a week!
I suppose its true what they say, good things come to those who wait...and to those who send pestering emails!
The boredom thing I conquered quite quickly, joining an am dram group and a dance class I soon found that I only had one spare evening! On the contrary the job thing was starting to worry me.
With this fire burning in my belly, i applied to every internship and wrote to every magazine, to see if I could get my foot on the ladder to being an amazing journalist. Months of nothing, and now, I've juts been given a paid two month internship, one month at home and one month in office, and I have a work placement with one of the longest established magazines on the market!
So I've gone from panicking about a lack of journalism work, to writing 50 articles a week!
I suppose its true what they say, good things come to those who wait...and to those who send pestering emails!
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
A little artlicle about 20s influence on fashion
The 1920s is very much considered the age of jazz, gin, sex, and fashion. The winds of change swept through society at the end of the First World War and Britain saw her twenty somethings embracing a new, louche way of life. These “Bright Young Things” (depicted with beautiful accuracy in Stephen Fry’s 2003 film of the same name) saw both men and women living life to the full and experimenting with everything from drink, drugs, and sex to fashion.
With the later in mind, it can be said that women were released from the bonds of Edwardian propriety by the new fashions of the 1920s. The Flapper, as she is better known, was no longer bound by corsets and bustles. New colours and fabrics, and a closer relationship of fashion to art, saw designers becoming increasingly daring. The colours were brighter, the fabrics more luxurious, and the hemlines shorter! Women’s fashion in the 1920s was a time of finger-curled hair, short dresses and skirts, and roughed knees, lips and cheeks. Although the finger curls haven’t lasted the test of time (my hairdresser would argue that point though, considering how often I have my hair finger-curled), that flapper girl fashion can still be very much seen today.
From the rails of Topshop to Primark, or if you have an expendable budget, high end boutiques, the 20s is still very much alive! Costume jewellery tends to be copies of fine examples from the 20s. Many statement necklaces are inspired by those of Coco Chanel who both modern and flapper fashion owe a lot to. And of course, who hasn’t noticed the resurgence of the popularity of pearls!? A must have for the 20s, and modern, flapper. On top of this, if I had a pound for every girl I saw with rouged lips, I’d be a wealthy girl!
Beaded, fringed, and tea dresses, cardigan jackets and sweater dresses all first worn in the 1920s, have become wardrobe staples in the modern flapper’s wardrobe- not to mention a new popularity of hats as River Island, for example, currently has 5 different styles of Cloche! Even the bob, with the classic full fringe, has become a classic hairstyle once again, seen recently on celebrities such as Katie Holmes and Victoria Beckham and myself (not a celebrity yet, but watch this space!)
2020 is on the horizon...ok it’s still 9 years off, but as a lover of the 20s I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of it once again, and intend to fully immerse myself in the 20s spirit when it arrives! So with the 20s nearly (a term I should use loosely) on our doorsteps once more, I can safely say that I, and I would guess comfortably retailers, will be embracing it whole heartedly. Such a heavily romanticised and documented era- lends itself to the recreation of many iconic 20s fashion pieces, as we see the 20s come around again.
You will find me drinking gin in some jazz bar, dancing the Charleston, and I don’t think I will be alone. 
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