Note To Self : Don't Fall Over!

I have my internship interview tomorrow and I have to say I'm just a little nervous. Not because of any questions or the fact that I have to sit in a room with some of the countries most beautiful people, but because of these bad boys...

River Island £60

For some unknown reason I thought it might be a good idea for me to go in wedges. The guys are used to seeing super tall ladies floating through their doors so I figure I may as well join in. I pray I don't fall over. I haven't had the time to practice so we shall see how my day unfolds!! 

Winchester Fashion Week

Once again I have proved to myself that you don't get nuthin' unless you ask for it. There's a little something going on in my home town and it's called Winchester Fashion Week! I wrote to the lovely ladies running it and asked (rather sheepishly) if I could come to the final fashion show with my chunky old camera and write a review for my Fashion Blog (skulkfashion.com). Well guess what they've gone and said...YES! I am under the usual instructions of no selling pictures and no distracting the models, but I now have my feet firmly in the 'press pit' and best of all I get to watch it for free! See, people, all you need is a little faith in yourself and an idea. It's worth checking out if there's any Fashion events going on in your area as local shows like these look good on a CV. I'm getting seriously overwhelmed with how many people say yes.

I don't have a stitch to wear!

OK, so for my interview on Thursday at a top London model agency (ah!) I'm starting to realise that I have two options. One is to dress up and wear something girly yet sophisticated and at the same time showing I will work my ass off hard and the other being le fashionista (dip dyed hair and all). Well, I'm not going to dye the bleach out of my locks BUT I have decided on an outfit style. This sounds so trivial but being a Manager I know how quickly a first impression is made. See what you think...

My hair is somewhere along these lines at the moment but it's grown out a lot. I'm thinking wavy.

Gorgeous red Prada bag or something along more affordable lines. I'm enjoying the size.

Dark nails. Because one always looks elegant and clean cut.

I have a thing about wedges that make peoples feet look heavy like these from Acne. Maybe it's just the walk. Either way I seem to have managed to get my head around it.

SOUND ANY GOOD?

Internship Interview

I took the plunge and called a top model agency in London and have managed to get myself an interview for a weeks internship on Thursday!! Yes, I am nervous. The big question now is..WHAT THE HELL DO I WEAR?!! I'm thinking smart casual with a high fashion twist. Got to be the look they like. So today I'm going to trawl through my piles and piles of magazines and see what I have that roughly fits a theme. God help me Wish me luck! :)


I'll be posting ideas later...should I survive that long from the nerves.
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So here we are

I guess I should start at the beginning. I wanted to be an actress when I was younger. I would attend local drama clubs and put on 'shows' for my family. I loved it. It wasn't until the time came to audition for drama school and I completely forgot my lines in front of a panel of frowns and begged the floor to open up and devour me that I realized it probably wasn't my forte. So I spent a few years wondering what to do with myself, I took three A levels that were completely unrelated to each other and only went to University because it was the next stage. Even then I enrolled in a course that I wasn't particularly interested in (that only lasted two years). Yet, somewhere in my incongruous journey something ticked. I can't tell you where my interest in fashion started -  (it's not rude, I just can't remember) - but ever since the day I decided that it was something I could be fluent in I haven't stopped learning the language. I attended a short course at London College of Fashion and interned at a top model agency. I started blogging and wrote about fashion news and trend updates. I climbed the retail ladder to management level and studied Visual Merchandising to the Nth degree. But after all this I am now in a place where I can start taking myself seriously. I've done the blogging, I've done the reading and I've definitely done the sucking up...so now is the time for me to get where I need to be for myself. To grow a pair and to establish how to get my head out of the clouds. You're invited. Wish me luck...