Hello lovelies!
About a week ago I received an email from the core
team at Newcastle Fashion Week 2014 to say that I’d been successful in
achieving a work experience place. Needless to say I was absolutely ecstatic (I
may or may not have squealed.) Anyone interested in a career within the fashion
industry knows how important gaining experience is, and I’m so thankful to be
able to help out with my local city’s most high profile fashion event of the
year.
The week began at 12pm on Wednesday, when I jumped out
of my taxi and trotted into the NE1 office, an equal concoction of nerves and
excitement. After introducing myself to the lovely Sandra Tang, (head of NCLFW and
thankfully nothing like Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada as I’d
imagined) I was immediately plunged into work making out cue cards for the
fashion show speeches.One very sore hand later, I moved on to organising the
clothes for Saturday’s Company Catwalk Event. This involved signing off each
brand’s clothing form and accounting for all the item’s listed, before bagging
and labelling the outfits by model. Myself and fellow fashion blogger Amy had a good old nosey at the beautiful
clothes provided by fashion giants such as Toppers, Urban Outfitters and H&M.During the afternoon I ran to Adidas to swap a pair of shoes for
the correct size, did A LOT of photocopying and entered local businesses phone
numbers into Sandra’s phone.
After being promoted from
work experience intern to core team member, I became a lot more involved in the
week's activities. I was tasked with everything from setting up clothes for our
fashion show at the gorgeous Assembly Rooms to greeting VIPs such as Sophie
Ellis Bextor and husband Richard Jones, Lauren Luke, Julian MacDonald and
Company Magazine writers Carlene Thomas-Bailey and Alexxsia Elizabeth. I was
especially excited meeting the Company girls as I'm a hugeee fan of their
writing, and they were absolutely lovely throughout the entire day - even when
we had to herd them around quite abruptly!
The other work experience
interns and the whole team - photographers, organisers, health and safety were
hilarious and we had such a good time together. If you're thinking of helping
out at Fashion Week I would highly recommend it - it's a great way to meet new
people, learn some new skills and immerse yourself in the local fashion
community.
Sara x
