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Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Interview - Task 2 (LINK)
Had problems putting up the video file so posting this link should direct you to my "TASK 2 - INTERVIEW"
Friday, 11 June 2010
Harvey Nichols Fashion Show in Gleneagles!
"Oh my Geee! I'm in a dead posh room, on my own. I honestly don't belong here...!"
I arrived, fashionably early... an hour early, to be exact. And was greeted by Maxine, a member of staff at Gleneagles who took me to a room, which was really fancy ... I felt so out of place. I was then offered complementary cakes, coffee and tea - after I had already bought a coffee, I might add. And it wasn't just any bog standard cakes or pasties or anything, they were proper fancy. And the blueberry muffins were simply amazing!
"Meg? What are we doing today?" "No idea..." "Okies, let's WING IT!"
Megan eventually arrived after about 45 minutes of me being of my todd, and we ran around the room taking advantage of all the freebies! As you do! The models arrived soon after, to get their hair and make up done, and we immediately the guilt of eating so much cakes kicked in! They were so tall and slim, and grrr... so pretty! Megan, to be fair to say, was speechless and fell head over heels for a blond, tall, muscular model... so funny! We didn't know what to expect out of the day, and we basically winged it!
Eventually Louise arrived along with the backstage team, and Kevin Stewart, the organiser of the Fashion Show, and we had a cheeky little intern meeting before our briefing and finding out our roles etc etc...
Precision, precision, precision...
We then met Kevin Stewart, the organiser of the Fashion Show who briefed us with our roles as 'dressers', and introduced us to the other four dressers. While the model's hair and make up was being done, us six dressers set up backstage making the rails, setting out the outfits and matching the shoes for each model, paying perfect attention to the order of the way they'd be worn in the show.
We then had a mini intern meeting before our lunch, which made us want to diet as we were sitting amongst the models! Megan and I felt so guilty going to get seconds of the stilton and broccoli soup...
"There's only three spaces a year... GET IN THERE!"
During our lunch we got the chance to talk to the other dressers and ask them how they got into their line of business. Three of them had just worked their way up to their position from being general sales advisors and had been working there from seventeen years old. One of the dressers though was an intern and had been working with them for a month after graduating from her Business Degree. Harvey Nichols takes on three interns per year, and to apply you hand in an application form and a cv then attend a series of interviews.
"How on Earth do they get so pretty?" ... "You didn't just ask that did you?"
We then had some relaxing time while we watched the run-through of the fashion show, to give the models a chance to practise walking in the shoes. I then met the models that I would be dressing, one was a Japanese model called Erin, and a European model called Kristina. They were both so beautiful, so jealous! haha
There was quite a lot of hanging around during the day as the dressers weren't needed until the actual show and, obviously to set up so we just double checked that the shoes were in the right place, along with alarms being removed, and the appropriate accessories were on hand.
"Just get them undressed, dressed, and get 'em out there!"
The Fashion Show started at 4pm and was being held for the Aberdeen Oilman's Golf Association, and ran really smoothly, despite us all being really stressed out with only one minute to undress and dress two models for them to join the line for their next appearance.
I mis-matched the shoes once, but apart from that it went really well! Erin went out first, and Kristina soon after, but then they virtually came back at the same time, I found out that undressing two models at a time is no easy task! It was really hectic backstage, as the space was so small for us all to be in, and because of me and Megan doing it for our first time! The other dressers were really lovely and gave us help or input whenever we needed it, which really calmed us down too!
"It's over already...?" "I know, just think ... we'll never see the McQueen shoes again... - sigh-"
The show was approximately an hour long, but only seemed 10 minutes backstage! Me and Megan fell in love with a gorgeous pair of Alexander McQueen shoes, which we ended up fighting over as we packed everything away... the last time we'd ever see those shoes... we were heartbroken! haha
The overall experience was amazing, and a really good fun day! I got so much out of the day, and it will be really great to put on a C.V. to say that I've worked with Harvey Nichols.
I learned so much about this area of the industry in just one day of working with them, and I'd quite happily do it again!!
We have plans to meet up with Kevin again at Harvey Nichols next week.
Jenni Kelman.
Events Management Intern.
I arrived, fashionably early... an hour early, to be exact. And was greeted by Maxine, a member of staff at Gleneagles who took me to a room, which was really fancy ... I felt so out of place. I was then offered complementary cakes, coffee and tea - after I had already bought a coffee, I might add. And it wasn't just any bog standard cakes or pasties or anything, they were proper fancy. And the blueberry muffins were simply amazing!
"Meg? What are we doing today?" "No idea..." "Okies, let's WING IT!"
Megan eventually arrived after about 45 minutes of me being of my todd, and we ran around the room taking advantage of all the freebies! As you do! The models arrived soon after, to get their hair and make up done, and we immediately the guilt of eating so much cakes kicked in! They were so tall and slim, and grrr... so pretty! Megan, to be fair to say, was speechless and fell head over heels for a blond, tall, muscular model... so funny! We didn't know what to expect out of the day, and we basically winged it!
Eventually Louise arrived along with the backstage team, and Kevin Stewart, the organiser of the Fashion Show, and we had a cheeky little intern meeting before our briefing and finding out our roles etc etc...
Precision, precision, precision...
We then met Kevin Stewart, the organiser of the Fashion Show who briefed us with our roles as 'dressers', and introduced us to the other four dressers. While the model's hair and make up was being done, us six dressers set up backstage making the rails, setting out the outfits and matching the shoes for each model, paying perfect attention to the order of the way they'd be worn in the show.
We then had a mini intern meeting before our lunch, which made us want to diet as we were sitting amongst the models! Megan and I felt so guilty going to get seconds of the stilton and broccoli soup...
"There's only three spaces a year... GET IN THERE!"
During our lunch we got the chance to talk to the other dressers and ask them how they got into their line of business. Three of them had just worked their way up to their position from being general sales advisors and had been working there from seventeen years old. One of the dressers though was an intern and had been working with them for a month after graduating from her Business Degree. Harvey Nichols takes on three interns per year, and to apply you hand in an application form and a cv then attend a series of interviews.
"How on Earth do they get so pretty?" ... "You didn't just ask that did you?"
We then had some relaxing time while we watched the run-through of the fashion show, to give the models a chance to practise walking in the shoes. I then met the models that I would be dressing, one was a Japanese model called Erin, and a European model called Kristina. They were both so beautiful, so jealous! haha
There was quite a lot of hanging around during the day as the dressers weren't needed until the actual show and, obviously to set up so we just double checked that the shoes were in the right place, along with alarms being removed, and the appropriate accessories were on hand.
"Just get them undressed, dressed, and get 'em out there!"
The Fashion Show started at 4pm and was being held for the Aberdeen Oilman's Golf Association, and ran really smoothly, despite us all being really stressed out with only one minute to undress and dress two models for them to join the line for their next appearance.
I mis-matched the shoes once, but apart from that it went really well! Erin went out first, and Kristina soon after, but then they virtually came back at the same time, I found out that undressing two models at a time is no easy task! It was really hectic backstage, as the space was so small for us all to be in, and because of me and Megan doing it for our first time! The other dressers were really lovely and gave us help or input whenever we needed it, which really calmed us down too!
"It's over already...?" "I know, just think ... we'll never see the McQueen shoes again... - sigh-"
The show was approximately an hour long, but only seemed 10 minutes backstage! Me and Megan fell in love with a gorgeous pair of Alexander McQueen shoes, which we ended up fighting over as we packed everything away... the last time we'd ever see those shoes... we were heartbroken! haha
The overall experience was amazing, and a really good fun day! I got so much out of the day, and it will be really great to put on a C.V. to say that I've worked with Harvey Nichols.
I learned so much about this area of the industry in just one day of working with them, and I'd quite happily do it again!!
We have plans to meet up with Kevin again at Harvey Nichols next week.
Jenni Kelman.
Events Management Intern.
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Edinburgh Vintage Day!
"Right listen!! I went out last night, okay?..." "Hahaha! What happened?!" "I don't actually know..."
Today me and Megan got the train through to Edinburgh, with no idea what to expect out of the day. We were a little worse for wear, with me falling asleep on the train, and Megan nursing a little hangover!
"Puff, puff! Guyyyys, wait for me!!"
Once we arrived in Edinburgh, we met Louise in the City Art Centre and left to visit some vintage shops. Dragging us up what felt like a thousand steps (deary me, I really need to exercise!) we arrived at on the Royal Mile. We were then shown the Missoni Hotel, randomly, by Louise which was amazing!! If only I had money...! Afterwards we stopped off at Totty Rocks, our first vintage shop of the day and although we didn't talk to any members of staff there about their business, we browsed the shop, full of quirky designs, making the little voice inside my head scream, "I want to take you home!"
"Oooh, God! I'm scared of heights!"
Next we visited Godiva, a little vintage boutique in the Grassmarket of Edinburgh, which was full of the shop's own independant designers' designs and various vintage collections. We then met one of Godiva's own designers, Rowan McIntosh who answered some of our questions and talked about her designs for her label "Rowan Joy", in her basement studio below the store. We found out that she collects materials from charity shops and old clothes donated to the store that they won't sell and re-uses them to make her own designs. She also was making her own designs for a market that she was selling at down in England. We found out that Godiva also does a "Made to Measure" service, where a customer would provide the material and consilt Rowan about styles and so on, and Rowan would make the design for them for a cost. After a browse around the shop and making a few purchases, we asked the manager, Fleur McIntosh, how she sourced most of her vintage collections for the store. We found out that she has several ranges made by several independant designers, ranging from Scottish designers, Art College Graduates, and even designers from England too, Rowan being one of the designers for the store. But there are other collections that she has collected herself out of interest and from donations from families of Grandparents who have passed away. It was really interesting to ask her these questions to find out how the business worked.
"Gah! I left my vintage scarves in Sainsburys!"
We then visited our last vintage store of the day, called Herman Brown, which was a lovely little shop, focusing more on Vintage collections rather than quirky, kitsch designs made for the store, such as in Godiva and Totty Rocks. Louise and Megan asked the woman some questions there, while I ran back out to Sainsburys to get the scarves I bought, which I left there. When I returned, I browsed around the store finding a gorgeous lace dress for my Prom, but unfortunately it was not my size, which was heartbreaking! After purchasing, once again, and trying to persuade Megan to buy something too, we left in search of a coffee shop.
"Oh my God! Was he NAKED?!"
We found a little Tea Room called Tea Tree Tea, which was a lovely little place, with the two funniest, crazy men there, and we had a little intern meeting there. With Megan and I being slightly disturbed and distracted after seeing the man lift his apron to wip his hands, revealing nude coloured shorts, hence the nakedness-thinking!
"See that big clock? Do you think if it fell on you, would you die?"
After our meeting me and Megan headed back to the train station, where a lot of randomness ensued! Note to self: GET A HEARING AID!!! haha!
Overall today, I thought today was a great experience to see and understand how different businesses in the fashion industry work and a great chance to see what went on 'behind the scenes', as it were. This would prove to be very useful for me in the future, as the University course that I will be studying next year will include studying about how the industry works, so this had given me a great headstart, and a lot of experience!
Today me and Megan got the train through to Edinburgh, with no idea what to expect out of the day. We were a little worse for wear, with me falling asleep on the train, and Megan nursing a little hangover!
"Puff, puff! Guyyyys, wait for me!!"
Once we arrived in Edinburgh, we met Louise in the City Art Centre and left to visit some vintage shops. Dragging us up what felt like a thousand steps (deary me, I really need to exercise!) we arrived at on the Royal Mile. We were then shown the Missoni Hotel, randomly, by Louise which was amazing!! If only I had money...! Afterwards we stopped off at Totty Rocks, our first vintage shop of the day and although we didn't talk to any members of staff there about their business, we browsed the shop, full of quirky designs, making the little voice inside my head scream, "I want to take you home!"
"Oooh, God! I'm scared of heights!"
Next we visited Godiva, a little vintage boutique in the Grassmarket of Edinburgh, which was full of the shop's own independant designers' designs and various vintage collections. We then met one of Godiva's own designers, Rowan McIntosh who answered some of our questions and talked about her designs for her label "Rowan Joy", in her basement studio below the store. We found out that she collects materials from charity shops and old clothes donated to the store that they won't sell and re-uses them to make her own designs. She also was making her own designs for a market that she was selling at down in England. We found out that Godiva also does a "Made to Measure" service, where a customer would provide the material and consilt Rowan about styles and so on, and Rowan would make the design for them for a cost. After a browse around the shop and making a few purchases, we asked the manager, Fleur McIntosh, how she sourced most of her vintage collections for the store. We found out that she has several ranges made by several independant designers, ranging from Scottish designers, Art College Graduates, and even designers from England too, Rowan being one of the designers for the store. But there are other collections that she has collected herself out of interest and from donations from families of Grandparents who have passed away. It was really interesting to ask her these questions to find out how the business worked.
"Gah! I left my vintage scarves in Sainsburys!"
We then visited our last vintage store of the day, called Herman Brown, which was a lovely little shop, focusing more on Vintage collections rather than quirky, kitsch designs made for the store, such as in Godiva and Totty Rocks. Louise and Megan asked the woman some questions there, while I ran back out to Sainsburys to get the scarves I bought, which I left there. When I returned, I browsed around the store finding a gorgeous lace dress for my Prom, but unfortunately it was not my size, which was heartbreaking! After purchasing, once again, and trying to persuade Megan to buy something too, we left in search of a coffee shop.
"Oh my God! Was he NAKED?!"
We found a little Tea Room called Tea Tree Tea, which was a lovely little place, with the two funniest, crazy men there, and we had a little intern meeting there. With Megan and I being slightly disturbed and distracted after seeing the man lift his apron to wip his hands, revealing nude coloured shorts, hence the nakedness-thinking!
"See that big clock? Do you think if it fell on you, would you die?"
After our meeting me and Megan headed back to the train station, where a lot of randomness ensued! Note to self: GET A HEARING AID!!! haha!
Overall today, I thought today was a great experience to see and understand how different businesses in the fashion industry work and a great chance to see what went on 'behind the scenes', as it were. This would prove to be very useful for me in the future, as the University course that I will be studying next year will include studying about how the industry works, so this had given me a great headstart, and a lot of experience!
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Barrow-In-Furness Blog!
As I was unable to make the first day of being in Barrow, I travelled down to England on the Saturday morning, to a veryy, very early start, leaving the house at 7.30... I mean, who invented that time of the morning?!
I travelled down with Emily Butler, and we arrived at 1.30pm in Barrow-in-Furness. With no time to stop off at our hotel , we travelled straight to The Forum for Brian Gilbert's Directing Masterclass. I helped out by welcoming and handing out leaflets, and surveys to the audience on their way to the auditorium. Then the rest of the interns and I all stayed to watch. We learned about ways to improve acting skills by the director flavouring the performance through advising the actors and giving them several techniques that they could use. This was shown with the acting that was incorporated into the class. We later watched excerpts of "Wilde", one of Gilbert's films and he explained how he got the film to that specific standard. At the Masterclass there was a great variety of age range there, from approximately 13 year old, to around aged 50+, so it definitely appealed to a wide audience. I thought it was interesting, but I didn't think Gilbert was particularly engaging with his audience, and didn't interact much either, which made the Masterclass quite slow paced.
With 30 minutes to find a place for dinner and eat, Rachel, Megan and I ran to the Apollo Cinema where we were to watch a screening of Neil Marshall's short film and "Doomsday", which was absolutely amazing! We enjoyed it a lot, and the SFX was amazing too. But me being myself, had to do at least something cringe-worthy during the day, shouting out about the main actress definitely being Sandra Bullock (Cue Megan, and the guys behind me sniggering and my mistakes). Yeah, maybe you just had to be there!
Afterwards there was an interview with the director Neil Marshall with Emily and Emma stayed behind to watch, while me, Megan and Rachel were brought to a "Networking Party" at the Custom House. I think I need to mention only one name: Russell Peet!! Explains it all really! And we learned one thing while we were there - (and I know Megan's written this is her blog, but it ought to be mentioned twice!) not to drink on the Job! Plenty of dancing, smuggling drinks, and Russell trying to win us over with glasses of wine ensued, before he eventually settled for dancing with my scarf on his head and falling into the lap of his 'boss', the woman who funded his project! Oops!
The following morning consisted of quickly packing, washing and running out the car, our quick breakfast courtesy of Morrisons, who Louise would be thankful for because I think we started to get on her nerves in the morning, after being locked in the corridors with a slightly hungover Russell...
The group separated into three, and me and Megan worked together to sort out paperwork and application forms for the festival and putting them onto electronic copies.
Then, out of the busy blur, the end of the work experience arrived. So much happened during my time in Barrow, but for the short time that I was there I really enjoyed myself, finding that I wanted to stay for even longer! I gave us interns a great taster of what it is like to work at, rather than plan or to attend a festival, and gave us an insight into how busy everything is behind the scenes. I would definitely like to do something like this again, whether it is with the interns and our mentors, or just in the future as it offered us great work experience. If we did something like this again, I would love be part of the organisation of the festival beforehand, as well as working at it, as it would be so exciting to see the festival working out over the week, or the weekend.
Jenni Kelman.
Events Management Intern.
I travelled down with Emily Butler, and we arrived at 1.30pm in Barrow-in-Furness. With no time to stop off at our hotel , we travelled straight to The Forum for Brian Gilbert's Directing Masterclass. I helped out by welcoming and handing out leaflets, and surveys to the audience on their way to the auditorium. Then the rest of the interns and I all stayed to watch. We learned about ways to improve acting skills by the director flavouring the performance through advising the actors and giving them several techniques that they could use. This was shown with the acting that was incorporated into the class. We later watched excerpts of "Wilde", one of Gilbert's films and he explained how he got the film to that specific standard. At the Masterclass there was a great variety of age range there, from approximately 13 year old, to around aged 50+, so it definitely appealed to a wide audience. I thought it was interesting, but I didn't think Gilbert was particularly engaging with his audience, and didn't interact much either, which made the Masterclass quite slow paced.
With 30 minutes to find a place for dinner and eat, Rachel, Megan and I ran to the Apollo Cinema where we were to watch a screening of Neil Marshall's short film and "Doomsday", which was absolutely amazing! We enjoyed it a lot, and the SFX was amazing too. But me being myself, had to do at least something cringe-worthy during the day, shouting out about the main actress definitely being Sandra Bullock (Cue Megan, and the guys behind me sniggering and my mistakes). Yeah, maybe you just had to be there!
Afterwards there was an interview with the director Neil Marshall with Emily and Emma stayed behind to watch, while me, Megan and Rachel were brought to a "Networking Party" at the Custom House. I think I need to mention only one name: Russell Peet!! Explains it all really! And we learned one thing while we were there - (and I know Megan's written this is her blog, but it ought to be mentioned twice!) not to drink on the Job! Plenty of dancing, smuggling drinks, and Russell trying to win us over with glasses of wine ensued, before he eventually settled for dancing with my scarf on his head and falling into the lap of his 'boss', the woman who funded his project! Oops!
The following morning consisted of quickly packing, washing and running out the car, our quick breakfast courtesy of Morrisons, who Louise would be thankful for because I think we started to get on her nerves in the morning, after being locked in the corridors with a slightly hungover Russell...
The group separated into three, and me and Megan worked together to sort out paperwork and application forms for the festival and putting them onto electronic copies.
Then, out of the busy blur, the end of the work experience arrived. So much happened during my time in Barrow, but for the short time that I was there I really enjoyed myself, finding that I wanted to stay for even longer! I gave us interns a great taster of what it is like to work at, rather than plan or to attend a festival, and gave us an insight into how busy everything is behind the scenes. I would definitely like to do something like this again, whether it is with the interns and our mentors, or just in the future as it offered us great work experience. If we did something like this again, I would love be part of the organisation of the festival beforehand, as well as working at it, as it would be so exciting to see the festival working out over the week, or the weekend.
Jenni Kelman.
Events Management Intern.
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