Bit Of a Revision Break ..

FINALLY!



A bit of spare time that i can just do what i want and not worry about revising! It feels like all i've done this week is school stuff, mainly revision and learing a french essay. I have four exams tomorrow, to be fair, all four only take up two hours of my day but still. The week after that i have another exam, which is one and a half hours so until then my evenings are going to consist of revision, toast, revision and a lack of sleep.

Anyway, a bit of fashion related stuff now..

As i said in my previous post, i went to the London graduates fashion show and attended the careers talk they held. It just got me so excited about the idea of working in the fashion industry,theres just so many possible careers!

I think there is too much focus on the design aspect of fashion, although it is obviously a key part of the industry, i think people sometimes forget the amount of people involved in the process of desinging the clothes to getting them into the stores, magazines and on the celebrities and public!

I went through a stage where all i wanted to be was a fashion designer, i lived and breathed fashion design. I researched the qualifications you needed, i filled folders with my designs, bought the books and it was pretty much all i talked about for a year and a half. However, i soon came to realise that you need some drawing ability, which unfortunately i lack. So i've moved on, but i still draw the odd design, why not eyy?! :)

Now i cant decide quite what i want to be, i like the idea of being a stylist or being a buyer for a major store. I'd never really considered being a buyer, except when watching Rachel in action on friends, but i met a really nice studen from London, Westminster at Londons show who is doing a course to become a buyer. She was lovely and explained all about her course and the career prospects and it sounded really appealing! Also working for a fashion magazing sounds interesting, i've got no idea what the job titles are but you know when it just sounds like something you'd enjoy? I'll let you know if i decide what im going to do, i've got a while yet!


Thinking back, it's almost always been about clothes with me, one of the very first jobs i can remember wanting was to be a hairdresser. You know why? It was because i used to think (and still do!) that the little wrap round jacket/top that they got to wear were pretty cute. The other career i wanted to have was a lawyer. The only reason i ever gave was that i love the clothes they wear.

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Last wednesday evening i went to see the Northampton graduate fashion show, this was the second year i'd been to see theirs. Also my second fashion show in 7 days, its a good life!

I went with a friend and family and of course my mum. There were some really good collections, my favourite was Alexandra Newtons, who also got to show her collection at London and it was good to see her collection again, i think i liked it even more the second time around. All the collections were good though, there were some really beautiful and innovative clothes, patterns, shoes and bags. There is an exhibition up until the 22nd of July in Northampton Museum which showcases ALL the collections. I think it would be a really good day going to look at them, as they were all amazing. There was one collection i was watching, and i honestly thought " i need to write about this!". The models came down the runway and two of them had poodles with them! The first model to have a dog, walked up , down , posed and the poodle followed without a problem, however whe the second poodle and model graced the catwalk, the goegous poodle decided a break would be nice and sat down halfway up the runway, and the end of the runway, walking back off of the runway and when they all lined up! I think it was a really good idea because it made the collection (which was also really good) very memorable.

Also a quick mention about a song, that has pretty much got me through my revision this week,

Glee (yes i'm a gleek!) - Faithfully. It's just such a lovely song and i think they sing it really well. Also anything by Plain White t's has been on replay too this week!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRzOU-yHUCo Go on, have a sing - a - long ;)

Sorry, this post is a bit all over the place, i've got alot to say and i dont want to forget any of it. I may also repeat myself alot.. i tend to do that alot. But stick with me and i'll get better at this blog writing lark!


Im going to upload some of my GFW photos in a few days, :) So check back!
Victoria xx