Week Two

I got back to start properly after 2 weeks off after my trial week to find one of the interns who I had started with has quit and the other had cried twice while I was away which was a bit nerve racking to start back. However, it was a really calm day we had to safety pin butterflies on to clothes for fashion week. It all got a bit repetitive however it was one of those necessary things we had to do.

We finished off the butterfly project and packed up the garments. We and now being used for odd jobs like watering plants and washing up which I don’t mind when its mixed with other jobs however they don’t really have anything for us to do, spent a lot of time lingering around trying to find something to do. 

For the rest of the week we have been taking photos of dresses on mannequins for social media and look books. The images for look books are very plain and boring, straight front, back, side, and details. But we also had to photograph swatches and drawings which was much more exciting as it included styling a shoot like you would for a still life and there was loads to shoot and edit so we had lots of jobs to do, Although Hermione is away in America doing a big shoot so that means it takes a while to have photo’s approved so is a lot of getting out and reshooting the same bits. Because we have been here longer it feels like we are starting to be trusted to do bigger jobs which is really nice. Saturday Week 2: Claudia was away so Lucy (another woman who works for HdeP) asked me to help her with back to back consultations. This is a part of the internship I have really enjoyed because I get to see and help Lucy and Claudia with styling and see how they work with the range of different people and body shapes that come in. It has been really helpful in a way I was not expecting. One frustration there is with brides is the fact that it’s often not just the bride who comes, she brings bridesmaids, sisters, mothers and even babies. This means a lot of different opinions and you have to help the bride choose what she actually likes and not the dress her mother wants. Watching Lucy do this today was really impressive as she was really good at making sure the bride was happy and wasn’t being persuaded to have something they don’t want.