Most interns don’t realize how valuable work experience is, but one lucky winner is paying over $10,000 USD to spend one week as an intern at Vogue US and have a meeting with Anna Wintour. There were 25 bids on this auction but I’m not sure if they’ll tell us who the winner is.

Anna Wintour and Vogue US donated a week-long experience at the Vogue US to raise money for The RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights. The work experience will be tailored to the individual interests and skill set of the auction winner, and the winner will get two tickets to attend a fashion show during New York’s Fashion Week.

If you’ve missed out on this charity auction there is another coming up soon with Anna Wintour and Vogue US. It’s a meet and greet. I’m surprized how many charity events like this Anna Wintour participates in. It changes my perception of her, somehow it just makes her a little kinder, warmer and very generous with her time.

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Sketchbook fashion magazine is creating a space for discussion, bringing fashion, journalism and art together as part of Carnaby’s Street’s 50 years of fashion and music. They are offering a variety of talks about fashion blogging and online vs print discussions, illustration workshops and live music. It’s an intimate setting and has a salon feel about it and there’s an endless supply of tea and biscuits!

Today I gave a talk as part of the ‘Getting Started’ series – which includes talks from designers, stylists and bloggers. People talk about ‘breaking into the industry‘, I’ve always found this a very funny expression. What so many students don’t realize is that they are already part of the industry, they just want to explore it more. If you work in a retail shop while studying fashion at school and write a fashion blog, you are part of the fashion industry so there’s no need to break into something that you’re already part of. You just might need to break out of your comfort zone and explore it further.

Fashion doesn’t happen in a void. So events like this, especially ones that are free, are essential to learning more about fashion and meeting other people who are like-minded. What was most exciting about this event was not that people stayed around to chat with me after the talk but they were chatting with each other, exchanging cards and ideas. Sometimes we think that our goals are so far away, almost unobtainable but at events like this all you really have to do is turn to the person next you and introduce yourself!

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The Pop-Up Shop is at 10 Newburgh Street from 31st March-19th April. Look out for talks with Mademoiselle Robot, Lee Lapthorne and Leon Bailey Green.

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You’d be surpised at how many wan-a-be stylists refused to work as a shop assistant. The experiences you gain from working in a shop can be invaluable.

Anyone in the UK who is currently working as a sales assistant, might want to enter this competition. On the 5th March ELLE is launching a six-month nationwide search to find a shop assistant with a great talent for styling. 

ELLE editor-in-chief Lorraine Candy said: “This is a unique and exciting project which heroes the men and women who literally style the nation. They deserve more credit for what they do and we’ll give them that in the pages of ELLE.”

Enter at elleuk.com/shopgirltostylist or the March Elle.

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Everyone is beginning to feel the pressure, while making their final garments alongside toiling the rest of their collections. There really is some amazing stuff being created!

Tickets for Sew What? Nottingham Trent’s Graduate Fashion Show are available from ‘NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE’ on 0115 9419 419 from April 20th
Matinee Shows : 3.30pm each day for £7.00 (Product Exhibition from 2.30pm)
Evening Shows: 7.30pm each day for £14.00 (Product Exhibiton from 6.30pm)

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So it’s your final year at school and you’re graduating soon? What’s a girl to do? Well, take some advice from Hannah Almassi, the Fashion News and Features Assistant at Grazia UK.

*       What did you study at school and where?

I went to Nottingham Trent University which has a great art and design school. I studied Fashion Design, it’s a good place to study fashion for the real world – you can be creative but also understand the commercial and business side of things.

*       Were you always interested in fashion?

I have been interested in fashion since I can remember! Both my Mum and Nan have always made their own clothes (and mine too when I was younger – I had a great purple and black checked taffeta prom dress, very PPQ!) As a kid I’d always consider what I would wear for the day and would be really picky, then at about 10 years old I started to draw little fashion sketches and spend hours with my nose in fashion magazines. At secondary school I was always really creative and went a bit crazy with my outfits (much to my headmistress’s disgust!) I’ve always been a bit of a shopaholic and love putting clothes together. I can remember the moment that I felt fashion was for definitely for me, was when watching a TV programme on John Galliano and just being so entralled by his flair for creating extraordinary fashion – it looked so fun, so glamorous and sexy.

How many places did you apply before finding a job?

During my final year at uni I applied for hundreds of placements and kept a really open mind about where I could try out working. I was organised about it all and already had a years worth of different work experience placements all set up for when I graduated. But then I came to Grazia first, adored it and was luckily offered a longer internship at the time to be Melanie Rickey’s assistant… which of course, I snapped up!

*       What’s a typical day like?

It really varies, being on a weekly mag it’s incredibly busy all the time – every day has a major deadline so that the magazine can go to print. My work spans from doing product call ins, to coming up with stories and ideas for the print magazine and also the website www.graziadaily.co.uk , going to fashion weeks, writing copy and interviewing people to style hunting the public. It’s never boring – I’m always involved in something different.

*       What been the most exciting part of your job?

There have been loads of stand out moments. Probably one of the most memorable so far was being backstage at the British Fashion Awards and interviewing the winners on camera – meeting people like Luella, Matthew Williamson and Stephen Jones was an incredible honour. On a daily basis the Grazia fashion team are so knowledgable and talented, so it’s really encouraging and inspiring to be around them. But the best feeling has to be seeing my name in print on Grazia’s masterhead each week (yes, I’m a loser and still look at it each time!) Oh, and working from a perspex pod in the new Westfield shopping centre for a week was pretty unforgettable too!

*       What is your official position at Grazia?

Fashion News and Features Assistant

*       Have you been promoted since you started your job?

I was originally meant to do one month, then six and now I’ve been at Grazia for about 15 months! Although my job position hasn’t changed, the longer I am there the more I am able to do and contribute and develop.

*       What advice do you have to graduates?

The best advice I can give is to just work your socks off. If you don’t turn up for a placement keen and eager and willing to get on with the job, people just won’t remember you – or want to keep you there. Sometimes being an intern can feel awful, but it’s a process to get to somewhere amazing. I still spend hours in the fashion cupboard returning clothes – but I wouldn’t give it up because the perks of doing a job you love in a brilliant, lively industry are immeasurable.

*       Who is your fashion icon and why?

I have different fashion icons for different moods – more like fashion moments… I love Marlene Dietrich for her androgynous style which was so revolutionary at the time. I adore the model Verushka for looking so darn gorgeous in YSL’s safari collection. If there’s anyone I channel the most – it’s Dot Cotton! And right now, I’m obsessed with Faye Dunaway in the film The Eyes of Laura Mars – fantastic 70s outfits full of two piece skirt suits, giant throws, fabulous knee high boots and enough hair crimping to make me consider doing it again!

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