Tea &RedVelvet

Amsterdam. Sea breeze. Clubbing. Dubai. Kitty. Wonderland. Ella Fitz. Berries. Portobello. Incense. Hampstead. Crepes. Mila Kunis. Draws. Marilyn Monroe. New York. Acrylic. Wax. Canvas. Nude. Dubstep. Kim Kardash. Late kebabs. Edgware Rd shisha. Alexander McQueen. Amy Winehouse. Chanel. LFW. If you have any queries, please don't hesitate to contact me at: chorleyjunkie@hotmail.co.uk.
I’ve recently fallen in love with the work of show designer Tabitha Simmons . I first discovered her not long ago on The Coveteur website and haven’t gone back since! The delicate, vintage, rosy mood they set reflect those of a warm, sunset evening in the heart of Chelsea, sipping tea from a set of floral printed, bone china cups. As you must know by now, I’m absolutely in love with nudes, pale pinks, blacks, creams.. as well as that, the gorgeous stones that adorn a couple of the shoes in her collection are incredibly feminine and flash yet subtle. The Tabitha Simmons shoe collection is definitely up my street.

I’ve recently fallen in love with the work of show designer Tabitha Simmons . I first discovered her not long ago on The Coveteur
website and haven’t gone back since! The delicate, vintage, rosy mood they set reflect those of a warm, sunset evening in the heart of Chelsea, sipping tea from a set of floral printed, bone china cups. As you must know by now, I’m absolutely in love with nudes, pale pinks, blacks, creams.. as well as that, the gorgeous stones that adorn a couple of the shoes in her collection are incredibly feminine and flash yet subtle. The Tabitha Simmons shoe collection is definitely up my street.

As they returned home, clutching the glorious handles of that silver Championship Cup, the Chelsea fans greeted them with high levels of glory and happiness. Haha don’t you love it. Ive never been much of a football fan as I wasn’t too sure who to support. A couple of days ago, I settled on the team closest to my area (who weren’t Queens Park - simply because I couldn’t name ONE of the team players in QPR if requested to!)

As they returned home, clutching the glorious handles of that silver Championship Cup, the Chelsea fans greeted them with high levels of glory and happiness. Haha don’t you love it. Ive never been much of a football fan as I wasn’t too sure who to support. A couple of days ago, I settled on the team closest to my area (who weren’t Queens Park - simply because I couldn’t name ONE of the team players in QPR if requested to!)

So today was the first day at my new showroom job! As you’d expect, being the “new girl”/guy, working your arse off in order to prove your worthiness soon becomes your religion! The showroom is massive with 2 floors made entirely of concrete; it’s always nice having that warehouse-like feel to any showroom (or house if you’re lucky enough to find one!) The walls are washed with a yummy pure white and the ceilings are extremely high.

What I loved most today was the fact that there were so many random tasks thrown at me. Ive been placed within VIP events and appointments, so I help in organising press days, celebrity private appointments, gifting etc. Its a fun business and I’m looking forward to seeing what else is on offer here!

My day basically consisted of the following; pulling out items for a VIP appointment, steaming, updating monthly reports, powerpoint work with press cuttings, pulling items out their boxes and hanging on appropriate hangers in preparation for AW12. I also packaged and sent out gifts to Models. As well as this, I made a couple of trips out to collect samples from the showroom’s of some pretty up there brands.

I swear, PG Tips tea literally saved my life today. I am so broke it’s unreal! A girl I met in the kitchen offered swapsies; 2 slices of my 77p freshly baked Tesco bread for one of her cans of Heinz tomato soup! I was extremely quick taking her up on the offer! Nom indeed!

I’ve already met some amazing people, and despite the rarity, have managed to befriend more girls than guys! In terms of updating my blog, I don’t want to bore you guys to death talking about the tasks every single day, so once or twice a week should be appropriate! In the event that something amazing happens, don’t blame me if my blog looks a little packed.

Mwah mwah xo

So I never actually got a chance to blog about my new Tote when it was actually new! This was a birthday present from the Muscular Mr as he felt it suitable to treat me to a London shopping spree (good on you boyy.) This leather tote from Zara is perfect if you carry your whole damn world around like I do. Although I’ve lost several items within the depths of this beauty, I wouldn’t trade it in for any sweetie. Team with ripped denims, oversized white vest top and smart black blazer. Don’t forget the diva shades ; ) xo

So I never actually got a chance to blog about my new Tote when it was actually new! This was a birthday present from the Muscular Mr as he felt it suitable to treat me to a London shopping spree (good on you boyy.)

This leather tote from Zara is perfect if you carry your whole damn world around like I do. Although I’ve lost several items within the depths of this beauty, I wouldn’t trade it in for any sweetie. Team with ripped denims, oversized white vest top and smart black blazer. Don’t forget the diva shades ; ) xo

vie-estvivid asked: ive emailed you, hopefully youll read it soon! xo

Hey gorgeous, just received it! A reply’s coming your way now! xo Jade

So I decided to over indulge my ass off today at work. This bundle of joy was a mere £4.50 and actually didn’t taste half bad.

So I decided to over indulge my ass off today at work. This bundle of joy was a mere £4.50 and actually didn’t taste half bad.

Today I literally burnt my eyes out browsing the blog of Victoria Tornegren. Her outfit choices are simple yet ooze with sophistication! Please let me know what other girl can get away with a wardrobe comprising mainly of the colours ‘black’ and ‘white!?’ (with the exception of a few colour block items.) When I finally make the gigantic leap onto Blogspot or Wordpress, I definitely plan on attempting to design my very own layout! I have Briony (of A Girl A Style, my old friend Shirley blogger behind Meek~n~Mild and Victoria Tornegren for this; all 3 have fabulous blog layouts.)

Today I literally burnt my eyes out browsing the blog of Victoria Tornegren. Her outfit choices are simple yet ooze with sophistication! Please let me know what other girl can get away with a wardrobe comprising mainly of the colours ‘black’ and ‘white!?’ (with the exception of a few colour block items.) When I finally make the gigantic leap onto Blogspot or Wordpress, I definitely plan on attempting to design my very own layout! I have Briony (of A Girl A Style, my old friend Shirley blogger behind Meek~n~Mild and Victoria Tornegren for this; all 3 have fabulous blog layouts.)

PR Intern - Last day!

So I know I haven’t been posting as often as I could, mainly due to the last couple of hectic days spent at the PR company I’m currently interning at. Whilst working there, i’ve basically realised I haven’t been prioritising my time correctly, neither am I a very good time keeper (this is getting ridiculous and needs to stop.) 

 I haven’t told you much about this place, so decided that this blog post would be a summary of the last 2 weeks spent there - I finish there for good this Friday!
 
Last week we had a private client come in to purchase items. That was pretty cool seeing as I usually work behind the scenes with online clients. You assume as an intern, you’d get left with zero responsibility seeing as your the ” new kid?” Times have most definitely changed! Although I have been randomly asked to get the steamer plugged in during shoots and in preparation for important meetings, I’ve had to head prize giveaways for our brands, make contact with industry people and customers, style and photograph for shoots, run out and print documents when printers were down; the list is endless I’m not kidding.
 
Not only this, but I’ve found my eating habits are all over the gaff; one minute I’m having early morning oat shakes with granola and a banana, next thing I know I’m grabbing lunch at Nandos. It’s seriously uncool not to mention extremely bad for my health. 
 
That reminds me, I went out drinking and such last night at an apartment party and decided to do the step of doom onto the girls scales; 10 and a half pounds! Knock me sideways, I haven’t a clue how I dropped half a stone eating shit. The lord truly is live and kicking.
 
I’m sad to see the last of the showroom, but have been offered an amazing opportunity I’d basically be a fool to turn down. I don’t sound much like a student currently still in full time education, which is apparently scaring my mother the hell out. Due to me being extremely private, I’ll keep that story out of this blog post for the time being. This is supposed to be my sanctuary of thoughts, happy feelings and hopeful wishes.
Till next time (and I promise, photos are on their way!) 
Jade Olive
This photo was taken a couple of days ago and I assure you guys, my desk sure as hell doesn’t look this organised now! I’ve spent the last few days doing so many different enjoyable and tedious tasks. From washing wine glasses for meetings to uploading new photos on the company website and drafting mail outs from scratch, I’ve been a busy bee as you can imagine! Yesterday I checked the customer service emails as I do every morning. As well as spending the better part of my day skimming through womens fashion blogs (trust me, nowhere near as exciting as you’d think. My eyes were killing me by the end of the day) I also carried out customer surveys, updated our twitter, instagram and Facebook accounts. It’s actually so important that you stay connected when trying to promote a product or service of any kind. It’s also important that you keep the followers satisfied and in the know. Right before lunch, we had a Shoot scheduled for one of our brands. Literally, i found that the key to successful shots was to simply relax and let your hands and initial thoughts flow. We got some pretty amazing shots which I’ll post up in good time! I had a huge tray of sushi before returning the the studio after my lunch break, where I got back into blog scouting almost immediately. I had no idea exactly how sought after we were! Designers and fashion houses love us! Last few words of wisdom..! Weather was crap as usual as I left.. But hey, hopefully Monday should bring some light our way. Today I’m work bound in a couple of hours, but luckily ive booked a day off for tomorrow. I’m so tired, like seriously. But it has to be done! Internships are so so helpful (however, you only see the benefits once you’ve left) so full time work with no full time pay means if you have enough energy, you most definitely need a small job. Even if you spend 6hours a week working on a stall or in a caf, the money is always helpful.

This photo was taken a couple of days ago and I assure you guys, my desk sure as hell doesn’t look this organised now! I’ve spent the last few days doing so many different enjoyable and tedious tasks. From washing wine glasses for meetings to uploading new photos on the company website and drafting mail outs from scratch, I’ve been a busy bee as you can imagine! Yesterday I checked the customer service emails as I do every morning. As well as spending the better part of my day skimming through womens fashion blogs (trust me, nowhere near as exciting as you’d think. My eyes were killing me by the end of the day) I also carried out customer surveys, updated our twitter, instagram and Facebook accounts. It’s actually so important that you stay connected when trying to promote a product or service of any kind. It’s also important that you keep the followers satisfied and in the know.

Right before lunch, we had a Shoot scheduled for one of our brands. Literally, i found that the key to successful shots was to simply relax and let your hands and initial thoughts flow. We got some pretty amazing shots which I’ll post up in good time!

I had a huge tray of sushi before returning the the studio after my lunch break, where I got back into blog scouting almost immediately. I had no idea exactly how sought after we were! Designers and fashion houses love us!

Last few words of wisdom..!

Weather was crap as usual as I left.. But hey, hopefully Monday should bring some light our way. Today I’m work bound in a couple of hours, but luckily ive booked a day off for tomorrow. I’m so tired, like seriously. But it has to be done! Internships are so so helpful (however, you only see the benefits once you’ve left) so full time work with no full time pay means if you have enough energy, you most definitely need a small job. Even if you spend 6hours a week working on a stall or in a caf, the money is always helpful.

So it was my first day of work at the PR company that agreed to take me on as an intern. I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t wake up prepared (as an intern should do on her first day.) I had all the things I needed for a productive work day in my huge leather Zara bag, which flapped against my leg erratically as I raced towards my local station, late, as usual. Somehow, despite how bloody slow the Hammersmith and City line was, I managed to arrive at 10 on the dot.

Walking into the studio and being greeted by a number of welcoming faces, I knew today would be amazing. I started off getting briefed on how the postal system worked, how to post items onto the company website, the process of photo shooting, look books, cuttings, blog searching, refunds.. The list was endless. My favourite type of work! I soon got stuck in and the hours literally flew by. It was a lot to take in, but I had lots of files and power points emailed to me on my new work email which helped loads.

I worked the whole day with my two PR managers; one in the form of a guy who’d gladly wear tweed and brouges while sitting on a train listen to songs about hoes, guns and weed. Definitely the biggest rap and hip hop fan you’ll ever meet: they’re amazing.

Most of my day was spent writing copy’s for products, preparing for them to be posted onto the website. My knowledge of fabrics, pattern pieces, ditzys and half drops definitely helped. I have to say, it proved how semi-important it is I finish the degree I’m on at the moment. To be completely honest, I was starting to feel it was a complete waste of time as I’m so sure of what I want to do as a full time job now.

I got a 45minute break of which 40minutes of it were spent waiting for a vindaloo and pilau rice at a local restaurant. I am the greediest person in the world. Most interns spend their lunchtimes starving themselves in Starbucks nibbling on carrots and a pot of homous.

I’ve been told my travel and food expenses get covered which is fabulous; I most definitely plan on being sensible though, like seriously. I ended the day packaging and sending orders out to customers and then rounding up the copy’s I had been drafting throughout the day.

Right now I’m on the train home sipping a café laté, on my way to feed George and indulge in a little retail therapy before the shopping centres all close. Very successful day, if I say so myself!

I promise you all I will make sure some pictures get taken tomorrow. Today was all about me getting to know my surroundings and figuring out what I was expected to do in the work place etc. Watch this space!

So excited! Managed to secure a placement at a fashion PR company based in the city! More update to come when I start next Monday guys! Also have lots to say about the most unlikely high street label; H&M and their new Red Carpet collection. Can’t wait!

I don’t usually experiment when it comes to shoe brands and it’s certainly the case when purchasing heels. My usual shops would range between brands such as Aldo, Dune and other high street brands such as Topshop and Zara. I also have a slight obsession with Kurt Geiger, Nine West and of course, Louboutin (of which i own one pair of black daffodil’s.) 

So the other day, i decided to venture out and try something different! Steve Madden is an American designer I’d only really heard about recently and was told by a mate that his heeled sandals were extremely comfortable while still maintaining their fashionable flair and still managing to look gorgeous.

This probably has to do with the fact that a lot of them are designed with chunky platform’s at the front; avoiding any foot discomfort. Of course, if you’re a lady like myself, you’d hate the thought of having to fling your heels off in the middle of the street and slip your toes into slightly more comfortable alternatives (i.e SOCKS…)  after a night out. I find this defeats the purpose of heel wearing as well as completely contradicting the sophisticated, feminine stereotype!!

Back to my gorgeous finds! What I admire most about these babies are the girly, rose pink suede straps and open toe feature. Now the weather’s absolutely gorgeous, I like to think it can only get better as the months get on! I think a couple of summer shoe purchases are definitely in order!

So I reached the end of my unit at uni! Final hand in was this morning at 10am; of which i came equipped with a final printed garment, experimental toiles, fabric samples, a sketchbook, a 750 word evaluation and 12 developed prints, all of which were beautifully presented might I add! It was so exciting seeing the work I’d been slaving over from february up till the early hours of this morning (6 in the morn to be precise) finally handed in to my tutors. I can’t wait to find out what grade i received for this project.

Right now, i’m in state of confusion. I haven’t got a clue what to do with meself. This might be due to my extreme lack of sleep the last week or so. This could also be because it has finally occurred to me that there’s nothing i actually need to do now. This is me. Done for the next 6months! Work placements maybe? Or I could finally save up for the car I long for?! Funnily enough, as soon as i left the studio, i felt the sudden urge to start designing and sewing again! My messed up fingers are clearly itching to get stuck into some more crafts work. I might just embark on my own private project and test myself out on some new clothing designs. A jumpsuit perhaps? I’ve always been interested in leather and pleather, so this might be my opportunity to mix the two together.

Must try and get hold of photos of my final shirt. It was such a challenge making it as i am definitely the clumsiest woman you’ll ever come across. It was honestly, one of the biggest achievements for me this year!

I do hope everyone’s doing good!

Till the next day!

I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon draping on the stand as part of the fashion course I’m currently on. At first, I was dreading it, my mind felt restricted and I was honestly expecting pretty limited draping designs. Hey, the outcome wasn’t as bad as I expected!

I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon draping on the stand as part of the fashion course I’m currently on. At first, I was dreading it, my mind felt restricted and I was honestly expecting pretty limited draping designs. Hey, the outcome wasn’t as bad as I expected!