how are you? i think about home everyday [still]. i am well.
01/ it is wednesday and i do not have to go to my internship today. london fashion week is next week, richard's show is next wednesday. we have almost finished the range, there are less than five styles to make. i am very surprised at how calm the studio is at this point. there are many show collaborators traipsing through the place and lots of activity, but everyone is cool as cucumbers. richard got me an inside connection at dover street market. the way he told me was quite humourous. i have to take my c v to the third floor of the store to a woman named electra [who is expecting me] and she will make sure it is on top of the pile of applications. ooo-ah!
02/ i do not have much to report, but i will try. i received an email yesterday about a quality control job i applied for last week. it was about my salary expectation. i told him what i wanted and we negotiated my pay over three emails and then the man says thanks he will keep me on file. what a tease! i had already spent half of my imaginary pay at this point! sigh. but it did make me question whether or not i want to work full-time. it is the same dilemma i had in sydney. should i work monday to friday 9 to 5 for the money, or be a shopgirl for three days and work on my projects the rest? i know the point of moving here was to work in industry but what is the point when the fashion industry is exactly like at home [except there is more intern exploitation in london] and does international design work really make that big a difference on my resume? i want to come home and start a label already but at the end of the day i am here and i better make the most of it. anyone else need a pep talk?
03/ i am really going to the barbican to see the viktor & rolf show today, i have promised myself. i could not go last time because i did not have enough money but i saved this week. it is so sad but everyone complains about money and the lack of here, even my landlady [she collects rent and owns a toy shop]! i am going to apply to be a librarian at the tate modern [you know how i feel about librarians], if that does not work out, i can always be a volunteer.
01/ it is wednesday and i do not have to go to my internship today. london fashion week is next week, richard's show is next wednesday. we have almost finished the range, there are less than five styles to make. i am very surprised at how calm the studio is at this point. there are many show collaborators traipsing through the place and lots of activity, but everyone is cool as cucumbers. richard got me an inside connection at dover street market. the way he told me was quite humourous. i have to take my c v to the third floor of the store to a woman named electra [who is expecting me] and she will make sure it is on top of the pile of applications. ooo-ah!
02/ i do not have much to report, but i will try. i received an email yesterday about a quality control job i applied for last week. it was about my salary expectation. i told him what i wanted and we negotiated my pay over three emails and then the man says thanks he will keep me on file. what a tease! i had already spent half of my imaginary pay at this point! sigh. but it did make me question whether or not i want to work full-time. it is the same dilemma i had in sydney. should i work monday to friday 9 to 5 for the money, or be a shopgirl for three days and work on my projects the rest? i know the point of moving here was to work in industry but what is the point when the fashion industry is exactly like at home [except there is more intern exploitation in london] and does international design work really make that big a difference on my resume? i want to come home and start a label already but at the end of the day i am here and i better make the most of it. anyone else need a pep talk?
03/ i am really going to the barbican to see the viktor & rolf show today, i have promised myself. i could not go last time because i did not have enough money but i saved this week. it is so sad but everyone complains about money and the lack of here, even my landlady [she collects rent and owns a toy shop]! i am going to apply to be a librarian at the tate modern [you know how i feel about librarians], if that does not work out, i can always be a volunteer.
04/ i finally met my pen pal, corey. he is shy and awkward but super cute. yay for instant friend!
05/ i went to a life drawing class called "drawn to you" last thursday. i usually find life drawing boring because i hate having to sit there for twenty minutes studying the same pose, drawing in light and shade, but this one-off class was so much fun! we drew each other and drank wine. you draw someone for twenty minutes, they draw you, then you swap partners. you can see two of my best illustrations above my mantle above my fireplace [not pictured].
05/ i went to a life drawing class called "drawn to you" last thursday. i usually find life drawing boring because i hate having to sit there for twenty minutes studying the same pose, drawing in light and shade, but this one-off class was so much fun! we drew each other and drank wine. you draw someone for twenty minutes, they draw you, then you swap partners. you can see two of my best illustrations above my mantle above my fireplace [not pictured].
06/ i know what i am going to go as to p i v [costume party from the last update]. a few of you may have already seen this ensemble but i let me tell you. i am going to glam it up in a short black strapless dress but confuse people with my stick-on eye brows and mustache. i cannot wait to rock the fake 'tache! now if only doris will send me the dress in exchange for a present...
07/ my new favourite thing to do is to type to you from my bed on my macbook [the best purchase i ever made]. go, mac, go! ok when will i start getting paid for endorsements? just joshing.
lots of love
olivia
07/ my new favourite thing to do is to type to you from my bed on my macbook [the best purchase i ever made]. go, mac, go! ok when will i start getting paid for endorsements? just joshing.
lots of love
olivia
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