I've recently been searching for industry placements focusing on luxury menswear tailoring. The initial hunt for a placement has been extremely difficult especially as I haven't wanted to settle for anything less then a tailoring intern/placement. I began my search by looking at some quite high-end tailors in Savilerow, I emailed a huge range of tailors in Savilerow as well as calling each company up personally. After not having much success I decided to print off my CV and cover letter using expensive paper and in envelopes addressed to each company I wanted to see, I then headed to Savilerow to hand each CV out personally. The experience was great as I got to see what the environment, the standard and the people were like in Savilerow as well as getting to speak to a lot of tailors personally which for me was one of the best experiences. Everyone was extremely encouraging and welcoming. I was greatly inspired by the way everyone so immaculately dressed, and extremely well presented.
Walking into each tailors was at first very intimidating, however after plucking up the courage to go into several different companies such as Gieves and Hawkes, Welsh and Jefferies, Cad & The Dandy, Ozwald Boateng (just to name a few,) I began to feel more confident and sure of myself. While handing my CV and cover letters out I went into Oswald Boateng's shop as one last quick attempt to get a placement or even just an interview. While I was there a women called Nadine asked me a few questions about where I study, what I do etc she briefly spoke about the company before offering me an interview for the following week (Thursday 11th of February.)
I was over the moon at the prospects of an interview, I immediately went back home and started to work on creating a professional looking portfolio (shown in images above & bellow.) I uploaded my portfolio on Issue and printed an A3 hard copy using nice paper and the best folder I could find to present it in.
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