Bolongaro Trevor

After going through the interview process, I decided to continue to apply for internships through emailing companies I had an interest in, whilst also looking at internships and placement through websites such as fashion Workie and fashion united. I wrote an email to a company that I had a real interest in as they were offering to teach bespoke tailoring using the traditional methods that are used in Savillerow. I thought the placement would be perfect for me and I was hoping for the best. The image on the right shows the response I got, and it was very positive. 

 

Although getting an internship would be the ideal situation as I'd be in a fresh environment getting a real sense of what it would be like to work in a job I truly enjoy, I also started to open up to the idea of doing the live project with Bolongaro Trevor.

 

 

 

 

On Tuesday the 1st of March we had a briefing for the live project, Kait Bolongaro joined us mid morning and stayed for the rest of the day, she spoke about the brand history, and it's origins. Kait Bolongaro then showed us some past and present womenswear collections that the brand have created. The images above show an example of one of the garments Kait brought in to show us. Throughout the day my enthusiasm for the live project began to drop drastically as I found it very difficult to get excited about the project when the style wasn't what I would choose.It is hard to work on a project when you don't agree with the quality of the brand.

Brain storming ideas

I decided that the live project wasn't for me and sent an email back to Ivor Nylander (the potential placement opportunity I had) to try and set a date for an interview. I set a date for Monday (7th March) at 11am I have everything ready from my last interview and this time I feel more prepared as I now know what to expect. It was a difilcult decision but one I think would work better for me.