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As you may know I'm currently interning at Fabulous Magazine, the Sunday supplement magazine that comes with The Sun Newspaper. Now you may not know but the building and location of Fabulous and The Sun is also the headquarters for The Times, Wall Street Journal, Harper Collins publishers amongst others - which means there's always free newspapers by the very fancy lifts and there's also a discounted Harper Collins bookstore in the communal canteen (like I needed an excuse to buy more books... anyways!)

I also do what is known as special deliveries, which are essentially the same as returns but are often for brands, PRs etc that are located outside of London or for expensive goods. For example, on Friday I packaged up, created a docket (essentially it's like a list of what's inside the package and that Fabulous is the one returning it) and arranged the post and insurance for some shoes to go back to a London PR agency which were used for the Mollie King (aka from the Saturdays) cover shoot for this week's issue - how cool! Doing special deliveries is quite time consuming but again it's so rewarding to see the overpacked area shrink day to day, and I think the fashion assistant and editor are happy as some of those things have been there for months !!!

[pictured above is the second fashion cupboard that belongs to the fashion editors Tracey and Lynne. Often ill get messages from PRs and Brands asking me to find specific items from their sections and then it's my job to go through and locate them)

Also whilst doing all these tasks, you're often emailed by PRs, brands, other members of the fashion team such as stylists to locate items that are needed for shoots or to be sent back ASAP. This can be quite stressful as many want to arrange a courier to pick up the item/s asap so it's up to you to find, locate, package and drop off at the mail room as quickly as you can. All of the PRs / brands etc I've spoken to though are all so nice - one lady from marks and spencer's press showroom even told the fashion editor that I was such a credit to the company and how great I was (sooooo not blowing my own trumpet but it's nice that my hard work has been recognised).

One of the most exciting bits I would say is getting to unpack the new delivery items, particularly if its for a specific story or editorial for in the magazine. I got to unload lots of incredible cowboy boots, leather jackets, checked shirts, neck ties, fringed dresses and embellished denim for a western theme shoot that's coming up!

One of the highlights of my first week (apart from buying some new books - thank you Harper Collins for your 60% off book stall) was the cupboard clear out of old stock - this meant that some items couldn't be returned due to lack of clothing labels, being too late to return (again some had been there for months) or ones that simply didn't need to be returned / were gifted to members of the fashion team. This meant the fashion cupboard held a "help yourself" free shopping for the Fabulous team to have a look through the items and help themselves to anything they fancied, with all left over items going to charity. I myself picked up a gold bangle, some sunglasses, a gold choker, a turquoise and silver Thomas sabo bracelet, ripped denim shorts, a floral bomber jacket, a bikini top, a thin western belt and a tie (that's for my dad), which I think is a pretty good haul indeed - thank you @ fashion cupboard for satisfying my shopping needs despite my lack of ££ on a student budget!

[the view from the canteen is insane as it's on the 14th floor - you can enter through 2 doors either "riverside" or "southside" to which you can get get panoramic views of the city]