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It feels surreal that as I write this I'm entering my last week at fabulous yet when this gets published on my blog I will have long finished - I'm not ready to leave!!

Monday was spent doing the usual returns + special deliveries, and unpacking from shoots! Also a new intern arrived called Nhi who's going to be there a month so myself and Sophie have been doing our best to settle her in.

Tuesday was another shoot day - at Motel Studios (I actually navigated the overground today and am pretty pleased with myself), and it's with Tess Daly and included lots of tailored monochrome pieces and some amazing Kurt Geiger heels

Tuesday also marks the day I saw the cover of the magazine from the shoot I did with Caroline Flack (and a selection of her pics from Instagram which I've included below!)

Wednesday involved a lot of returns, and also unpacking some new in items (including some dreamy shoes from ASOS) and amazing faux fur coats from Zara. Today I also got tasked with writing the credits for the 'Lust List' feature for the October 3 issue on behalf of Nana, the shopping editor and celebrity stylist. I also packed up some suitcases for Tracey, the fashion directors shoot, which had a Victorian 70s vibe with lots of florals, velvets and layering.

Thursday involved further returns and searching for items, as well as getting to see a physical copy of the Caroline Flack issue! Unfortunately myself and Mary weren't credited for our work on the shoot; however my name features for the staff pages shoot I went on and did the credits for, eeek!

We also got to see the most incredible sticky toffee cake that had come in for Nana (the shopping editor) and also got given some Hotel Chocolat treats that had already been shot (thank you PRs for sending food, yours sincerely a fashion intern)

My final day at Fabulous seem to go so so quickly - in a midst of unpacking New in pieces for the fashion editor (and then getting to write some credits for some amazing velvet, sequin, tartan and leopard pieces - including the most amaze teal velvet backless jumpsuit I need in my life) and also writing up credits for a shoot that occurred yesterday (I have successfully overcome my fear of phone calls which I guess happens after you call PRs chasing their lack of response to your email, but probably more to do with the fact that every press assistant or manager I spoke to was so so LOVELY that it was like chatting to a pal!). Myself and sophie felt a bit emotional as we were leaving - especially me after I received the NICEST email from Lynne following my completion of the credits for the sequin / velvet etc (and may have shed a tear or two!) and even more so after we gave our hugs goodbye to her and Daisy, and then that was it!

I'd officially survived and LOVED my month of commuting and interning in London at a fashion magazine.


The other parts of this series can be found here - week one, week two and week three.

Kisses, Chlo x 

Monday morning was my first experience of a celebrity shoot - with the gorgeous Caroline Flack, how bloody cool!! Myself and Mary made our way to Wapping, specifically an area called Tobacco Dock which included a deserted ground with cool graffiti (in which Caroline posed with an old car) and the rooftop of a car park which gave amazing views of the London skyline.

Myself and Mary were responsible for unpacking the clothes, steaming them, making teas and coffee (intern life!!), buying snacks for Caroline at Waitrose, finding lost suitcases (trust me it's as weird as it sounds there were 4 suitcases left abandoned on the rooftop and we had to walk up 14 floors to get it), packing up clothes, and of course detailing everything worn for the credits!

Tuesday started with credit writing - I basically contacted all the relevant PRs and scoured the websites to see if the pieces were up, including the dreamiest Louis Vuitton boots and Zara Shearling jacket.

Then I returned back to the fashion cupboard to process returns and special deliveries (as well as look through 2 full cages worth of bagged returns - there must be at least 200 bags - for a singular shoe someone had called back) and then met the 2 new interns - Sophie and Sarah.

Wednesday and Thursday were much the same of special deliveries, returns and unpacking all the new items that arrived this week. I got to see Daisy (the fashion assistant ) plan out a handbag guide she's doing and I've never seen so many cute (and sometimes tiny or quirky or fluffy) bags in my life - I want to own hundreds of handbags!

I was also asked by the fashion director if I wanted to apply for the new fashion assistant job there (despite my lack of experience) because I'd made such a good impression *somebody pinch me* this was such a flattering thing to be asked (even more so to know that my hard work was acknowledged and appreciated) and I was so disappointed I had to decline because of committing to third year of university, but alas I hope there's an opportunity like this in the future for me!

I also got the dreamy job of collecting a food delivery that had arrived for a member of the fashion desk and it came in the form of a pale green Doughnut Time box crammed full of treats

It's safe to say delivering treats like this makes everyone become your best pal!

The final day this week was spent much the same and I helped daisy accumulate the prices and brands for the handbags she'd selected for her guide, along with Sophie. Also daisy had been sent some sweaty Betty leggings to share amongst the fashion staff and she kindly offered me a pair - which I was so thrilled about as I know how popular the brand is and wanted to try them out however the £80 price tag isn't exactly student budget friendly!

It seems surreal that I'm going to be on my last week - I'm not ready to say goodbye!

The other parts of this series can be found here - week one, week two and week four.

Kisses, Chlo x

After the extra day off work (to catch up on sleep - thank you bank holiday) I was actually rather excited to get back into the office on Tuesday and really tackle the mess we'd left over the weekend in the fashion cupboard.

I mainly tackled special deliveries or seeking out items people had requested to be returned before I was asked to greet and help the new intern - Mary - and help settle her in (due to daisy being poorly) so I basically showed her the ropes and we tackled the huge pile of special deliveries (I reckon we sent off around 3/4 of what was there which is quite impressive considering the pile was waist height when we arrived today!!) and generally tidying (and honestly the fashion cupboard has never looked so clean!!). I also liased with the PRs via email as usual (and Lynne the fashion editor even said that some thought I was the new fashion assistant because I was doing a good job!!! How amazing, not to toot my own horn but 🎺🎺)

Wednesday was spent doing the usual returns and special deliveries, however on Thursday I went to my first shoot!! It was for the staff fashion pages where they show how they'd wear 3 seasonal trends - PVC, 70s and floral. The shoot took place at Motel Studios in Shoreditch

On Friday I wrote up the credits for the shoot which involves messaging the relevant PRs for the prices of the pieces used, as well as listing all the stockists and info about hair / makeup / photographers etc! Also I helped pack up for the celebrity shoot on Monday (which I went on but more about that later!) as well as process lots of returns. The returns pile became so much smaller after mine, Daisy (the fashion assistant) and Mary's hard work, which meant come 6pm I was ready to go home and nap!

The other parts of this series can be found here - week one, week three and week four. 

Kisses, Chlo x