Not your average intern…

Posted: June 3, 2010 at 9:22 am | Tags: alternative fashion week, intern, Model Advice

Hello all! I have been selected as the mystery face of Model Advice which is NOT a modelling agency as I once thought but rather is a unique company [a one stop shop if you will] that offers models advice [duh!] and a whole bunch of services that will shape them into superstars…awesome no?? The best part of it all is that you the lucky readers get to follow me on my journey as an editorial intern.

Having heard horror stories about interns being forced to deal with the grunt work, I fully expected to be fetching coffee and polishing shoes…ok maybe not the latter but I am sure you get the point. However, apparently I am a journalistic wonder and thus my responsibilities transcend those of the average intern. My first official assignment provided me with the opportunity to cover London’s Alternative Fashion Week, complete with press passes, giving me ALL the access to the good stuff.

As I clutched the tickets with all the barely concealed excitement of Charlie with his golden tickets to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, I set off with visions of the life I had always dreamed of. The first lesson I learnt on that day is that becoming successful in this industry is due to a sprinkling of talent and the rest is due to a direct combination of who you know, chance and PERSONALITY. I happen to have the latter of these qualities dripping out of my eyeballs so my day at AFW was awesome. Not only did I get snapped by a magazine for their ‘street style’ section, I made friends with a cool photographer and sat down to enjoy the show [and of course take notes for MY story!!]

This is potentially the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me as I get to make REAL contributions to the magazine which will bring me one step closer to my career dreams; think ‘The Hills’ meets ‘Running in Heels’ and ‘The City’ and that is pretty much my life. The pictures you can see are from the alternative fashion week [and you can see my article here: http://www.ma-gazine.co.uk/alternative.php ]

Enjoy. xoxo