I made my own two-piece!

So I decided that I wanted to start making my own two-pieces! 

I decided for my first one to get some cheap fabric. I went to the fabric shop and I found some scrap fabric which I really liked in the basket and I only paid £1 for it :-)

So what I did first (I really apologise I don't have any pictures of my stages!

- First I went and borrowed a sewing machine off of my Grandma! 

- I bought chalk to make markings on the fabric

- Card to make my own patterns 

- And I chose the right colour thread. 

Then...

- Then I drew out the pattern using a top and shorts I already had at home. One thing I had to be really careful with is that the front and the back of the shorts will be very different! (You need room for your bum!)

- Then I laid out the pattern I made and cut around it twice! Front of the top and back of the top visa versa. 

- Once I cut out the piece I laid them together to check they were both the same if not I would trim around them. When sewing it together I think everyone has there own ways! I did mine different each time because I found better techniques! One thing I learnt was to double roll the hem so that it didn't fray. Also I learnt that I needed to curve my stitching around the bottom more so there was room. 

- Once stitched together I needed to add elastic to the waist band! I did this by sewing a section for the waist band first and then using a drawing pin I attached it to the end of the elastic and weaved it through. Once it was the whole way round I sewed the opening up!

And Wa La! 

Sorry that this wasn't very detailed and there weren't any pictures. If I thought about it before I would of created a tutorial! 

If a tutorial is something people are interested in, please message me! 

Heres how they turned out... 

This was my first one I created! 

Second one I made for my sister! 

The best one is the one I created after visiting the Fabric shop in Brighton! I will post that one soon! 

Thanks,

Charlotte <3

PR Assistant Experience

So as you already no I worked on a magazine back in June called IDGAF magazine! 

I was in charge of assisting the Editor with the main PR duty's for the first issue of the magazine 

I thought I would give you an insight of what this involved me doing - for those of you that may be unsure? 

But first... I worked with IDGAF from June up until September when I came back to University. I would of loved to stay and help out because I really enjoyed what I did, but with it being my second year of University I wanted full focus on my study's! 

I created a screenshot of my name published under PR and Marketing in the magazine because after my hard work I was so pleased with myself :-)

My duties: 

EMAIL EMAIL EMAIL 

When working in PR emailing is a big part of what you do! I was constantly contacting and replying to emails from PR companies, and music management agencies. You have to keep updated with your emails. I was sat on my computer all day long focusing on emailing out a lot of PR companies to try and get artists to feature in the magazine or to use a designers clothing for the shoots for our magazine. Never give up, no matter how long it takes. 

If you want to contact a PR companies who represent someone that you really want to interview, keep emailing and if emailing doesn't work then you need to call! This is also something I did a lot! 

CALL CALL CALL

If you can't get in touch through emailing and you can't find the direct email you need to call them. Call the office directly and tell them why your calling, and then ask who they feel would be appropriate to contact for your enquiry and a lot of them will give you a direct email which can make everything speed up. 

I was in charge of :

- Finding hotel rooms to shoot in

- Finding artists to feature in the magazine for interviews

- Assisting on shoots

- Visiting catwalk shows and exhibitions

- Contacting music management agencies 

- Contacting PR companies to try and borrow clothing for photo shoots. 

- Writing Press Releases 

- Creating IDGAF competitions

- Brainstormed event ideas and sponsorships 

As you can see I was involved with a lot of different tasks! I was given a lot of responsibility as PR assistant and this was because I wasn't actually classed as an intern. With it being a start up magazine there were a lot of people involved and we were all working on it unpaid!

This was invaluable experience, I learnt a lot from working with this magazine and I can now put it into practice in future job/intern opportunities. 

My advise for interns out there is, no matter how boring something may sound, or even if you think you may not enjoy something, just do it! I did this over my summer break from University and although some people may just want a break I took it upon myself to keep learning! I really enjoy to learn new things. All the time I will be accepted for internships or work experience I will take it because I know I can learn from every experience. 

If anyone would like to know anything else about my experience just contact me :-)

Hope this was helpful!

If anyone is interested in viewing the first issue of IDGAF magazine then just click here. 

Charlotte 

<3 

Hello Strangers!

Hi everyone,

So I haven't posted for a very long time! 

I won't make excuses. But!.... I had been working on a new magazine as a PR assistant, and I started my second year of University! 

I have a lot to share with you all! 

I can't promise I will be updating daily but I will certainly try and upload one a week!

I will leave you with a picture of my new fringe which I am very unsure about! 

I wanted to get a full fringe for ages but I am so attached to my hair I worry about change, so New Years Eve I thought, right I'm doing it, hair grows.... Thank god hair grows!

Coming soon...

- My experience as a PR assistant 

- Making my own two-pieces

- Challenged myself to make a coat!

- Outfits

- New buys

- Brighton + the beautiful hotel

- And lots more! 

Talk soon <3 

What I Wore!

So yesterday I wanted to wear my gorgeous new top! I was just going up to the Outlet and for a drink so didn't want to match it with anything to OTT.

This is What I Wore!

Such a gorgeous top! 

I really liked this outfit! It's got to be one of my favourites! :D

Top: New Look £12.99 (Bargain) 

Trousers: Leather Leggings (I can't remember where these were from, I think somewhere like quiz?)

Coat: Primark £25

Shoes: Chockers £25

I love this top so much, admittedly I am buying myself another one as a backup! This sounds soo stupid but if it ever got discoloured or ruined I'd be very emotional, so why not get another one. Just in case! 

What do you all like about this outfit?

Comment Below! 

 :-) 

XoXo