CAREER WEBSITES

• MINTEL: I found that website useless for Fashion careers, I have even difficulty finding the website!!


• FASHION MONITOR: It is very interesting and informative, easy to use website, happy to use this website but annoyingly you need to sign up-Job vacancies for more for experience people, no intern vacancies.


• COMPANIES HOUSE: Woww what a wrong website to look for fashion/desing jobs or info. Not appealing at all!!


• FASHION INDEX: Very informative, if you want to know what s going around in the fashion bussiness, could not quite finished reading most of the staff but very helpfull, not helpful to find a job but you get re-directed to some ads on the websites thats helpful.


• DRAPERS RECORD: As great as Draper's itself, there are no stylist jobs, nor freelance neither.More for who wants to work in retail or business side of it. But worth checking for.

Exhibitions

"A PIECE OF MY MIND"

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KATIE ELL

Tapestry, 51-52 Frith Street,London

A PIECE OF MY MIND is the latest collaboration between London-based Photographer Katie Ell and Creative Director Paul Alexandrou. From the wildly irreverent to the deeply heartfelt, the series documents the different words and messages people choose to have tattooed on their bodies. Collected over a nine-month period, the project explores the power of language, the line between public and private, and the universal need to share what’s on our mind.

HAND MADE TALES: WOMEN AND DOMESTIC CRAFTS

The Women's Library

London Metropolitan University

Old Castle Street

Hand Made Tales is a timely exhibition focusing on the role domestic crafts play in many women’s experiences. It draws on the connections between the current revival of domestic crafts such as sewing, gardening, and cooking and the historical roots of the domestic arts within the home. The exhibition will allow visitors to explore and learn the stories of crafts and the women involved in them through personal tales and fun interactive projects.

Pearly Queen Dress,1925

Mr.and Mrs Lyons were the King and Quenn if Shoreditch in 1925 Mrs Lyons bought this fashionble drop-waisted dress and then sewed the intricate button desing.She last wore her costume at the celebration of the Quenn's Silver Jubilee in 1977.

EXHIBITIONS

DAVID HEATHCOTE

BEYOND HORIZONS

GV Art ,49 Chiltern Street,Marylebone

Beyond Horizons is a new solo show by David Heathcote, hosted by GV Art Gallery, London. His most paintings I could not really get it, but sculptures I really liked specially the soldier playing instrument.

EXHIBITIONS

MOROCO: PHOGRAPHS BY ELIAS HARRUS AND PAULINE PRIOR

Jewish Museum, Raymond Burton House

129-131 Albert Street, Camden

Revealing the almost forgotten Jewish community of southern Morocco, where for nearly 2000 years Jewish life was marked by social and cultural co-exstence with Muslim society. One documentary showing the Jews are moving out of Morocco...

My favorite photograph below

CONCEPT STORES

ANTHROPOLOGIE

Anthropologie may be a little on the expensive side - but how pretty all the products are. The downstair area is full of the type of kitchen knick-knacks that wouldn't look out of place in Sophie Dahl's kitchen - think overpriced plates with pictures of the Eiffel Tower and deliciously scented kitchen candles. There are similarities with Urban Outfitters, but it's safe to say that Anthropologie is the slightly older sister - the prices are definitely for those on more 'adult' incomes. The clothes might be a little too expensive for my tastes - but downstairs are where the real treasures lie. I would recommend the store as a great place to go to buy slightly more unusual gifts for your friends and family.

DARKROOM

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• Concept store, which opened at the start of 2010, adding further credence to Lamb's Conduit Street's claim to being one of London's most intriguing shopping destinations. The shop is quite literally dark (the walls and lampshades black), creating a blank canvas for the carefully chosen selection of unisex fashion, accessories and interiors items on sale. Designer items include Borba Margo bags, DMK glassware and Solomia ceramics. The space doubles up as a gallery, with displays intermingling with a range of sculptural jewellery by Florian, Scott Wilson and Maria Francesca Pepe. Each piece begs the question - do I wear it or hang it on the wall?