Thank You Stephanie Finnan!

I have one piece of advice for anyone wanting a career in fashion, like I am, and that is to buy the book "How to Prepare For a Career in Fashion" by Stephanie Finnan. It arrived through my letter box yesterday and since then I've been picking up lots of tips from this book and altering my CV to a similar style of the template that is featured. I trust that the author knows what she's writing about as she runs a fashion careers clinic and has a background of fashion recruitment with clients including Topshop and Burberry. The book is mostly split up into 11 sections of careers such as Trend Forecaster, Stylist, Visual Merchandiser and Fashion Journalist.  In each section you can find a job profile, interviews with top fashion professionals and a to-do list outlining goals to reach your chosen career. It was like the book was written for me! Today I applied for the role of a Creative Assistant at a Topshop store in London so fingers crossed this book has helped me bag an interview! The book is only £8.44 if you buy from Amazon so click here to buy one!

Love from Lou Lou

A bit of Grace

Ever since I watched The September Issue, I became a fan of American Vogue's Creative Director, Grace Coddington. She is not only very down-to-earth, but she is a creative GENIUS! So I'm very happy to hear that I can get another little piece of Grace in the near future as she is starting to pen her memoir!

The book is being written with Jay Fielden, who also collaborated with her on the coffee table book "Grace: 30 Years of Fashion at Vogue", however the price tag of over £700 stopped me from buying it! I'm hoping the new autobiography will be a small fraction of the cost!

Grace's autobiography will cover her childhood in Wales; her days of modeling during London's swinging sixties era and working at both British and American Vogue. She tells WWD "I'm hoping it's going to be very rich in fashion history. It's more than just about me." 

I'm really excited about this book as it sounds like I'll get a really good insight into the fashion industry, coming from one of the top industry professionals. 


Love from Lou Lou