Tuesday 17th March.

Today was quite a reality check, the people I am working with have invested so much time and effort in order to have the dream career within the fashion industry. They believe they have made it; ‘the job doesn’t pay well, but it makes you happy’. Im finding it very hard to see where they find their happiness, but perhaps that is just my own perceptions of happiness and a mix of the London worklife. They don’t seem to have much time for themselves; working from 8 til 8, though free weekends, they claim to have no time for relationships or too tired for a social life. One might think that at the end of this, the employee shall get paid well; nope!  This is a job that keeps a lot of designers happy, but i'm not sure that this is one that will make me happy. I think I should see other sides of the job in order to get a clear picture.

Perhaps I would be less biased if I felt part of the team. Recently there have been quite a few meetings and i've asked to join, but i've been told they’ll be too boring for me. I love learning new stuff and from listening into the meetings, they were choosing new colour ranges and going through the designs for the coming season. Instead i've been left to do their work for them.

I just hope I learn something by the end of this placement and that my view on the design industry doesn’t stay so biased. I dont feel part of a team, i feel like the intern who will leave shortly and will therefore be pointless to talk to.