Myla

Im at work right now sitting at the reception desk...so I thought i'd do a little writing. Right now I can hear the head of the marketing and fashion departments discussing the next models for the upcoming collection at Myla. Its really cool to hear. I have asked a couple of the girls how they started to work here and what they studied in school. Its been pretty interesting and it has made me realize what I want to do (which is exciting!) I have decided that I no longer want to be a buyer--thank god UI didn't have that as a major-- I also am thankful I didn't major in just plain fashion... but Im super excited that my major is marketing because I love sitting in the room with the PR and Marketing head. She tells me how she loves her job and it sounds soooo much fun to me. They get to talk to magazines and they plan runway shows and even get to pick out each little detail down to the models. She also told me basically to get a lot of work experience aka internships and really get inside the company. This has already taught me a lot about how a company works. As of now I am working with the Myla Web team and working on things to upload and photoshop/crop to the website. Its not particularly something I would want to do all day...but its really interesting to know that side of the business as well. So I am pretty much learning A LOT about business and its become really exciting even though the days are uber long. However, one of the great things I get to do all day is just soak up their culture. Everyone around me is British or from a surrounding country and its awesome to hear how they say things and what music they listen to and what they do when they have days off.

The girls in my office say air con instead of AC or air conditioning. They swear and say the f-word all the time. To flip someone off over here you use two fingers the pointer and index faced like we do like a peace sign. My friend, John, from U of I is here for 4 weeks and he said that when he runs over here he pops the peace sign to other runners. Yesterday I told him that he was really flipping them off.... we had a good laugh.

Oh and the other night I found Emily's new husband. He's Italian and I met him at the bar...he was 18. haha it was weird but he was soooooo cute! I told him he was too young for me but I have a 17 year old sister...haha

I still have so much I want to do in London alone and Im running out of weekends! I think Kelsi and I might make one last trip the last weekend we are here but it will be nice to hang out in London to get all the stuff we still want to do done.

I really miss everyone and I am getting excited to go home and go to school. But for now I am having so much fun that it will be really hard to leave!! I will definitely miss it!




Cheers! kt

a true londoner

Wowza! How to sum up a couple of weeks?!

First of all.... I still continue to be fascinated by London everyday. I am learning and experiencing fantastic things constantly and they are already beginning to shape me in new and exciting ways. It has definitely been an experience so far and one that I will always look back on and smile big.

School is officially over. I have finished my 5 week courses already and I feel like it flew by like a breeze. I can't even comprehend that I have been here for 6 weeks already! Time flies. I actually learned a lot within the courses I took. My fashion styling teacher was great and even though he was a nut he taught us in a very different way than I am used to. My portfolio turned out really nice and I am excited to have something to show to employers if I decide to go for a fashion oriented job. I am really sad to be finished with my theatre class as I was getting quite used to going to a new play every Wednesday night! The worst part about the first 5 weeks being over is all my friends left. :( I made a whole bunch of great friends but unfortunately most of them left after 5 weeks. The new group is coming tomorrow... so, I guess its time to make new friends!

Last week Kelsi and I decided to do a little more London site seeing. We went on the London Eye and into Westminster Abbey. I have seen so many churches since I have been in Europe but this was by far the largest one I have seen. Soo cool!

Now on to Paris. LOVED IT! It was incredible. My tour guide was awesome and he new just about everything you could know about Paris so it was super helpful. I didn't feel as safe in Paris as I do in London because of the gypsies but i got used to it. There were so many beautiful sites and the culture was amazing. It was easy to get around too because most of the Parisians can speak English...(even though they glared as they replied yes to parlez-vous anglais?) It was an overall great trip and so exciting to actually see everything I have always dreamed of seeing in real life!

I have officially started my internship at Myla and today was my 3rd day. It made me realize that I don't ever want to grow up and have a real job. This is sad but happy at the same time. The internship has made me realize what I want to do and what I don't want to do with a future job. It has also helped me realize that I need to live up the rest of my years of college because college is soooooooo much more fun! I definitely find it exciting to work with a fashion company. I get to hear about fashion shows and really popular magazines. I am working with the e-marketing team right now and I don't think its something I really want to do as a career but I am learning so much about marketing in general that its been helpful. I work 10-6 every day and I get an hour for lunch. I just don't know how I can handle doing that in the future and not being able to have time for a nap!!! haha

Anyway, I am looking forward to this weekend to get some down time and I am hoping for another heat wave so I can possibly not be the most pale person when I go back to school! hehe
I miss everyone so much and hope everything is going great back in the good 'ole U.S.

Cheers!
kt