Okay so the guilt has finally kicked in...I have totally neglected my wonderful blog for a couple of months now, but in my defence I do have some good excuses!! The Twilight obsession has worn off (for now!), the sunshine has officially disappeared and in a shocking turn of events, college is once again a part of my life. Yes, last month I decided to go back to college to get my NCTJ qualification. Starting on the 6th September at Lambeth College was definitely a bit daunting for me. Even having done the college thing at the age of 16, and the uni thing at the age of 18, the feeling of walking into a room full of strangers and worrying about who you will hang out with on your lunch break is still a scary feeling, even at the age of 22! But luckily I have met some lovely people, and three weeks in, am definitely feeling positive about the course. To explain it in a bit more detail, it is a fast-track Journalism course that only lasts 18 weeks. The NCTJ qualification is a gold star that will certainly make a big difference to any wannabe-journalist's CV. And in my case it will mean that I am trained up in magazines and newspapers.....hopefully making the world my very own oyster.So i'm back to learning shorthand again, a skill that I thought was of no importance back in 2006 and am now eating my words!! My social life has disappeared as I finally give in to the fact that I have to spend all of my time studying, revising, reading etc! But last night, I had the opportuniuty to go out with a bang as I said goodbye to nights of getting tiddly and spending my money on cocktails. As I'm sure everyone was aware, this past week has been dedicated to London Fashion Week. This is a worldwide famous event that sees all the best designers showing off their latest collections to the best celebs in the front row, mixed in with nights of wonderful afterparties. Yesterday saw LFW close with Menswear day and I was lucky enough to bag an invite to the headlining event, the Ozwald Boateng show. Referred to as a +1 on the swanky invitation, I was accompanying my new college buddy John James, who is no stranger to these events and probably found my excitement a tad weird! However he did state that the show was the best he had ever been to and as we left with our numerous bottles of champers in search for the afterparty, we were highly impresses with the threads we had just seen.
Savile Row King Boateng certainly wanted to leave a lasting impression last night. Famous for being the youngest tailor to open a store on Mayfair's famous fashion street, he brought in 100 models to advertise his latest designs and closed the show with a brief appearance on stage alongside his father. All in all it was a fantastic event and one that I will never forget. It may have been my first ever fashion show, but even a beginner like myself could tell that this was one of the best and I'm hoping that this will be the first of many that I can attend.
