Work Placement

Belle and Bunty

Over the summer I took part in a four week work placement with the womenswear fashion label 'Belle and Bunty', at their studio and beautiful little shop situated in Kentish Town.



http://www.belleandbunty.co.uk/


The two designers Hannah and Alice also co-own 'The Four-Factory' and 'Three's Company' which sort out the Marketing, PR and Promotions side of the business. As well as this they design for the menswear label 'Pose London' which has its suave shop along the cobbled streets of Covent Garden.


www.poselondon.co.uk


Over the four weeks I managed to take part in a various different projects, along with running a few different errands all around London.



First of all I was given a list of different male celebrities who would promote Pose London well and added more to the list that I though also suited the brand. I took on a PR role for this, and searched out agents and contacted them about delivering a goodie bag with either a shirt or T-shirt and look book. As 'Pose London' is quite a new brand they are looking for more promotion to boost their sales and there status in the fashion industry!

Dan from the Noissettes wears a 'Pose London' shirt.

Friendly Fires on their latest photoshoot - 'Pose London' shirt worn on the left.

My next task was to work on a couple of the newsletters with the themes of 'Festival Fun', 'Flower Power' which promoted the Spring/Summer collection for 'Belle and Bunty'. This was one of the parts I most enjoyed, as I could get my hands on photoshop and play around with layout, colour schemes, typography and the varieties of patterns within each newsletter.

Here is the completed 'Flower Power' newsletter...

As well as this I was asked to arrange the garments for 'Pose London' and 'Belle and Bunty' flat in the studio to be photographed for the websites. I also dressed mannequins in different outfits so that the viewer can look at the garment as part of the whole outfit. Although quite a simple task I liked the freedom that they gave me to put together individual items, styling them in my own way, and making changes that they felt were neccessary afterwards. I also looked into trend research for 'Pose London' and printed off images and descriptions for the next season, this I enjoyed as I have previously based projects on fashion forecasting.

Along with running errands such as the goodie bags to the celebrities, a wedding dress to a little spanish lady who hand sews on little silk flowers, and picking up various ribbons, beads etc from shops, I also minded the shop occasionally. Although these jobs are quite small, during my time there I had a really useful overall view of what it is like to run a business and the many different areas there are to focus on that make it successful. Working alongside a girl doing a graphics work placement there, we both found it useful discussing what we thought worked best, and what needed to change with our individual tasks. At the end of the placement I found that they would be grateful for any furthur help me, and they even gave me a pretty Belle and Bunty silk cushion as a thank you!