my vintage lifestyle experience

A  L I T T L E   B I T   O F   V I N T A G E

I would never have thought that thirty days would have made such a big impact in my life. This internship has changed my outlook on the future, and opened my eyes to a broad spectrum of industry that I have not explore yet.

I was given many tasks throughout my thirty days. These tasks included researching a topic and writing an article, creating a skirt pattern and sewing it, selling advertising and attending meetings with designers and store owners. I was lucky enough to attend a bloggers event as The Intern, as well as The AFI Foschini FastTrack Day at Fashion Week.

Because I was given the full month to complete my internship, I had time to complete blog posts on the events and meetings. I had to learn to keep certain pieces of knowledge a secret, as any sharing of information could lead to a cancelation of all the work we had put in already.

I enjoyed sitting in on the meeting with the designer that was donating clothing for the photography shoot.

My favourite part of my time at Vintage Lifestyle was being the broad spectrum assistant on the set of the fashion shoot on location. I had not yet been on location of an official magazine editorial photography shoot, with a full team of a photographer, make-up artist and a hair stylist. I enjoyed the styling and watching the shots take place. The photography shoot is kept simple, and down to basic beauty and talent. There are no smoke and mirrors, no reflectors, light shields or flashes, because “that’s just not vintage”.

I loved that, although the magazine has a large target market, the team was young and updated. I felt that this was a leading factor in the Magazine’s success. There were many people involved in making my time at Vintage Lifestyle Magazine a learning experience, full of knowledge in many fields of the industry.

I blogged a lot during my time at VL, so here are the links:

general internship group label

starlings cafe, in Narnia

fast track, ya did good

internship of vintage lifestyle magazine

Ooh Daddy Cool .

 

so, thank you Miss Nicole :) I had a fantastic 28 days, and have learnt valuable life lessons as well as the important fashion and editorial things . . .

www.vintagelifestylemag.co.za

and click on the 'magazine tab'

starlings cafe, in narnia .

if you are terrible with directions, get lost often and have a unreliable car - maybe skip this post and read some fluff piece about cupcakes.

my day started out averagely, and headed down hill - though got to a fairly beautiful point in the middle, plateauing till the sunset.

I got lost on the wrong side of the tracks, not having a clue where I was going, turned down the wrong oneway, up a slip road, my lil car was scared an didn't want to drive, an absolute nightmare.

but in the end, much to my heat stroke and irritation - I survived and arrived to my last internship get together on time :)

once we entered the house, I felt like I had been swept up into a story book and had landed in another time - classic antique pieces of furniture blended into a modern, up beat, homey feeling room . . . I can't really explain how this felt - it was like somebody turned a light on to resturants and there in the dark was sitting this box of fresh air . . 

a little far fetched, but give me some credit here - it was a long drive.

 

 

 

 

 

vintage brunch was hot ashrim tea, and a butternut, feta and caramalised onion tart with a salad of mint, rocket and radish with a sweet dressing. da - vine .

this gorgeous cafe, Starlings, is in lower Claremont area - 94 Belvidier Road . . . go and see for yourself . break fast . lunch . brunch . whatever

I cannot believe this month of my internship is almost over. a few more pieces to clean up and do the photoshoot on Sunday . . . and ta - dah. one more step to becoming a graduate fashion student. . . . can't wait to do my post on my time at Vintage Lifestyle Magazine

{peace && lunch}

fast track, ya did good.

Cape Town Fashion Week AFI Foschini FastTrack. 

started with a bang. a loud, backyard noise - but won't harp on those poor boys again, I think the tweeters did that enough. Backyard Crew, respect for handling so well.

what a trip to get to the CTICC though. Had to wait for a friend to finish work - giving us forty five minutes to do a thirty nine minute drive, find parking and get seats sorted. though we got stuck at every red robot, stop street and behind every single granny, grampa and learner driver on the road - we made it.

Get to town, and cannot find parking, but a nice gentleman showed us to one round a corner, charged us twelve rand. handed him a fifty - and he ran. good times.

but, just as well - we made it with minutes to spare. Saw a few fashiony friends, one being a fabulous booker for Boss Models, Andrew Munro. Always lovely to see him.

Annnd we walk inside, had a chat chat to Miss Nicole, to find the people we were meant to meet have kept us seat - second row from the front.  what a relief.

the show was exceptional. AFI Foschini FastTract. the clothes were beautiful, creative, avant garde, flamboyant and well made. From second and third years - have you ever. Some of those garments were more intricate than ones I've seen top designers sell, international and local. I was actually quiet horrified when I heard that these were there graduate collections . . . the were world class, top shelve, bad ass quality - down to the embroidery and leather cut out details. The best part of the whole shindig was to see friends up there, showing their garments, at twenty one years old - on an internationally recognised fashion week stage.

The crowd was going ape, and the tweets were getting intense, the music was vibing and even the boys came out to see what all this fuss was about. Although there were a few breaks in the line up where people weren't sure of what to do, and a shaky performance by some boys rocking the mikes a little hard, an over all brilliant event.

got to have a chat with Tamara Cherie Dyson, looking beautiful as ever, and see her Durban July dress up close. 

Oh. my.  word.

I have seen hundreds upon thousands for items of clothing .

I have never seen such intricate work done with a piece of cloth . ever.

Another congratulations to you, my darling friend.

now. The whole reason we went .

The winners of AFI Foschini FastTract

Thoki Tafeni, Mia Kreik and . . . 

Chelsey Wilson.  the friend of a friends, who we had gone to watch. amazing. congratulations to all those designers, I cannot believe you produced the work you did.

Hubre Wahl, Amy-Louise Snelling and Pierre de Villers, biggg love. especially doing the valley proud.

1. tamara cherie dyson with a crowd of fans 2. me with the proof sign 3. an overwhelmed Chelsey Wilson being hounded by my paparatzi shots 4. the Chels' chatting after the big win

pictures of the clothing, runways shot, are coming in a post to follow . . . and if you want to see a full break down of what I wore, I posted one yesterday.

fashion week is upon us

with the internship coming to an end, I am going to put all my new found inspiration into making my {Southern Comfort} a Graduate Collection world class, too. Have to definitely pull my ankle socks up, and make myself a hot, hot collection.

{peace && love}

internship of the vintage lifestyle

i n t e r n s h i p   a t   v i n t a g e   l i f e s t y l e   m a g a z i n e

today, I had back to back meetings. felt like a real business woman.

met at vida e caffe in cavendish . . . never been there before. so had to try the legendary lindt hot chocolate :) yum. though, didn't taste much different to any other dark hot chocolate I've had. the Knead Bakery one was better :)

First we met the designer that is sponsoring clothing for the magazines fashion spread, Ghadeejah Padiyachi. She took us to the store where she sells her clothing. It was really great to see so many young designers getting out there and selling their clothing, with a place to do so. More on her after the shoot though, don't want to give away anything . . .

I had such a lovely day . . . though sad to say, my internship will eventually come to an end . . .

I am having such fun learning about the lifestyle of a magazine editor . . . it's a good one to live, just lots of hard work, a lot of time spent waiting on other people and a lot of pressure to be perfect. I'm so excited to show you what I'm working on :) Magazine out 5th August.

{peace & love}

Ooh Daddy Cool .

C A P E   T O W N   B L O G G E R S  M E E T   U P

last night I attended my first ever Bloggers event. Very exciting and scary, because putting names to blog avitars and twitter handles is a reality check.  Hosted by Being Brazen and Betty Bake at the Grand Daddy Hotel in the Daddy Cool Lounge.

Twitter handles unite . blackberries in every hand

I went with Vintage Lifestyle Magazine, as a part of my internship . . . Tough life hey :)

 It was super cool to be introduced as The Intern :)

I met some blogging GIANTS . . . Jasna of Fashion Jazz, Janine of Being Brazen and Bobby of Bobbylicious, amoung others.

Miss Nicole and I

Ewald of Ewaldpool, Dom of Princess Dom, Nicole of Diamonds and Dust, Editor of Vintage Lifestyle Magazine, and Jasna of FashionJazz

Miss Nicole of Vintage Lifestyle Magazine and Jasna of FashionJazz

I had a lovely evening. Thank you to all who were involved.
@princess_dom
@VintageLMag
@NicoleWarr
@FashionJazz
@plus_one_guy
@Hunting_Pilot
@BeingBrazen

what I'm wearing

dress top - kelso, Edgars
furry gilet waistcoat - Cherokee
leggings - Jenna Maree-Kipling
thigh high boots - Mr Price

{peace and love}

featured creature :)

D I A M O N D S   &     D U S T

yesterday I started my three week internship at Vintage Lifestyle Magazine :)

I won't be telling you about the day by day happenings, as surprise is an important part of the magazines life. . . so I will do a mammoth post one week after the magazine is published, which will be the 12 August. Seems like a long way away, but time is speeding by like a runaway train.

I was welcomed to the magazine yesterday, and today I feature in a post on Diamonds & Dust . . . so exciting.

The Intern - Jenna Kipling

Diamonds & Dust

http://blog.diamondsanddust.co.za/

This is on Diamonds & Dust, the blog of Vintage Lifestyle Magazine Editor, Nicole Danielle Warr. Thanks for the warm welcoming Miss Nicole :)

any questions, email me, facebook me, bbm me, tweet me or just comment :) I'll get back to you asap. twitter follow me and the magazine for uptodate updates,

@zizichild

@VintageLMag

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BTW . . .

Big giveaway coming soon on Croquis Life so prepare by following and reading the posts for hints.

have a lovely week, darlings.

{peace && love}