Day Two - and again.

Tuesday 14th May 2012

I happen to be an incredibly impatient person. One day where I didn’t immediately fit in or become incredibly successful was enough to make me think I’d made a huge mistake and decide to pack it all in.  Thankfully I’d been listening to a fair bit of Beyonce recently (and couldn’t afford the trip home until Wednesday), so was inspired to turn my sense of inadequacy into sassy lady power!

 I convinced myself that Day Two would see me starring in my own transformation montage, working harder than ever and emerging as the greatest work experience girl who ever lived! I got up early, grabbed a soy chai skim sugar substitute thing at a chic cafe, breezed through reception like I was Anna Wintour, swished my hair around ... and was greeted by Annie Edison. She’d arrived almost an hour early, had finished all the photocopying and regaled me with tales of the bakery treats she’d made (from scratch) for the entire office last time. 

Oh well. Annie was actually very sweet and quite good company. We had a few laughs as we returned to the beauty cupboard to help send off more excess product to nearby women’s shelters , and she guided me through the never ending cycle of packing, unpacking and checking invoices that the fashion cupboard has to handle whenever PR companies send in new items for photo shoots. 

Once again I felt most comfortable hidden in the luxurious chaos of the fashion cupboard. While I felt the beauty department could tell immediately that I lacked both knowledge of and desire for Moroccan oil/hair straighteners/lamb placenta to increase bust size, I was confident with fashion and knew I could pick out collections and labels with the best of them.

Finished the rest of the day enjoying working quietly (one of my favourite things about the office is the persistent quiet and the lack of pressure to make small talk) and got to know a few of the other interns. Once home time came I raced back to the hostel to grab my things, bid a fond farewell to Sven my cannibal roommate and took my friend up on her offer for a place to stay for the week. 

That night I showered like only a lady who has lived next to a by-the-hour hotel can. 

How Anna tried to look today

I really just wanted to be comfy and happy today, so relied on old favourites - Romance Was Born and dressing like a boy.

Inspired by Romance Was Born Spring/Summer 2010, 1940s archer ladies, headpiece by Kate Rohde for Romance Was Born Spring/Summer 2010 , YSL's beautiful mix of baggy jersey and shiny acrylic in their Spring/Summer 2008 campaign , Prada Spring/Summer 2012 jewellery, another lady from the 1940s, and the inimitable Luke Sales.