Week four of work experience...

Week Four

Tuesday 9^th April

This morning we had an appointment for a young girl who was looking for a prom dress. I spoke with the girl and asked her the short of fabric she prefer, colours she liked and if she wanted any beading or detailing on the dress. She explained that she preferred the chiffon fabric with no beading or detailing. I pulled out several dresses that fitted in with what the customer was looking for.

I gave her about four different dresses to try on. She liked all of them but the second one she liked more out of all of them. I showed the girl the colour swatches for that make of dress. Initially she wanted a wine red colour but I personally felt the wine red colour against her skin tone seemed to wash her out. The dress she liked was in a deep purple which looked nice with her colouring.

In the end she went with the second dress in the deep purple.

In the afternoon I continued with the beading appliqués.

Here are the first two sections I finished. I pinned them to a scrap piece of fabric to keep the flat

Wednesday 10^th April

During the morning I got the job of updating the show window display.

Here is the finished window display. I choose the blue bridesmaid dress as the accent colour with was followed through to the sash on the young bridesmaid dress and the older mens cravats.

The afternoon in the shop was very quiet so I had the chance to also update the shop mannequin with a new wedding dress.

 

Thursday 11^th April

Today I spent the day at home fixing three of the shops dresses that they have out to be tried on. From so many women trying them on often zips etc get broken. I had a new zip to out in one, a back seam to be re-sewn on another and also some loops to be mended on a dress with a lace up back

 

Friday 12^th April

On Friday I managed to get a lot more of my beading work done. The shop was fairly quiet so I didn’t have any disruptions with customers coming in.

Saturday 13^th April

Again my last Saturday in the shop was the same as usual. We had appointments all day for both alterations and trying on dresses.

Week three of work experience...

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Week Three

Tuesday 2^nd April

Today I did the last parts of the unpicking on the dress bodice. After my lunch I drew up some beaded pattern ideas for the appliqué sections, as I have decided to hand bead the sections with new beads.

Wednesday 3^rd April

Today I didn’t go into the shop as I took the day off to make a trip to pick up some new beads for the dress. Nick said it was fine for me to take the day to shop around for new beads. I ended up going to Nottingham and purchased three different types of beads from John Lewis. I also purchased invisible thread and special beading needles.

Thursday 4^th April

Today I tested out three of my beading designs on the appliqué sections. I only got chance to do my beading up until about 3pm, as we had a few customers come in who I helped with trying on dresses.

Friday 5^th April

Today I chose my favorite beading design and began the beading work. It took me a short while to get used to working with the beading and invisible thread.

At 1pm Nick had an appointment at the bank so he left me in charge of the shop. Shortly after left, a girl came in who told me she was getting married in sex weeks. I explained that all the dresses are made to order and take five to six moths to come in once ordered. I told her that she is more than welcome to try some on and if she finds one she likes Nick may sell it off the hanger and we can then book her in with Barbara to do any alterations.

The first dress she tried on she fell in love with. I contacted Nick and explained the girl would like the dress off the hanger and is it possible that we could sell it her.

 Luckily Nick discussed it with his mum and we were able to sell the girl the dress that she wanted.

Both Nick and his mum were very pleased with the dress sale I made as it was one of their most expensive dresses they stock.

Saturday 6^th April

Today was again another usual Saturday at the shop. The day was packed with bridal appointments and alteration appointments