Internship at Tallulah Tennant

At the beginning of December I decided to apply for a number of work experience opportunities and internships, from which I managed to obtain a 2 month internship at the evening wear fashion studio, Tallulah Tennant. This was a really exciting time for me, although extremely nerve wracking!

As a textile design intern my job was to help assist with the upcoming scarf collection they where forecasting to release in Summer 2017, as well as assisting with gift accessory research and possible client liaison. My first day was really exciting and by the end of it I already had a long list of exciting new projects and things to research. Although at first I felt I may be jumping into the deep end, I soon began to realise the knowledge that I had to give when it came to textile outputs, I felt like my ideas where really acknowledged and appreciated by the team, which was a real confidence booster. My time away from the studio consisted of gathering a body of floral imagery that would fuel the concept for their upcoming scarf collection, I introduced the team to a number of different drawing style options from traditional watercolour, to more current graphic, pen and ink styles, drawing up a variety of different motifs to illustrate the options. I was also put in charge of contacting suppliers in regards to scoping out prices and fabric quality, both for the scarf and gift accessory collections.