Tuesday 9 August 2011

You LOOK-ing at me!?

I DO HOPE SO.

A tweet that sparked a fashion blogging frenzy last week; a frenzy you were at the forefront of if you're a fellow fashion keeno with your very own blogger / tumblr / wordpress / all three. The cause of said frenzy? Look Magazine are giving five bloggers the opportunity to report live from the front row at The Look Show AW11 (as well as tweeting obvz) plus a stellar night in a London hotel with a friend and cocktails for company. What more could you want in life? Answer: nothing!

I am not one to blow my own trumpet and thus, what follows will not be a brief for the are you dressing up or dressing down? appreciation society but just a bunch of reasons as to why I should (and really really want to) be sitting pretty on the front row of The Look Show AW11, putting my skills on show.

My passion for fashion and ambition to make it as a fashion journo is unrivalled. Blogging from thee front row of thee hottest high-street fashion show for an equally hyped publication is everything I have ever wanted - not going to lie about it. To be in amongst the action, on the proverbial front line at September's Look Show, representing what started off as a place to showcase my writing and materialise my fashiony thinkings would literally make my life, like you have no idea. The cliches will be bandied around but it literally, genuinely and whole-heartedly would. I am more determined than ever to make the so-called, fashion journo pipe dream a living reality. Do a girl a (massive) favour?

I have dipped my toes in fashionable waters and am more than sufficiently pysched (and equipped) to dive in at the deep end - hello cringe pun. As an aspiring fashion writer with a kanny decent repertoire of experience (if I do say so myself) - cue shameless name-dropping: dressing models for Alexis Knox, a recent stint as editorial fashion assistant at Junior Magazine and street style writer at Notion Magazine's sister website, I won't disappoint in filling the seriously stylish shoes of winners previous.

My blog is my baby and I ain't afraid to shout about it. I am immensely grateful for the opportunities that have arose from sharing my light-hearted, sarcastic, dialectal musings on these very pages. Blogging is serious business these days (you all know llymlrs right?), its amazing how far a fashion blog can reach. Some Look & are you dressing up or dressing down? loving would make for the perfect partnership as we share some key elements: target audience, tone and content covered plus our laid-back approach to fashion, darling.

Finally, and arguably most importantly, I would welcome, with huge open arms, the opportunity to prove that my retaliations against my mother's constant nags to spend more time on university work, instead of blogging, were all for a bloody brilliant cause.

I am partial to a cocktail or two so that bodes perfectly well with me too.

My trumpet has well and truly been blown, #whoops, make it worth my while?

Thank you all for reading.

x

39 comments:

  1. Good luck :) I also saw this competition in their magazine was like :D :D

    http://charmedcharlee.blogspot.com
    x

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  2. Good luck! I've only been reading your blog for a little while but you seem to have a real flair for writing.
    x

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  3. Good Luck! I've got my fingers crossed for you x

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  4. Good luck :) this has probably been the best entry I've read - I'd pick you! haha xxx

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  5. thank you for the sweet comment on my blog! hopefully i'll have much more exciting posts to come, as i've been incredibly busy preparing for my first year at uni. just finished reading your post and loved it. you have an incredible writing style, and i'm wishing you luck. what an incredible opportunity! keep us updated!

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  6. I wish you good luck =)
    thelittlepetite.blogspot.com
    I am now following!

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  7. I am a new follower on your site please follow me back thanks

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  8. Your excitement and eager attitude radiates from your writing. I can see how badly you want to be in the midst of all that fashion frenzy, and I wish you the best of luck! :)

    Speaking of school...I am hoping I will still devote time to my blog when the semester starts.

    forte-espressivo.blogspot.com

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  9. good luck! as a relatively new blogger I'd be perfectly content if my blog was half as good as yours, haha! (i should also let you know that you will be living my dream life if you was to write from the front row of a fashion show).

    hope you get it!

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  10. Good Luck! This is definitely one of the best entries I've read, I love your style of writing

    xx

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  11. Anonymous8/09/2011

    nice post :)

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  12. Anonymous8/10/2011

    That sounds like an amazing oppurtunity! Good luck and I hop you win!

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  13. Good luck girl, hope you get it!

    xo
    Camilla

    www.intothefoldfashion.blogspot.com

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  14. Anonymous8/10/2011

    good luck!! :)

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  15. I love that space that you are in :).
    Good luck girl.

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  16. You have a nice blog!!


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  17. Great post love and lots of luck..I put mine up lastnight and already have doubts. Guess that happens huh?!

    Caz x
    www.mystylisms.blogspot.com

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  18. Wonderful entry! You write beautifully! Best of luck xx

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  19. Helen! Thank you for the lovely comment. It's just nice to be able to show my work again, have shy-ed (spelling fail!!) away from it since I graduated, 2 years ago now! Lots of luck to you too, so fantastically written. I've followed your blog for ages now, got my fingers crossed for you too! xxx

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  20. Thanks for your comment on my blog. I love your entry too, some fierce competition indeed. Good luck to you x

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  21. Good luck lovely! This is lovely. x hivenn

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  22. Good luck!

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  23. Lovely! Good luck!!

    Kylie

    p.s thanks for your comment, everything is crossed!

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  24. thank you for your lovely comment.
    i am now following your blog :)

    www.clm-trash.blogspot.com
    love FASHIONPROJECT x

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  25. I love this entry! I just hope mine is as good as yours! :(

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  26. Good luck girl ^__^ got my fingers crosseddd!
    I've been blogging for more than a year and I thanks to blogging it really opend my world even more!

    xx

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  27. Wish you good luck! :)

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  28. Good luck :)

    I love ur cup!

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  29. Anonymous8/13/2011

    Good luck :)
    And yes, I am looking at you.... It´s hard not to. The blouse is so cute :)

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  30. Ooh exciting stuff, good luck lovely! x

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  31. Helen, your blog is absolutely fantastic!

    Very interesting, and although 'mothers always know best' - it is safe to say blogging is a lot more fun than getting work done! Wishing you lots of luck :)

    Also a big thank you for checking out my first attempt at blogging, it means a lot :)

    Georgina x

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  32. Yours is so good :)
    i can't take pictures of myself on my camera can't work out the self timer setting but you've put time into this post. I wish you the best of luck as well. p.s love the hair x

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  33. Me too. Your entry is so lovely and long too! Good luck! :) I was afraid mine was too short after reading yours!

    & I got closer by emailing them a lot. You have to be pretty persistant. :) x

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  34. Anonymous8/14/2011

    Hey, you stated in a much more direct way what I was trying to communicate, thanks, I will recommend your site to my friends.

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  35. best of luck helen, lovely blog x

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  36. Anonymous8/16/2011

    Super cute post, girl. Good luck!

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  37. great entry good luck!

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