Showing posts with label jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jobs. Show all posts

Thursday, April 12, 2012

April 12th, 2012: Interview Time!

                  

Charlotte Russe suede jacket, JC Penney's white button-up shirt, Claire's flower accessory,
Forever 21 Tati skirt, Purple Fern ring, Forever 21 sunglasses, Charles Davis high heels


It's interview time and you're stressed because you don't know what to wear!  Never fear, Makayla's here!
(Sorry, I've always wanted to do that : ]  )
The basics for an interview outfit are blazers or jackets and black.  I have never been a fan of brown outfits for an interview.  You're dressed to be sophisticated and brown screams nature to me.  Black is dressy, elegant, but down to business.  I also prefer skirts and dresses over pant suits, but this is only a matter of opinion.  I would wear a pant suit if it was in the dead of winter, so I have nothing against them at all.  It's just when given the opportunity, I will take skirts or dresses over them.  Panty hose is also suggested for it, but it is a dying art, panty hose, so I won't take it as an offense if you dislike them.  
The finish touch should subtle jewelry touches.  A ring, a simple necklace, a headband.  Nothing extravagant. Just subtle.  
The note I'd like to make on the ring though is that I bought it from a fabulous local business in Winchester, VA called The Purple Fern.  I suggest to anyone who is interested in eco-friendly items, homemade crafts, or just quirky items.  Top o' the morning then to ya!

"Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future."- Coco Chanel

Sunday, March 11, 2012

March 10th, 2012: The Future And What It Holds

Pink sweater shirt (Mom's closet, Forever 21 gray tank-top, American Eagle necklace, brown/olive green pants (They are the most deceiving pants in the world.  In some light, I will swear it cannot be green because they're so brown.  Other lights, it's so green that it can't be brown!!  AGHHH), Charlotte Russe Regret flats (I call them my Regret flats because I bought them out of anger and I regret buying them, but I can't take them back because a friend tore off the tags without me knowing), and gray socks.  

So, I was stopped this morning and asked what I was planning to do in the future.  Naturally, I said, "English Education."  She was shocked.  "You mean, you're doing fashion?"  

Good question.  
Why am I not doing fashion?
It's not because fashion isn't stable.  Fashion is a very stable job if you don't mind being under a company.  Now, if you wish to become an independent fashion designer, that's a whole other ballgame.  
It's because I can't sew.
I know.  It's crazy.  I can crochet...poorly....but it's something.  I can quilt.  But I can't sew...yet.  I hope to learn in the future, but right now, I don't have time, and I'll be graduating in three months.  I can't learn how to sew WELL in three months.  But I'm glad someone admired my abilities.  Thank you.  
Though my bucket list does consume a lot of fashion related items such as going to a fashion show, buying a Prada, Chanel, or Gucci bag, buying an entire Lauren Conrad outfit, meet Lauren Conrad one day and have her autograph all the clothes...okay, that last part I made up just now, but that is a pretty weird idea, huh?

"Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than 
to be."- Edwin Hubbel Chapin