How honest are you?
With regard to yay or nay threads? When someone posts a yay or nay, do you say your honest feelings? Or do you sugar coat it because you feel bad?
I ask this as i nayed a couple of items the other week, and felt a bit bad :lol: I would never sugar coat anything, but saying nay did make me feel a little bad.
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A lot of the time if I dont like something then I tend to not reply.
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5483484) A lot of the time if I dont like something then I tend to not reply.
Exactly what she said.
Which is bad I guess as people are posting because they want honest opinions, but then I think they can probably tell if they get hardly any replies to their thread that on the whole people aren't really liking it.
I ocassionally say that I don't like something. But generally if it is soemthing I don't like I can't really be bothered to post - I know that is really bad of me tho :o
Its just that I don't get on to the Bag that much and when I do, I tend to see things in some threads that I love and get excited and post to those threads rather than to ones with clothes that I don't like.
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you have all probably noticed. I generally do say what I think !
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Always honest as if I dont like something, Ill say it and vice-versa.
But have noticed that sometimes is better to stay quiet if not liking something as might offend someone ;)
Dressmaker
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Dressmaker
Hi everyone:wave:
Could someone recommend a dressmaker based in london, ideally not within central london as they tend charge quite alot :(
Many thanks
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Hiya,
What sort of thing do you want made? And any particular area of not-central London you'd prefer? If you go to , and click "Pattern info and advice", the first link in the list takes you to professional dressmakers, where you can pay £1 for a list.
HTH :wave:
Edited to add: there is a dressmaker near me, but she'd be a 30mins trip out of Euston to see her as she's in Hertfordshire :)
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Suddenly realised, the bit of London you're after is probably indicated by your name ..! :lol:
I want to be a hairdresser
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I want to be a hairdresser
Hey guys i know what i want to do with my life!! I hate working in an office, its official! I really want to work in a salon. I already do hair extensions and i am going to take a course in hairdressing to get an NVQ. I want to be a hair stylist and be quite high up. How much do stylists get paid? Do they have to work every saturday? and whats the pay like? I would like to become a mobile hairdresser in time!
Many thanks x
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I'm not a hairdresser Bubbles but know quite a few. The pay is pretty bad, the hours long and yes you do have to do Saturdays the majority of the time,even Sunday's these days so you would take your day off in the week instead. But, big but, if you enjoy it and really fancy it go for it, it's better to be happy in life rather than bored out of your life.
You can fast track your way into places like Vidal Sassoon/Toni and Guy/Charles Worthington by taking one of their courses but I think they can be about £10K and you are not necessarily guaranteed a job by the end of it but 9 times out of 10 do get one with them.
Hope this helps x
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Hi GATC, thank you for your advice! What if i decide to be self employed and be a mobile hairdresser? Is that quite popular now days? I guess there is always the possibility of renting a chair in a salon. I think the most thing that i am scared of is leaving my job and then realising i wont make that much money to live on! I guess with all things you have to take a chance? I just really dont wanna be in an office any more! Would it be wise to start up my business on the side and if it does become really popular where i have to take time off work to do the business, then i leave my current job?!
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Well I guess it all depends on what avenue you want to go down. I think it would be better for you to work in a salon first, get some experience, build up some clients etc. Not unless you have an idea that people will use you it would be hard to build up a client base from nothing.
Personally, if I was going to be a hairdresser I would rather work in a funky young salon, meeting different people, doing different courses to keep up to date etc, rather than be a mobile hairdresser. I always associate mobile hairdressers with doing old people's hair :cmdunno: but I could be wrong!
Yes it will be a huge change and you would have to seriously think about it first. If you don't want to make the jump all at once I think night school will be your best bet with maybe doing a little Saturday job in a local hairdressers. Boring I know but it will give you on the job experience, even if it means washing hair and sweeping up to start with.
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Yes, that makes sense getting experience first. Thanks GATC for all your advice!
xx
Urban Outfitters
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Urban Outfitters
I've just made my first order on Urban Outfitters. Only when the order was already registered I noticed thath I've ordered a T-shirt in the wrong size :cmdunno:
Do you know if it is possible to change an order already registered and payed?
Thanks :bow:
:wave:
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It is, but you have to do it by phone.
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And be quick because they dispatch pretty quickly.
My first job as a journalist - clothes advice pls!!
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My first job as a journalist - clothes advice pls!!
Hi everyone, I'm a newbie here so greetings!
Basically I'm starting my first job fresh from uni in 3 weeks. It's in the newsroom of a regional newspaper. I've got 2 nice suits, some black trousers and a couple of smart bags, but I'm having trouble with what to wear under my suit jacket?
Due to the nature of my job, going out on jobs a lot etc, I'll have to take my jacket off, but I'll still need to look smart. I'm having trouble picking suitable shirts which aren't necessarily all boring white or black, and which carry their own weight as being smart.
I've also bought some black round toe heels, thinking of buying pointed toe ones too.
Any comments/advice would be much appreciated, thanks!
Bernie x
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My bf is a journalist - the women who work in his newsroom dont necessarly wear suits.(although for the first few days i would) Have you thought about wrap cardigans, v neck jumpers with plain shirts under, etc?
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Good idea. I know it won't be suits all the time, it's good to have one though. I've been looking at smart tops and cardis, can't find many nice cardis though, all the DP ones seem to have silly big sleeves!
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All I can think at the moment is maybe a fitted three-quarter sleeve shirt like from Gap or French Connection. That you could zhuzh up with some bangles or rings? Or what about a black/white stripe long sleeve jersey top like this:
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Not much practical advice, but...
I always wanted to be a journalist and remember fondly a period of work experience with a large regional newspaper. Everyone was dressed like bl**dy tramps, so perhaps you can take heart from this and not worry so much! :D