Oscar’s Wild day out
August 18, 2010
Thanks to dad Alex, Oscar now has an array of groupies in the form of the Anthro EU Home Office. What a rock star.
Being popular is tiresome work
The Fashion Office Recommends…Holiday Songs
May 29, 2010
Seems this week The Fashion Office team are down on numbers so with only three of us lovely ladies selecting our tracks, we’ve chosen Holiday Songs. Might as well dream of escaping if everyone else has huh? It’s officially Summer too (and raining, of course) so here’s what we’ve picked to get us into the swing of the season…
Suzie selects: Weezer – Island in the Sun.
A Work in Progress suggests (one that seems to be favourite of hers): DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince – Summertime.
Soldiersailor selects: Madonna – La Isla Bonita, and the performance from her Drowned World tour that made me get serious about learning guitar.
Last week it was Sartoriology’s turn to leave us. Here are the tracks we chose to send her off in style.
Music makes the world go round – week 2
June 23, 2009
Not to be confused with the recently launched ‘The Fashion Office Recommends’ feature (available each Friday), this is week two of soldiersailor’s top weekly tracks. All fantastic five of them.
Get to it – do your ears a favour and banish the Tuesday blues with this week’s top 5:
1. De’Lacy – Hideaway
2. Ben Watt – Lone Cat (Justin Martin remix)
3. Bonobo – Light Pattern
4. Jaydee – Plastic Dreams
5. Donny Hathaway – A song for you
Look out for more found sounds, published same place, same time next week…
It’s official: my dad is the coolest
June 21, 2009
Check him out – this is one cool dude. He’s suave, he’s uber fashionable (or at least he was in the 70s) and best of all, he’s my Dad.
Last week, i asked him what was the most rock and roll thing he had ever done, to which he replied; “some things parents don’t tell their children.” Despite the reluctance to share, I’m pretty confident that my Pa has had his fair share late nights, too much booze and plenty of everything else that goes with it. He lived the 70s. That in itself, is rock and roll enough for me.
My lovely daddy turns 60 this year. It’s a big year for both of us with only two weeks separating us from being exactly thirty years apart. So, with only a couple of months until we celebrate our birthday’s and it being the one other day in the year that’s all about dads, i thought i’d let him take a bit of the spotlight.
Happy Father’s Day Papa x
From the horses mouth; top tips on credit crunch interviewing
November 20, 2008
I’ve recently been lucky enough to become a victim of the credit crunch and found myself back in the
interviewee’s seat.
Having had a couple of interviews, it would appear (as expected during economical decline) companies are experiencing a sea of candidates for few roles and are using it to their advantage. Wouldn’t you?
Interview processes are getting harder, longer and tougher meaning the process may be more drawn out and essentially, you need to be top of your game. A recurring pattern seems to be evident from the interviews I’ve had recently – accompanying the usual strength and weakness quizzing is a new breed of climate reflecting questions.
The credit crunch is prompting interviewers to play safe, asking tougher questions and reduce risk taking. You may find yourself faced with three or more rounds of interviews, some with up to five interviewers at once. So, if like me, you are one of the many fish in the sea hungry to snap up a new position, some well prepared answers to the following questions I’ve been asked may just help you to stand out.
Topping the list of credit crunch questions at interview:
‘How do you think (the company’s name) will prosper in the current climate?’
‘How do you predict business trends?’
‘How do you predict social trends?’
‘Can you give me an example of how you have analysed the success of your work?’
‘How do you instigate profitability?’
Packed full of nuts
