Merlyn talk

Having Merlyn come in to speak to us was very insightful as she has a lot of experience in the industry. She started her career at age 13 with a small business making circle skirts, when she got older she did a Foundation in Weave. She decided this wasn’t for her so pursued a degree at Brighton doing Textiles for Fashion. Whislt she was studying she interned for 3 months with M&S in Scotland, Informoda as a trend forecaster and in New York on a Weave placement. Once she graduated she worked for Terrence Conran Design group with trend and colour, and worked with companies such as BHS and Mothercare. The company then got sold to BHS where she stayed. She had a lot of power and got to attend Fashion Weeks first class, she merchandised new collections and worked with buyers to put the shops together. Once she left she opened her own dress agency in SpitalFields. The information she gave us was so insightful as she has had such vast experience and she gave us a lot of advice on CV and internships. I also spoke to her a little about my project and her son creates cardboard art, which was a good source of inspiration for the muscle textures in my work.