Press dinner at Selfridges.

Last week I was invited for dinner to announce the arrival of the Watch Gallery’s new store in Selfridges Exchange Square, Manchester.

The immaculate, brand new 1500 sq ft. floor space house's the most exquisite luxury brands, including Audemars Piguet, Chopard and Longines, with three individually dedicated boutiques for Cartier, Breitling and Tag Heur. A total of 12 carefully selected luxury brands will soon be available, making The Watch Gallery the ultimate destination for luxury watch buyers.

 To celebrate the very expensive watches the lovely people over at the Watch Gallery invited myself and 10 others for a dinner at Aubain restaurant in Selfridges to celebrate.
This is what we ate:

We also drank lots of wine and handled £110,000 watches with silk gloves, it was all glamorous for a Monday evening.
 

Feeling very Joan Collins.

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Last week I got to road test the a melting honey, hot stone massage at the new Clairns spa in the lower ground floor of Selfridges beauty hall, Exchange Square.












Working in the fashion industry can be extremely stressful (believe it or not), being crouched over your laptop all day, lifting heavy boxes of samples and setting up for events; it all takes its toll. So to keep those niggley back knots at bay, preventing that stress headache and stop your mind being consumed by work thoughts 24/7 I would recommend booking you’re self in for this treatment.

Above image is a model, not me.

Nine marble and slate stones are heated in a ‘caddy’ to a temperature of 40C and are used as an extension of the therapist’s hands to add heat and carry out precise, deep and technical massage movements to specific areas which in turn releases muscular and nervous tension, stimulates the lymphatic system to drain away toxins and restores the body’s energy flow.

This effect is intensified by a melting honey massage gel, rich in deeply relaxing or invigorating aromatic essential oils.

Arh, Bliss!

This massage in particular cost £60 and last for one hour, but the staff on the Clarins counter will offer you alternative packages to suit your budget.

Future Generation Series

University is one of the most life changing experiences any person will ever go through, not just financially but emotionally. During your time at University no one really informs you of the hard facts of what happens after you graduate, or that we’re in a recession and employers in the fashion industry often see work experience as 10 times more important that getting a First.

But, how are you supposed to know this. I certainly didn’t. When I left university the door shut firmly behind me. So I had to throw myself into the big bad world and get a job. Luckily I had done plenty of placements, so as one door shut another one opened, but by no means has it been plain sailing. No one told me that finishing at 6pm doesn’t exist, or that you can actually forget what’s 'in fashion' sometimes when you work in fashion, because you don’t have time to go shopping or read this months issue of Vogue!
So, this spurred me onto create the Future Generation Series, a series of events designed purely for students, graduates and anyone looking to change careers and step into the world of fashion.

Throughout 2012 The Fashion Network will be hosting a calendar of events covering all aspects of the industry, from design, buying, merchandising, e-tail, retail and PR all within seminars. As well as CV workshops, industry guest speakers, recruitment days and career building workshops.

We will be inviting industry experts (who have all been in your position) to come in and talk to you about what it’s really like to work in the fashion industry, dishing out first hand advice on how you can secure that dream job, taking you through the highs and the lows of careers in fashion.

Join me and The Fashion Network team on the Future Generation series as we guide, advise, help and aid you into becoming the fashion industry's Future Generation!"