Easter Bunny

I've now had my first full week at Red [Bank holidays aside] and am really getting into the swing of things. Although I'm still mainly in the fashion cupboard dealing with the huge amount of returns generated by the S/S '12 photo-shoots, soon to be coming your way in the upcoming issues, I've had the chance to delve through rails of spectacular clothes I could probably never afford as well as get a first hand look at what it's really like organising a shoot and putting together a fashion story.

The girls in the office work incredibly hard to make every story featured in Red look effortless and chic- the image of the serene swan paddling furiously beneath the water comes to mind.. At the moment we're working on a shoot for a certain someone who can't be named just yet [sorry!] and we've called in literally hundreds of items- including clothes, shoes and accessories. Like I did, you might think this is excessive considering the whole spread is likely to be around 5 or 6 shots, but speaking to Lauren made me realise that a stylist's job is to prepare for every possible eventuality. All the items on the rails had been carefully selected and edited out of an even vaster number of clothes sent in by PR companies and fashion houses. The chaos in the cupboard is unbelievable, even before the shoot's begun.

It's not all doom and gloom though, two things have brightened up my week..

1) Emmanuelle Alt Does Wham is definitely worth a watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pw4R8yy3fo

Proving that fashion editors have a sense of humour, and what better way to immortalise herself as the new editor of French Vogue! The plethora of models in the background acting as backing singers, including Anja Rubik, just go to show high fashion isn't always so serious.

2)

The real life Easter bunny came to the office today, complete with his basket of creme eggs! 

Have a lovely Easter everyone and enjoy receiving a visit from this Donnie Darko-esque character..