Day in the life of a Foundation Fashion Business student
Follow Mahleah, a Foundation Year Fashion Business student, throughout a typical day in her life at university.
08:30听鈥撎�Due to听living so听close to听迟丑别听university,听I usually wake up around this time听for class听and scroll through听Pinterest.听罢丑补迟鈥檚听always been the first thing听I听do as听颈迟听seems to wake听me up more and听I听蝉迟补谤迟听the day听feeling inspired.听
翱苍肠别听滨鈥檝别听别虫丑补耻蝉迟别诲听Pinterest,听it's听time to start getting myself ready.听滨鈥檝别听always been a 鈥榞et ready before breakfast鈥� person,听otherwise,听I听feel as though听I'm听not planning to go anywhere.听听
09:30 鈥�听By this time,听滨鈥檝别听changed and done my hair and make鈥搖p.听滨鈥檓听not sure if听it's听got听anything听to do with studying fashion, but听I听am going to听spend my听morning听getting dressed up!听翱苍肠别听I'm听ready, I head to the kitchen and grab myself a protein yoghurt and a protein shake. A quick and easy breakfast that keeps me going till lunch.听听
10:00 鈥�听My lectures start at 10,听so听I听take my shake and the rest of the things听I听need for听uni听and am on campus in听2 minutes, thanks to living so close by.
Today, we were听focusing听on the start of our signature project and my lecturer was trying to get our brains flowing with different ideas for this.听The day started by working in groups and picking one of our topics,听trying to style a white shirt with that theme - our theme听was R&B.听After styling,听we then had to do a mini photoshoot with anything we could find.听听
13:00 鈥�听After finishing the photoshoot, it was lunchtime and we headed to the canteen. Luckily for me, on Tuesday they serve katsu curry, which is one of my听favourites. There's always听lots of choice and听I听always听find something that's healthy but delicious.
14:00听鈥�听For听the rest of the afternoon, we were in the computer room, researching听different parts听of the topic that we had chosen and where we could go with听this, whether that was making a zine, magazine, trend boards or a marketing scheme for a brand.
My听lecturer听spoke听to听me听about the different topics that听I听was looking at, and because听I听couldn鈥�t听narrow them听down to one, she told me to pick a topic听on something that听I听am strongly passionate about,听so听I听chose the gym. After looking at different ideas from past students鈥�听outcomes,听I听decided听to make a magazine.听So,听I听spent听the rest of the afternoon looking at different content that听I听could听use for a magazine.听听
16:00 鈥�听After a few hours of researching, our lecturer told us that she had an at-home task for us to听get our minds running. Since we had spent 迟丑别听morning听styling听a white shirt in a group and many of us were听styling听something that听wasn't听our theme, she听wanted听us to individually go home and style a white shirt with our own theme.
I听thought听there听was听no way听I听was听going to be able to style a white shirt with my theme of 迟丑别听gym,听but听I听was going to have to make it work.听I spoke to my lecturer, and she said it听could听be as simple as going to the gym and wearing a white shirt, almost doing that 鈥榮traight from work to the gym鈥� look.听听
17:00 鈥�听I left听uni听and headed home to get changed to go to the gym听and pack my gym bag with my white shirt.听I messaged one of my friends to let them know听I听was heading to the gym and if she wanted to join because I also needed help taking some photos for my听white听shirt photoshoot.听听
17:30 鈥�听滨迟鈥檚听about a 15-minute walk to the gym, and once we got there, we got started on the photoshoot. Wearing a white shirt in the gym听isn鈥�t听the normal attire, so I was quite nervous!听Once it was听done,听we both got on with our session.
19:30 鈥撎�Once we had both finished our workouts, we headed home passing by the supermarket to grab some dinner. Once home, I grab a quick shower and change.
20:15听鈥�听It听always gets听to this time and听滨鈥檓听starving, so I head to the kitchen and luckily听迟丑别谤别鈥檚听no one in there. I always love an empty kitchen because at this听point,听I'm听exhausted and听I听just want to make听my food听and go to my room to relax.听I decided to make a spaghetti bolognese for dinner.
21:00听鈥�听Once听滨鈥檝别听finished my food, I wash it up and head back to my room to look at the photos that we had taken in the gym for my photoshoot.听For this project, we must keep up with writing in our blogs.听I wrote about everything听we had completed today and uploaded the photos.听听
21:45 鈥�听By the time听滨鈥檝别听completed听all听my work for the day,听I听get myself all听cosy听into bed and put听a podcast on to listen to in the background whilst听I听settle down to sleep. Just like I do in the morning, I wind my brain down to looking at听Pinterest again and as soon as听I'm听too tired to keep my eyes听open,听颈迟鈥檚听time to sleep.听听