Moving Forward

THE NEXT STEP: For a very long time now I've been thinking of what I want to do in the future and where I would want to go and achieve with the course I'm currently studying. My conclusion wasn't very clear, but good enough for me to understand that, from the course I'm currently studying which is Fashion Marketing & Retailing (FMR) which for semester one the topics / subjects are: Consumer Behavior, Principles Of Management, Contextual & Contemporary Studies (CCS) & Buying & Merchandising. All of these classes were / are super interesting and all of them somehow go back to fashion. Which is why when I think of the achievement or the conclusion of the course and what I want to do in the end it all makes sense.

The fact that during this summer I did an Internship at Shape Magazine Middle East, which was absolutely amazing because of the amazing team and I had the opportunity to write a few articles for the September Issue, I had the chance of also attending a bunch of photoshoots and see what goes on behind the scenes. The experience was really incredible. So my conclusion was that I want to be in fashion field but somewhere that involves writing articles.

I have a list with the title “Future Dream Jobs” and some of them which are involved are: Fashion Editor, Stylist, Fashion PR and Buyer. So studying this course at University will help me with almost all of my “dream jobs” mentioned earlier.

I’ve added some pictures to this post including the part of the article which mentions my name which I was so proud to see when the magazine was published. Seeing my name after I wrote an entire article and it was published everywhere in Dubai and other emirates was one of the biggest achievements as it’s one of the things I would like to do as a profession.

See you soon with the next post!

Here I Am! :)

INTRODUCTION: My name is Giulia (pronounced Julia). I'm from Italy, a town close to Venice, approximately 1 hour drive. What I do? I'm a fashion, personal style and lifestyle Dubai based blogger as well as a Fashion Marketing & Retailing second year student at Heriot-Watt University in Dubai.

I started blogging on September 18th 2010, I wanted a space where I could express myself and share my personal looks with people out there. It all started with this post, and slowly developed, until today...My blog, is like my baby, it's an addiction. If i'm not out on the weekend, I'm either at home blogging, or at starbucks...blogging.

A little bit more about me, my passions and what I like to do-Photography, traveling, writing and drawing. I moved to Dubai when I was 5 years old, due to my parent's jobs which allowed us to come here to live. When we first moved here, I went to year 1 and graduated in grade 13. After I finished high school, during which I studied the International Baccalaureate for two years, I started my Degree of Entry Programme year in Heriot-Watt and talked to some professors about which courses would be good for me to take, I wanted something related to business but with a little bit of creative part to it. In the end, i chose DEP Design. In year one, I chose Fashion, to start of, first semester there was both fashion design and a marketing class too. Second semester of year 1, I chose design, because I was in love with the creative side of the course...but when we had to make an entire shirt from scratch and trousers too....I changed my mind a little bit. So, for year 2, I decided to change my course and study Fashion Marketing & Retailing.

For the entire summer I've been excited about starting Uni, just excited about starting a new adventure through this course. The fact that the course is business related, with a little bit of creativity is just amazing. Okay, to be completely honest, Principle of Management might not sound too "exciting" but, when we finished our first lecture, I was surprised of what a good lesson it was and how much information can get gathered from just a few hours.
Enjoy this post everyone! :)