So Nicki had heard about a book signing in London at Beyond Retro by the fashion icon Barbara Hulanicki. We sat all day at the shop trying to decide if we should / could go up there and as a very last minute decision decided that we couldn't pass up the opportunity to meet such a legend of fashion. So we took the rush hour roads and road tripped up to the big city. Traffic was not on our side and we started to loose hope that we would ever make it in time. We sent a desperate plea in the form of a tweet to beyond retro as a last resort but as we finally neared our destination we were ten minutes after the time she was supposed to have left! We decided to go in anyway, have a shop around to drown our sorrows.....but as we walked through the door to our right there was sat the glamorous, over sized sunglasses and chic black suit clad Barbara Hulanicki. She looked incredible, so stylish. We discovered that we had become somewhat celebrities among the Beyond Retro staff after tweeting them which was funny to hear them all say 'oh your the girls who tweeted us!''. As we hadn't had time to actually buy the book among our mad dash, we made a quick run to the cash dash to grab one and sat down with Barbara herself. She was so down to earth and chatty which I never really expect from people so esteemed in the fashion industry. She chatted to us about my degree, the shop and even the crazy weather! Both me and Nicki did get a little bit starstruck and didn't really ask her half the questions we wanted to but just meeting her and talking to her about normal things was almost better! She was such a nice lady which I find so inspiring to know that the crazy world of fashion doesn't go to everyone's head and you can still remain yourself! It is safe to saw that I am still very much enjoying my internship!
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