UCA Epsom Interview

On Friday the 10th January, I had my interview for BA Fashion Journalism at UCA Epsom. From a young age, writing is all I have ever wanted to do, so as I became increasingly interested in fashion during my teenage years, I have had my heart set on this course (which intertwines the combination of my passions) for what seems like forever. The interview required us to prepare a written portfolio which could be seen as a 'task' for some people, but for me it was more like a fun challenge. I decided to include a Photography essay that I had recently written based on the theme of Street Photography, a English Literature essay which I thought showed off and highlighted my strong writing technique and communication skills. I also decided to include some visual responses that I had done to an artist called John Stezaker, a blog from this blog, and a fashion collage.  As we had be warned on invitation, it was a group interview, meaning we were 'up against' other potential candidates that would be attending. At the time, I could not recognise whether this was a good or a bad thing, but upon my nervous arrival, I discovered that it was definitely a good thing, as I immediately clicked with the girls that I had been placed with due to our similar interests. UCA immediately felt homely and welcoming as we got a tour around the campus from a third year Fashion Journalism student who answered all of our questions and set our minds at ease.

Then came the interview, we were introduced to the eccentric lecturer who told us about the interview process before we got started. This seemed to be over very quickly before we were watching two catwalk shows: Marc Jacobs (one of my favourite designers) and Louisa Grey (a funky Westwood esque designer) and writing all about the colours, visuals, materials, lighting and models etc before feeding back to the group. We were then asked to pitch ideas for a up and coming fashion magazine called Velour, where I suggested a spread should be done about taking inspiration from unusual sources such as kitchen or electrical appliances. Finally, we were asked to write down our favourite blogs, websites, films, musicians, designers, stylists, photographers, etc and explain why this was the case before we could take a breath of fresh air and the interview was over! I felt like it went quite well and  that I had contributed as much as I could.

I know that Fashion and in particular, Fashion Journalism is a competitive course that prepares you for a competitive industry, but hopefully I done enough in order to be receiving a conditional offer from them very soon.