Last Day at Debenhams but Heaps of Free Stuff!

I was kind of sad to be leaving Debenhams today. The work had been so much fun and I had managed to make a few friends in the other trainees who all agreed to go out for a few drinks before I had to make my way home on the train.

I was asked to finish off the hosiery comparison shop in the morning, and rushed round a few of the shops that I missed the first time round to get more detailed notes on knitted over the knee socks in the younger fashion market. It didn't take long at all and I was left with the rest of the afternoon to help the fuller bust bra team do their colour approval.

This involved bringing folders full to the brim with scraps of dyed lace over to a light box in the centre of the office. The light box had many different settings that could simulate different kind of light. There was shop floor lighting which recreated the level of lighting used in Debenhams stores, then there was natural lighting and UV lighting which were all used to compare the differences in colour with the lace.

It was quite difficult work, and after a while my head was beginning to hurt. I had to compare the dyed elastic for the bras, against the dyed lace to get them matched precisely. There was so little difference in the small samples that I physically had to put my head inside the light box and get really close before I felt confident enough to approve the samples. After a few hours of doing this, when finally the huge pile of lace had been either rejected or approved, I realised sadly that my work was done.

It was at that moment when I was presented with my leaving box. A huge bag filled to the brim with free samples. There were four full lingerie sets as well as some extra bras and hundreds of pairs of tights samples. Everything from Henry Holland, right up to Jasper Conran had been placed in a huge plastic bag for me to take home and keep.

I was so happy with the free underwear but perhaps the best present was the Triumph look book that they had given me, detailing all the products for AW10 in the UK. They had obviously noticed how useful I found the Wonderbra lookbook and had provided me with one of my very own. It will definitely come in handy for future university products.