Onesie Work Experience - Ella's Story

Posted on: 18/07/2015

Onesie Work Experience - Ella's Story

Onesie Work Experience - Ella's Story My name is Ella and I am in year 10, studying for my GCSEs and I love Textiles and art. My school gave me the opportunity to do some work experience this year and I already knew that I wanted to do something textiles related for a job in the future. I wasn’t sure which area of the textile and fashion industry I wanted to go into so I began looking for places where I could explore everything. Then my mum suggested The All In One Company. They had offered students at my mums school the opportunity to come and do some modelling for their onesies in the past and my mum thought it was the perfect place because everything from marketing to cutting happens under one roof. I had a look on their website and decided ‘that’s where I want to go’. So I emailed Kate, the director of The All In One Company and we arranged to meet. I came for a visit and about two months later I began my work experience.

Onesie Work Experience - Ella's Story Bedlington Community High School A-Level Textile Students modelling their 'Go Green' Onesie range.

  Everyone was very welcoming and I learnt a lot. I experienced lots of roles in the making, selling and branding processes of the bespoke onesie company. From customer services and admin with Mandy to the sewing and packing of the onesies with Edith, Alison and Trina. I helped Lynn in the cutting room and she gave me some helpful tips for making my own textile projects at home. I also spent some time with Becky who does the marketing and I think fashion marketing is what I would like to do in the future. Five days gave me plenty of time to look at everything without having to try and rush things, therefore I gained a better understanding of what each job role entails. IMG_20150715_141532   After having looked at all the different production jobs I went on to do some designing and looking at what was out in the onesie market to try and create something that no other companies had made. I came up with a few ideas and presented them on a document with some of the information I found out about the onesies on the market at the minute, what they are typically made of and how The All In One Company is different to most other onesie companies and onesie sellers. I enjoyed the creative designing that I carried out and discovering ways to be different. The company is more like a little ‘All In One Family’. They have customers all over the world: from the US to Australia and Germany. I really enjoyed seeing the different processes in making the onesies. Their morning meetings make sure that everyone knows of any changes with orders and what needs to be done that day. I love how almost everything is done by hand and all under one roof. The fabric storeroom is the most colourful and fluffy place I have ever seen and the fabrics are all good quality. Onesie Work Experience - Ella's StoryOnesie Work Experience - Ella's Story   While I was there I saw how they carry out their mass customisation and how they help with manufacturing for other companies as well as pattern making and sampling. I also like that they are part of Made in Britain, hand making everything here in the UK, yet delivering worldwide.  I really enjoyed my time at The All In One Company and am very grateful for the opportunity they gave me.