Hi, Vanessa here.

A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of having my friend Denise's daughter, Skyla work with us as an intern on our photoshoot. I met Denise over 20 years ago (yikes!) in NY when she was on a work abroad program with Camp America . After many years of having lost touch, her son, who must have been around 10 at the time got in touch via email as a surprise for his mum (hi Sam!).. What a sweetie. Long story short, she is doing great with 2 fantastic kids, Sam and Skyla and lives in Birmingham. Skyla is very interested in working in the fashion industry and expressed a great interest in doing her work experience at Isabella Oliver, so here we are.

It was really lovely getting to know Skyla and to have her work with the team- I hope she enjoyed the experience as much as we enjoyed having her. We wish her all the best of luck with whatever she does next.. travel to America, Miss Teen Queen UK (pls vote for her! skyla haddon-freer - www.teenqueenuk.com!)..GO SKY!

Here are some pictures!