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Photo: Left to right - Sorche, Working Girl; and Melissa Odabash, Swimwear designer
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Working Girl: Sorche, 19
Occupation: Party-Animal Princess
Income: Benefits and cash from mum and dad
Dream Job: Changes daily - Model, Actress, Singer, Nursery Nurse, Hairdresser, Glamour Model
Favourite Pastime: Eating and drinking
Future Plans: Just to keep on having fun
Attitude to Work: “The only reason to work is to get money to enjoy myself and I’m doing that fine without a job right now”
Sorche doesn’t want to work; she just wants to have fun. She goes out about three or four times a week and often doesn’t come home until 7am.
She has recently had an electronic tag taken off, which she initially got for fighting with a policeman when drunk. She’s been arrested and cautioned ten times, all for drunk and disorderly behaviour.
Previous jobs undertaken by Sorche include working in a restaurant, a hairdressers, a shop, four different nurseries, flyering and selling bathrooms. Her longest job so far has lasted five weeks; her shortest lasted just a couple of days. The most common reason for losing a job was because she was too hungover to wake up for work.
Sorche is also spoilt by her mum and dad – her dad makes sure he gets her anything she wants, and her mum makes sure she always has cigarettes. -
Mentor: Melissa Odabash, Swimwear Designer
Former model Melissa says: "I was modelling suits that were sparkly and tacky and I just thought: ‘I can do better than this.’" So she did - creating her first bikinis by hand and taking them around the boutiques of Milan.
Within two years Melissa’s collection was the best-selling item in the Victoria Secret's catalogue. Her business has been going for 13 years and celebrities including Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham, Beyonce, and Heidi Klum have all worn Odabash swimwear while holidaying.
In the spring of 2007 Melissa opened her first flagship shop in London’s trendy Notting Hill area. She also has two children. -
Photo: Left to right - Sandy Verdon, Creative Director of Hobbs; and Zara Moore, Working Girl
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Working Girl: Zara, 20
Occupation: Layabout lager-lout
Income: Whatever her mum and dad give her
Dream Job: Something that comes to her
Favourite Pastime: Sleeping all day and drinking down the local every night
Future Plans: Already living her perfect life
Attitude to Work: "I've never been woken up by an alarm."
Zara left school with 9 GCSEs, all D grades or below. She then completed a one year Health and Social Care course at college, but after passing with a merit she couldn’t be bothered to do anything with her qualifications. She is a qualified door woman and despite being keen on this line of work she hasn’t had a job in around a year. In fact, Zara says, “I’ve never really had what you’d call a proper job”.
The 20 year-old lives with her mum and dad and they pay for everything. Her lack of work and money is causing real friction at home; her parents constantly argue with her about her lazy attitude. She doesn’t even claim benefits because she can’t be bothered to.
A day in Zara’s life doesn’t start until 1pm at the earliest. She’s never woken up to the sound of an alarm and doesn’t appreciate being disturbed before she’s ready. She’ll then have something to eat, watch some telly, play on her laptop and waste time until it’s time to go down the pub. Zara goes to her local every night of the week and never fails to get drunk, always on other people’s money. -
Mentor: Sandy Verdon, Creative Director of Hobbs
Sandy is renowned for turning around fashion businesses. She has worked for some of the biggest names on the high street, including French Connection and Yaeger.
In 1983 she got a job at Next as a knitwear and accessories designer. As the company expanded she moved into menswear; finally joining forces with Tricia Guild to create the first of the Next Interior collections. In 1989 she joined French Connection as Design Director before becoming Creative Director.
Two years ago, she arrived at Hobbs and was given the task of revitalising their brand. But she didn’t stop there – In 2009 Sandy launched NW3, a younger, more contemporary side of the Hobbs brand.
Today Sandy considers she has it all: a great house in the Oxford countryside, a loving family and work she adores.
Sandy has an incredibly strong work ethic and expects the same from her staff. -
BBC Three Blog: "I feel the journey she went on was valuable"
Sandy Verdon, the Creative Director for fashion company Hobbs, explains why she wanted to get involved in the programme.
Read more on the BBC Three Blog
Credits
- Series Producer
- Lizi Wootton
- Executive Producer
- Gill Wilson
