Erin O'Connor & her new purchase

Erin was in Dundee to officially open the Dundee Degree Show 2009 at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design this week. She watched a catwalk show put on by jewellery and textile design students – which she described as `brilliant and bonkers!’ – and immediately after it finished she headed straight backstage to place an order with Hayley for a stunning studded white leather jacket.

“I am a person like anyone else – I like to shop and I love fashion and when I saw that jacket I thought, ` I have to have that first!’” Said Erin. “There was so much brilliant stuff in a great show from the students and I am delighted to have seen it all.” Erin said she was now going to e-mail her measurements to designer Hayley for the tailor-made jacket.

Hayley (25), who lives in Dundee, was absolutely thrilled to get such a prestigious first order.”I’m just absolutely blown away,” said Hayley. “Someone said to me right after the show finished that Erin wanted to try my jacket on, and I couldn’t believe it. But next thing she was trying it on and saying she definitely wanted one. Its absolutely fantastic.”