Fashion For A Cause Wrap Up

Well it's all over now. The beautiful dresses have been returned, the auction items have been sold, and the ballroom has been cleared. There are no more meetings, or running around like crazy finishing up all the errands, or waking up in the night to write something down on my to do list.

The result?

Absolute Success!!!!! YaY!!!

My first ever fashion show (well at least from the planning side) has come off beautifully! I learned so much through trial and error, doing things like walking out a runway in my living room to figure out timing, to using lots of spreadsheets to cross reference what shoes were going on what models with what jewellery and what clothes, and how long each change would be, and millions of other little details.

Luckily you can't see in the photos the effects of working a full time job, in addition to another at least 40 hours of fashion show stuff in week leading up to it. Put that together with lack of sleep, stressing like crazy, and not eating normal meals, and you can understand some of the incredible amount of work that goes into pulling off a fashion show. I have a newfound respect for anyone who does this for a living...

Check out their website www.fashion-for-a-cause.org, or their facebook page www.facebook.com/FashionForACause for more info on the event, and how you can get involved with this great charity!

me and Charlotte - one of my amazing team members with our thank you flowers

Charlotte, Silvia, Peta, and me = the A Team

PreLoved Collection (gathered from piles and piles of donated clothing and styled by yours truly)

Local Designer: Emma Milikins Collection

Local Designer: Love St. Collection

Leona Edmiston Collection

Strictly Bridal Collection

It was a beautiful show, and the guests left happy, inspired, and carrying lots of goodies and gifts. Can't wait until next year!!

my newest obsession

I have struck gold my friends! In my internet meanderings which often lead to many interesting new sites and discoveries at the cost of many wasted hours, I have found something that will dave me so much time, yet probably use up a lot of this time that I have freed up. See what I'm raving about is a page from the elle.com site, (yes the magazine elle). This page gives a photo review of all the big designers collections and it even has a nifty search tool where you can look up by show, season, or designer. So now I can stay up to date on all the new shows, or even do research on a certain designer to see everything they have put together in the last 7 years. Pretty Awesome! Check it out at www.elle.com/Runway and you too might inspired like I was by this great blazer by Betsey Johnson.