Working backstage at my first fashion show was everything I could have hoped, I arrived to the venue at 10am and immediately was told to pick a models garment rack to be there dresses. I choose a random garment rack and was paired up with a girl named Svetlana, we hit it off really well and were able to talk about many different things from the schools we were going too to the celebrities that we love.
After being able to chat we helped the models get into the first look, this show consisted of one designer with 50 looks the show was incredibly organized and the show ran completely smoothly. The day consisted of 5 different time slots with 18 different collections. Each time slot was very different there were so many volunteers that it was hard to find a designer that needed help. For the second time slot I worked dressing and helping with quick changes for two of the male models, there was not any complaining there.
The third show was by far my favorite out of them all because I got to work with the designer Tess Johnson who I worked with at the model fitting. She was very insistent that I was the only intern that was aloud to dress her models or touch any of the pieces. This made me feel really well because it was nice knowing how much she trusted me. We a few glitches and changes of models her collection went perfectly! She then trusted me to hold onto a garment bag with one piece of her collection that needed to be given to someone to wear that evening.
After this show we were given lunch, all the models and workers, mind you whoever says that models don't each that is completely false. I have never seen people run for food like that in my life and they finished all the cookies before we got there.
The last show of the night was insane, the designers we two men from out of the country and they saw my friend and I first. They thought it would be a good idea to put us in charge of organizing all the models, clothing and other interns. After setting up that each model had a dresser and that each dresser had their models shoes and garments the show began. My model had two changes during the show, it was the most stressful 10 minutes of my life. Her changes were about 30 seconds each which would have been much easier had she not had all button up shirts, I was buttoning her shirts up until she was walking out to the runway. All in all everything had turned out perfectly.
We were all invited to the after part that they were hosting after the day, but due to being there 13 hours and getting a migraine I was far too ill to attend. I talked to the directors of NOLCHA who ran the show and gave all of my content information so I will hopefully be working with them for in February during fashion week once again.
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