Tuesday April 29th, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.
(Photo courtesy of JC Vera Photography)
This was probably the best show experience bc it was an
evening show on a weeknight, so it was casual/laidback (nothing extravagant or
over the top) and quick.
I got to Salon Vivace for hair and make-up at 4:00p.m. This was the most painful hair session
ever. It took six attempts and two
people (bc the awesome, talented Melanie Dunn had to step in to help since) to
create this braided net contraption on my head, mostly because I have long,
thick, healthy hair (didn’t know healthy hair was a bad thing, but apparently
it was annoying to several hair stylists throughout the week bc it’s difficult
to work with). And I grew up with a
mother who made me lean forward off my bed as she pulled my scalp off trying to
get the tightest possible pigtail braids ever, so I’m quite used to pain. But STILL this was painful as well as
headache inducing.
The make-up was simple so the application went rather
quickly…and painlessly…thank ya geezus.
I got to glave koven gallery (sic) at 5:15 and went
upstairs to our little loft hang out area, but a lot of models weren’t there
yet…and weren’t for awhile. We weren’t
really sure why. Apparently a lot of
girls weren’t sure where the gallery was, so there was a lot of texting and
phone calls. But in the meantime we got to see all the beautiful jewelry, from designers and stores like GlassBoat (they have it as two words, but I think it's just one), New Normal, Jasmine Justice, Origami Owl and more.
It didn’t really hold anything up though. We did a run-through around 5:45 and the show
was supposed to start at 6:00, but bc of the bad weather they decided to push
it back anyway.
(Photo courtesy of Jimmy Budd)
So the show officially started around 6:45. We all lined up on the stairs and walked out single file, with me as the caboose.
(Photo courtesy of Carly Paige)
(Photo courtesy of RVA Fashion Week FB page)
The concept behind this show was each model was living art,
so we walked around nine podiums of different heights and would strike a pose
and stand still for about three minutes until we heard a cue to go to the next
(the cue being a volume drop in the music that was playing). But what was funny was the speaker went on
maybe one or two minutes in to one of our poses, and then she talked for well
over five minutes. So I feel like maybe
I didn’t choose the most comfortable pose by chance, and then had to hold it
for what felt like forEVER.
(Photo courtesy of Carly Paige)
(Photo courtesy of Brian Godsey)
(Photo courtesy of Connecting RVA)
(Photo courtesy of RVA Fashion Week FB page)
(Photo courtesy of RVA Fashion Week FB page)
There was one jewelry change, so we all walked off and went
upstairs to our changing area, got to sit for a little, eat some tiny sliders
from downstairs (from Mezzanine who catered the event)...
and split (yes, SPLIT)
a bottle of water by divvying it up into cups. Lol. Then we went back down for
another round of the same.
(Photo courtesy of JC Vera Photography)
(Photo courtesy of RVA Fashion Week FB page)
(Photo courtesy of RVA Fashion Week FB page)
(Photo courtesy of RVA Fashion Week FB page)
(Photo courtesy of Dawn Yilmaz)
After some quick photo ops in front of the bar, we were free
to go. I got changed, grabbed a glass of
wine, and mingled with everyone for a little. Definitely a fun night and overall amazing experience!
(Photo courtesy of Carly Paige)
(Photo courtesy of RVA Fashion Week FB page)
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