Yesssss! Fashion show 05!!!! This year, I totally got upgraded from Fashion Club member to Designer and Model Director. I helped design some of the outfits, and during the show, it was my job to make sure the models knew what they were doing, changing into, etc. and lining them up and stuff so they weren't like, in complete chaos, half of them running into walls wearing only part of their outfit and the others rocking back and forth in the fetal position over in a corner because they need Red Rouge lipstick and all they found was Rouge Red. Alright, so before I start, you really need a cast of characters, because it gets REALLY confusing otherwise:
Hannah- President of the Fashion Club, friend from government class
Christy- Co-Pres of Fashion club since my junior year
Clayton- Junior, fashion newcomer, popular guy, DAMN long eyelashes ( eek Like girl-length with mascara, except he doesn't use mascara)
Jess- Friend from government, tall, dresses really well; for the first month knowing her, I always associated her face with Natasha Bedingfeld, because they look SO alike (I remember her name now mrgreen )
Betsy- Once again, friend from government; nice, smiles when she sees me, even though we don't know each other too much, has a boyfriend
Daniel- Football player, Betsy's boyfriend; me and Daniel knew each other from AP Bio in my junior year, but have none of the same classes as me this year; super muscular, has bigger boobs than GQ
Marianne- Pretty girl. Don't know her. mrgreen
Becca- Nice girl; Met during the show
Nina- One of our school's few Asians. Popular apparently, but in my opinion unattractive, and kinda snobbish
Jackson- New guy at Lake Travis, in drum line, loved by the ladies, and into fashion, so pretty much a babe magnet
David- Football player
Ryan- Popular guy, acts like a retard, basically popular by proxy, being friends with football players, but pretty much an idiot
Harrison- Met him at the show
Dan- Football player
Dan Frey- Football player, Irishman, funny guy
Hamilton- Pretty much the standard emokid that Dallas shits into Lake Travis semiannually, wears girl pants, is a womanizer because is emo-ness is so attractive apparently, smokes, has one of those wispy haircuts that only comes down on one side of the face
Harrison- Pretty much an uglier version of Hamilton who's been here longer
Alex & Brittany- These two are only together because they never actually separated backstage, and the walked the runway together, and I don't know them, hence, they are one
Kendra & Julie- Same thing. I do know Julie though, a cheerleader who's loud, kind of obnoxious, and almost dies everytime she gets thrown up in the air for cheers
Katie- Still got nothin. Some of these girls I'd never even seen before
Luke: Former star of the football team who broke his leg and was out for the season, a season in which we got farther than ever before. How odd...
Corinne- Pretty cool chick, a little over-exuberant though. Keep in mind not all of these girls will actually be referred to except in the lineup, which leads me to...
Misc. girls- Yeah, they were dressed on time, followed directions, lined up, and didn't question me, hence, I never learned their names because I never had to say anything to them personally
Max- Hippie ultimate frisbee guy, who, unlike most hippies, is surprisingly ripped
Chris- MC(Master of ceremonies) nice guy, super smart about politics, theater dude, good friend
Forest- Vegetarian (yes, it is quite funny) climbs trees, runs on walls, jumps over balconies, all around crazy, but in a good way. Why was he here? Theater Tech. Weird huh? eek
Ok, I think that's all...damn that took up a lot of space! Alright I'll start:
So I get there at 5:45, since the show starts at 7:00 so we can rehearse. Going in, I see Hamilton smoking a cigarette in lace up boots, plaid shorts, a white t-shirt, and a Ernest Goes Camping hat. Then this girl literally tumbles from the back of her car holding WAY too much stuff for the show. She asks me to carry her umbrella, which is black and detailed with fake pink flowers. I hold it, Hamilton gets the other stuff, and we walk. She introduces herself as Becca, and says she knows "Hammy" rolleyes and then says "Wow, you look really good with that umbrella!" I was dressed nicely, but I really didn't expect that, so of course after a pause I said "...Thanks?" Didn't really want to be associated with floral umbrellas. sweatdrop Anyhoo, we get inside and it's pretty quiet, in the main backstage area, because all the guys are hanging out in their dressing room(the workshop xd ) and the girls are all applying makeup (this is like an hour before the show, but I'm not a girl, so I guess I wouldn't understand. Hannah finds me, thanks me, tells me some schedule revisions, and tells everyone to listen to me. biggrin so we do dress rehearsals, which is where everyone only goes out for a second, mainly the rehearsal's just to get the order straight.
For future reference, here's the order, and description of categories:
Rainy(Rainy day theme)
1. Hannah
2. Clayton
3. Jess
4. Betsy
5. Marianne
6. Becca
7. Nina
8. Jackson
9. Christy
Sexy Scarves(Shirtless guys with scarves from Knitting Club)
1. David
2. Daniel
3. Ryan
4. Harrison
5. Dan
6. Hamilton
7. Connor
8. Clayton
Snow Bunnies(Ladies in cute snow bunny attire, with tops and mufflers and tight pants, though the pants that said "Delicious" across the a** were a bit much stare )
1. Alex & Brittany
2. Kendra and Julie(Julie's the one who so proudly advertises her butt as delicious)
3. Katie
4. Corinne
5. Hannah
6. Christy
7. Nina
8. Marianne
9. Becca
Christmas(Duh)
1. Clayton
2. Katie
3. Hamilton
4. Corinne
5. Dan
6. Harrison
7. Ryan
Hanukkah(We have almost no Jews at our school, so Hanukkah's pretty much just fancy formal outfits)
1. Marianne
2. Betsy
3. Whitney
4. Chelsea
5. Morgan
6. Brittany
7. Julie
8. Kendra
New Years(Party formal wear accompanied by noisemakers)
1. Jess
2. Nina
3. Jackson
4. Becca
5. Connor
6. Alex
7. Hannah
8. Christy
Then everyone gets ready for real. But it's like 40 minutes till showtime, so what am I gonna do? Be a**l and make sure everyone knows what to do? No thank, so I just talk to Chris and Forest. Forest is being all pissy 'cause he thinks everyone there is shallow, and maybe he's partly right, but still, they're my peeps, so I've got to defend my friends from...my friend. 15 minutes to go and so I start getting people motivated, checked off, etc. I check with the girls and they're all doin great, so I go to the guy's locker room, and everyone's changed, by that I mean shirtless except for Jackson(mostly every male model was there for Sexy Scarves category, which involves shirtless scraf wearing), and Clayton in nothing but Daisy Dukes. Yes...he was wearing Daisy Dukes. sweatdrop So I say "Uh...Clayton, are you gonna maybe get changed soon?" The shorts are his outfit (plus the scarf) for secy scarves, but he starts in Rainy Day, so he needs to get changed. His response is that he's wearing his Rainy Day outfit under the shorts, which he explains when I give him a 'yeah, real funny' look. Apparently, he's wearing a raincoat, an umbrella, and a speedo. So needless to say, I'm perfectly fine with him keeping the shorts on until showtime. So I go and talk to some of the other guys, but I really need to focus, so around 6:55 I get everyone notified. Christy reminds everyone to listen to me, but instead of saying "Matt Becher" she says "Michael Becher." I've been in Fashion Club long enough for her to know my name, but whatever; Hannah corrects her, I don't really have that much against Christy, even though she's generally ambivalent towards me, but it's fine. We start at 7:10 stare and the Rainy Day models start walking out. My friend Jess is nervous, because she's never walked a runway before, and doesn't really like to be in the front of everything. I tell her she'll do fine...she does GREAT. eek So then I gather the Sexy Scarves guys, who all sort of line up out of order, but Hannah tells me they've worked it out amongst themselves, so whatever. Less work for me. I tell Dan(not Dan Frey, not Daniel) since he's at the front the following: "Ok, so I heard you guys worked out your own order, that's fine, and when they last Rainy Day model comes back, I'll signal Chris(MC) and when he finishes the Sexy Scarves introduction, you can go out, ok?" Maybe it's just me, but that didn't sound very condescending, but he gave me this look like I was the biggest retard on the planet! WTF?! But while I want to just...ugh...jackass...I let it go, make sure he doesn't think I'm talking down to him without saying those exact words, and it makes him feel better, or at least stop giving me that look. Probably could've done the same thing with a cookie or something. So Sexy Scarves goes out, everyone's getting in line pretty well, between times Betsy takes a picture of me looking at the schedule, Daniel's like "Yeah, I think we definitely captured you in like, a natural pose...it's like, you weren't even posing, like it was *hand gesture* NATURAL," in that super-serious yet funny voice that you know, I really can't explain in text. ^ ^; But progression progression, Christmas comes around and god dammit, Hamilton walks up in knee-high lace up Santa boots, a Santa hat, and a Santa style slip. It gets worse; it wasn't just a joke; he ACTUALLY wore that out on the runway. I swear if he's not at least bisexual he's lying to himself. Hanukkah peeps get a menorah to blow out, New Year's all come out, blow out candles, there's confetti, and then they walk back and go in order, and that's it! HOORAY! It kicked a**. There was bumpin music, hot chicks, good friends, and shirtless men for the ladies. wink I was actually talking to at a particularly...well-endowed... sweatdrop girl when someone called me from the audience and I went out and told her and some of my other girl friends and one of them was like "Holy ******** s**t Matt you have no idea how much I wish I was in your place." mrgreen Alright peeps I'm tired of writing. I'll post something about the Man of the Year contest that happened after the show tomorrow.
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