I have been so busy with my university work and working on other various jobs that I have not been able to post anything for a while so my next few blog posts will be updating you on what I have been up to over the last couple of weeks...
Thursday 18th November:
I was on hand to help out with the Canine Partners charity catwalk show on the 18th of this month. It was a privilege to get involved with a charity and help them create awareness in fundraising for the charity and to create the publics awareness of how truly inspiring the owners and their dogs really are!
We started off 9am at Debenhams Personal Shopping suite, Oxford Street to unload our clothing, shoes and accessories that we had chosen for the show the previous day for the models. The models were from Channel 4's program 'How to Look Good Naked', so they ranged from all different shapes and sizes, which was great fun to work with in comparison to the models i'm used to working with on shows, normally with a 'size 0' figure.
I was working with a great team of stylists, dressers and helpers and the day was really successful. During our time in the personal shopping suite at Debenhams it was our duties to get the looks organised for the models for each scene with Debenhams own brands of clothing that they featured within store. I loved wondering round the store picking up pieces that i felt would go well with the different looks for each scene, I hadn't experienced working on a styling job in a department store so it gave us a lot more freedom in relation to the garments. After we had styled the looks for the show and labelled and placed the garments on rails ready to sign out of the store to take to the location in Marylebone, we then had to fit the auction dresses for the live auction scene after the show.
The five images below are of the chosen models in the auction dress looking very beautiful, all dresses are of a high value and donated from various people within different sectors of the industry including Helena Bonham Carter!
(All models from > How to Look Good Naked)
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Bex was my model who I would be dressing throughout the show. Looking beautiful in her auction dress above!
After the auction dresses were fitted, it was time to sign out all the clothing, so a trip to the tills it was! KAOS!
This was a very long process as we had so many different accessories and garments to sign out for the receipt.
Once this was done it was time to head down stairs and try and hunt down three black cabs for the team and the garments to pile into! This was also manic! As it was Bond Street's light switch on that evening so the roads were sectioned off and traffic was a nightmare, but we got to the church at Marylebone in the end!
When we arrived to the location we could see the owners and their dogs preparing for the evening show and practising their routines, the dogs were the cutest things ever! But... it was a hands off rule, you had to ask permission, so of course I did and I was in my element distracting myself from organising my section by playing with the cute pooches!
Some of the team from 'All Walks Beyond the Catwalk' campaign were there including Caryn Franklin who was a pleasure to talk to. If you don't know much about the campaign you really should check it out as it is truly inspiring and a great change that is needed to consider in the industry...
Find out more information at: http://allwalks.org/
The show started at 7.30pm so we had a chance to relax after our hectic morning before we had to press our garments ready for the show. The four scenes that were featured in the show were; walking the dog, ladies who lunch, red carpet (featuring the auction dresses) and Bond and the ballroom.
The below images are of the Canine Partners group organising a dress rehearsal and backstage/front-stage images:
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| Front of House; The rooms being set up for the visitors for the show. |
The show was a great success, the changes ran smoothly, the models were great, the partners and their dogs put on a great show, it really was emotional to watch what great people they are and to see their positive attitude towards their lives...It does make you think never to complain again!
After the show the silent auction was in place for the five auction dresses, the models modelled the dresses within the audience for them to get a glance at decorative detailing and silhouette. There was also a live auction running towards the end of the show, I heard a painting go for just over £5,000, which would go to the Canine Partners association. VERY KIND <3
Everyone was working on the show unpaid, so it was a great feeling at the end of the day that they had raised so much money for the charity with our help and I was pleased to be part of the process!
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