On Tuesday it was the long awaited Oxfam and LUFS fashion show. After weeks of planning- sorting music, baking cakes for our cake stall, adjusting clothes to wear and decorating the room the night finally crept up on us.
We all arrived at 5pm, ready to have our hair done by the ladies at E.T Hair, and practise our walks on the (very professional looking) catwalk. The time to perform arrived very quickly, after a mad rush to get everyone coiffed and pretty. My hair was very Louis XIV, I felt like I should have pencilled in a beauty spot! After originally saying I wanted an updo, I changed after seeing how massive they managed to get my curls, as I didn't want them to be tamed!
A band called The Microtones played first, followed by a campaign video explaining what the money raised was going towards, and then it was our turn. We had four themes, French, UK, USA and African and each person had between two and three outfits from Oxfam that we had adjusted to make them more flattering/ sellable. I had a floor length velvet skirt and a cream chiffon blouse with gold buttons and shoulder pads and a pale grey necktie for the French theme, and a black bodice with some printed harem trousers for the African theme.
After our Oxfam section there were a couple of performances by the university dance society, followed by a set by another band called Makrel Jak. We then wore three outfits from two local shops for a second catwalk. I wore a pair of purple and pink high waisted trousers with a black top with crossover straps, a peach coloured corseted formal dress, and a flower print sweetheart top Motel dress. They were all really nice, and it was fun to wear something that I wouldn't normally. Although we had choreographed walks, the cues got a bit confused so we had to improvise, but luckily it wasn't obvious to the audience.
After our final catwalk, there were another two bands that played; The Lash and Tailored to Fit, and then we helped to tidy up. It was a brilliant night, the turn out was good, and we made £102.35 for LUFS, and a lot more for Oxfam- success!
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