London College of Fashion Catwalk

I Chunneled over to London recently to see Chloé in her first Fashion Show. She was one of the few first-year students selected by a jury based on a rendering of their project. The hitch is that they couldn't wear their own creations, so she partnered with another French girl about the same size, etc.
Her dress is an assymetrical cut with the bottom out of a brocade tapestry in gold, pink, blue with pearls draped as an accent.. The top is a bunch of arch-shapes in burgundy velvet with gold embroidery thread in a running-stitch and applied to a cotton bodice. At the last minute backstage she added a little extra piece of material on the high side of the skirt because the model didn't have all sheer pantyhose.

Mathilde in Chloés dress

Chloé arrived from France that same morning, feeling nauseous, feverish and altogether blah. Stress added to the situation so we didn't even stick around for the other groups' shows, nor the party after. We headed back to her dorm room where she slept for a few hours and eventually felt somewhat better, but still too late for the party!

Chloe in Mathilde's futuristic coat with make-up to match

They were the last two out and we had no way of knowing who would be next so I just kept my camera at the ready.
Now, my pix don't do justice to their respective haute couture, in part because these girls were so nervous they just strutted down the catwalk hardly taking the time to pause for pictures. And in part because my camera took a second or two to focus after each pic. So I had to judiciously snap what I could, when I could, from my not-so-great vantage point.

That little extra bit on the hem was a last-minute add on due to the model's pantyhose line.

At the final walkthrough, I just barely (mis) focused in time!

All said and done, the students did a great job of creating and modeling despite the chaos behind the scenes of which I found out about later.
So glad to have had the occasion to see my girl's first fashion show and I'm looking forward to seeing many more. She's going into Theater and Costume Design so I'm sure we'll be seeing her work in future plays, musicals and wherever they wear costumes. I may be biased since I'm her Mom, but I seriously feel that she's destined for a great future. You Go Girl!
Alysen.