Fashion Fix
Posted on: August 11, 2010
Planning a fashion show is fun and exciting; well that’s what I thought anyway. For this non-profit organisation that I run I wanted to raise more money to take with me for the next trip to Zimbabwe.
I had some help me to put on this fashion and I therefore this time it will be easier than the first fashion show I had put on a couple of months back. The first weeks when we started planning were going great ideas popping out and being put into practice. Just a week before the show things started to fall apart, frustration, disappointment, I even tried to fall apart but something just kept me going.
I thought having an extra pair of hands would help relieve the pressure but I have to admit this has been the hardest event I have ever planned. Just a day before the fashion we lost the venue, we lost so many people that were the main part of the show, I lost a business all in one day. Nightmare? No something beyond a nightmare. I was trying to cry but the tears would just not come out.
Where was I going to find a venue in like 3 hours to host a show tomorrow? All the people I was relying on were unavailable and all the people I least expected to help and all those I was afraid to disappoint stepped in.
So from 8 designers to four designers the show had to go on, well so they insisted. As sceptical as I was, indeed I carried on. A venue was found by a friend of mine. So Saturday morning I got up still worried and unsure about the whole thing. At least three times I called up the designers asking to cancel, but they were not going to give up that easy.
We put on the show with the minimum resources and the results were far much better than I thought. Beautiful models strutting their stuff on the catwalk with the beautiful garments created by the wonderful designers Roy Storch, Don Fabio, Gillian Bolton and the headliner LDW Atelier.
As each minute went by I was just checking my clock I could not wait for it to be over. I had never felt so much pressure in my life. It was until the next morning when I actually appreciated how well the show had turned out.
All I can say to the designers , models and to our hosts Martin D-Toc and David Nwogbe , I cannot thank you enough, you did a great job. We managed to raise £196.40 and this will be used to pay for school fees for at least five more children which will take the total to 8 children who Life Foundation is providing an education for. As well as this we are starting a theatre workshop for the youth in London and I am hoping and praying that will be minimal trouble.
Well done to everyone that took part and donated, no matter what you can go on in life knowing that you have made a difference. Thank you
Just because something does not look prosperous or good for you ,do not put it off because you don’t know the outcome. When all else fails press on, it’s your endurance that pays
Special thanks to Rob Shepard a dedicated reliable photographer who provided us with these snaps. Definitely would recommend him.Thank you Rob.
Demur 
August 25, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Phew! A lot to deal with – it would have been easy for you to give up, but you didn’t. Well done.