Photo above taken by me (Christina Pedroso). The Akira Fashion Show! Were do I begin? Alright, so I arrive at the Civic Opera House and am immediately ushered upstairs into this hallway like room where I am offered free drinks and sushi. Everyone is dressed semi-casually from the cutest women's shoes to a man tastefully dressed in a mermaid style floor length skirt matched only by his starched white ruffled blouse. The stage has been set for a wonderful evening of Fashion right? Well, that is up to how much you paid to attend this shindig.
As my occupying friend and I am were not ashamed to push for what we want, we hear the repetitive chiming bells that indicated the beginning of the seating period and begin to cut our way through the crowd to be seated first. We get to the front of the herd perfumed bodies and are asked for our VIP tickets for floor seating. As students who could only afford regular admission (25 dollars), we stepped aside and waited for those who paid 50 dollars to be seated in several rows of chairs on either side of the end of this hallway. That's when it slowly dawned on me... Only twenty or so of us in the front of the standing area in this hallway were going to be able to the show! The VIP's who paid received good seats while the rest hope and prayed that us tall people in front would magically shrink 4 inches for their viewing pleasure!
As my occupying friend and I am were not ashamed to push for what we want, we hear the repetitive chiming bells that indicated the beginning of the seating period and begin to cut our way through the crowd to be seated first. We get to the front of the herd perfumed bodies and are asked for our VIP tickets for floor seating. As students who could only afford regular admission (25 dollars), we stepped aside and waited for those who paid 50 dollars to be seated in several rows of chairs on either side of the end of this hallway. That's when it slowly dawned on me... Only twenty or so of us in the front of the standing area in this hallway were going to be able to the show! The VIP's who paid received good seats while the rest hope and prayed that us tall people in front would magically shrink 4 inches for their viewing pleasure!
From what I was able to see, there were a lot of styles that had already been repeated from their previous seasons. Also, who puts a giant bird head onto a model? Does this enhance the clothing or take away from it, huh? Even for those of you who aren't into Fashion, this one should be easy. (I understand that theatrics brings attention, but sometimes going overboard is distracting. Remember, this was just my opinion).
A women who turned out to be the costumer was kind enough to let me have her place in line, so I was able to take decent picture that I've posted at the beginning of this post. Thanks nice lady! :)
Aside from barely being able to the show, we were in good company and I did learn a lot about the Civic Opera House. I will be attending their backstage tour offered to us through AI during the 7th week of school. Let's just hope we don't have to walk through anymore awkward hallways....
So what did I learn: If your going to attend your first Fashion Show, always pay full price!
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