Sorry for the delay in posting. Fashion Week ended the 8th
of October and I wanted to write a blog about it but just wasn’t sure what to
write. If you read my last blog, you would know that a theme I felt like God
was saying for me for Fashion Week was refreshment.
Lets just say after day 1 I was not feeling so
refreshed. I was frustrated and confused for most the day. The designer I was
helping with was very intense. She had elegant gowns with massive headpieces
and on top of that had 72 looks. Most shows average 25. Each model had at least
2 changes most had 4 and a couple had 5. The backstage was very tight and
rather hot. We were dressing in a kitchen. The designer was not happy. I went
out of my way to try and make her happy but there wasn’t a lot of pleasing her.
Thank God for my sister she stepped in and helped tremendously. Which brings me
to the first cool thing that happened! My sister came!! That was super fun and
such a blessing. After the day ended and all the designers had packed up we
left exhausted. I felt rather discouraged things didn’t go as smoothly as I
wanted and I felt a bit out of place. However Deja and Ramie really encouraged
me on the way and actually gave me a refreshing view on what my job was. I knew
I needed to step up the next day and be a true light and leader.
Day 2 started
out fun and frustrating! We came early to help set up a Betsey Johnson installment.
This was fun because I love Betsey Johnson! Little did we know that dressing a mannequin
was one of the most difficult things. They don’t move or bend and they fall
apart! By the end lets just say we were so thankful that we dress real people!
There were 2 shows that night with 8 designers total. I was in charge of the 9
pm show that had 4 designers. All of the designers only had one look per model
and extra helpers. The only chaotic situations were shared models. That means they are in multiple designers shows which doesn’t seem like a big deal until
you realize that, if the model is in the first and third show she has about 15
minutes once she gets off the runway to change her hair make up and
clothes. There was a lot of yelling for
models and tons of encouragement going out to the models who were stressed. Day
2 went much smoother! A lot more prayer happened and I was able to talk with
encourage a lot more models and designers than the day before.
Now day 3
starts, I was not feeling very refreshed.
I had a headache in the morning and was just praying it would go away.
When we got there, the place was busier than usual. Everywhere you looked there
were tons of little kids running around screaming and playing. Today was the
big day. Make a wish foundation girl was
showing her collection that she had created while in recover. She was the
cutest sweetest little girl. But it wasn’t just her it was 4 other children’s
designers. Each designer had huge collection so that meant tons of high-energy
munchkins everywhere and I was in charge. Even though we had 5 designers, Noa,
the make a wish girl was main priority. Overall everything went fine once again
my sister really stepped up and so did her sister in law, Marissa. They were
super awesome with the kids both being moms themselves. During the show I was
able to encourage Noa and a lot of the little girls and just speak true
identity over them. Seeing young innocent girls already being pressured into
this industry caused me to pray a lot. After that show I was extremely sick so
I found a quiet place to rest. Unable to get rid of my migraine I had to leave
for the night and miss the last two shows. I heard they went well so that was a
relief.
The next morning I woke up even sicker and was unable to participate in
the last day. I was super disappointed and very mad at myself. I tried multiple
times to get ready and go but just couldn’t. So I spent the day praying for the
team and sleeping. After looking back at the week, it wasn’t my favorite
fashion week it was actually a very stretching one. It feels weird to say that
because I felt strongly that the theme was refreshment so I felt like big break through was going to happen. However now that its been over a week I
realize that personally break through did happen. I was reminded that without God in all of this, it
wouldn’t exist. The only reason we are backstage and able to volunteer is
because of Jesus and I think God really needed to remind me of this because I started
to think it was my abilities. But I am not qualified to do any of this I had no
prior experience, schooling or any type of training before the first time I helped in 2011. I am not qualified by
my own abilities I am qualified through the Holy Spirit. So even though that
week didn’t go as I planned, I think it went it exactly as God had planned. And one
of the biggest things that happened for me was that I was able to work side by side with my sister
and saw fist hand what a blessing she is in my life. So let me leave you with
this verse:
“I am the
vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce
much fruit. For apart from me you can do
nothing.”
John 15:5
Here are some fun photos from the week:
Be the Beautiful God Created You to be <3
Alissa
