Latest Styling Events--Victory!

There's quite a few photos of the last few styling events I've been in, and two--yes, TWO--have finally resulted in my placing among the top three.  Once was incredible, and that was the Mermaid styling event yesterday.  Today was the Meow theme, and I actually placed third.  It feels pretty incredible to have one's own designs rank in the top three.  And I was terrified at the Mermaid event, well and truly terrified.  Very nearly up and left about three minutes before I was called.  But the support of my classmates and fellow models gave me the courage I needed.  After all, if they have faith in me, and Anrol and the CWS staff had faith enough to see me graduate, then I can have a bit more faith in myself.  Here are the victory photos (and I promise there will be more pictures of the latest events--I'll dedicate a post to them!).

Finals experience

While I neither could nor should write about specifics that happened during the exam, I will say this.  Ladies, practice all your formations, no matter how obscure!  It is so easy to fall into the trap of choking up with stage fright, and this was perhaps my biggest error.  Other than that, have fun out there, I have faith that all of you are going to do just fine!



Relaxing after exams--ahhh, this is the life!  Have fun and stay loose out there--that's modeling!



Independence Day and Midterms

Classes have gone by so much faster than I thought they would.  It was really intense there for a while, but we're in the home stretch now.  Even though I participated in what would be my last styling event as a student (electing to show a little patriotic pride in "Independence Day" style), I plan to continue taking part as they are a wonderful creative challenge and source of inspiration.  Here are a few shots from the camera of yours truly from the event!

 Yes, I'm the showgirl--one of my most fun outfits to date!

Ponytail styling event

I was amazed anew at the creativity and boldness of the outfits the other ladies came up with based on such a simple theme.  This time, less was not more.  I need to learn to venture out of my comfort zone now that the technical parts of the events seem to flow more smoothly for me.  Other than the rezzing issues that happened out on the runway (think the SL variant on the classic "finding yourself starkers in class" nightmare), this event was less nerve-wracking than any that have gone before.  They really aren't kidding when they say take part in as many styling events as you can--it really DOES help!

Styling Event--Snow White

Talk about great minds thinking alike!  Three of us had the same Evil Queen outfit, but each had such totally different takes on the same theme.  I loved it!  There was anything ranging from a Chinese prince, to Snow White with seven dwarves around her skirt, to three Evil Queens (of which I was one), one gorgeous neko Snow White, and even the apple itself (or herself).  The imagination each of the ladies uses in these contests continues to amaze me every single time I step out onto the runway!



Three evil queens, several Snow Whites, a Chinese prince and... the apple?



Styling Event -- Futuristic

I was completely blown away by the creativity of the outfits for this event, and thoroughly humbled at the same time in my own efforts.  As promised (and mea culpa for getting the dates a bit mixed up on this event!), here is a picture of what I wore--behold, Princess Aura from "Flash Gordon"!

While the outfit was a lot of fun to create (I made everything but the hair and the shoes), it turned out to be considered a bit more "off theme" than I'd thought.  A tip for anybody who's considering entering these styling events--ALWAYS ask about your scores and feedback!  Yes, it may be a bit nerve-wracking but how else are you going to know where you can improve?

I wish there were a better way to take a group picture of everyone participating at these events, because some of the costumes are well and truly amazing. 

Last evening's styling event

Well, I didn't quite make it in last evening's styling event.  The theme was "Polka dots", and I had that silly song going through my head.  You know, the one about the yellow polka dot bikini.  Honestly, though, I don't mind that I didn't even place, just to have been out there was good enough, and it was a good time all the same.  I should be pretty well-prepared for this evening's event, at any rate, "Futuristic".  What will I be wearing?  Stay tuned for pictures afterwards!  Meantime, here's one or two shots from "Polka dots"!

From the participant's point of view

The creativity of the styles was AMAZING!

From the judge's point of view--decisions, decisions!

CWS - Blogging Class

So much went by so fast in class, I can only hope that I managed to pick it all up!  There's a few things about blogging that I hadn't quite managed to pick up on my own, such as managing the real pigs that sometimes creep into one's comments.  I've got to admit, though, Tabytha was really helpful in getting everyone on track.  I'm sure glad for the notes, too, they're really going to help me avoid a lot of pitfalls and get things going the way they ought to be.

As classes are progressing, I'm surprised to find my confidence increasing, particularly with this class.  My biggest problem will be to avoid becoming too cocky.  Everyone here is awesome and I don't want to put my foot in where it doesn't belong, if you know what I mean!