Dress Rehearsal at Villa East

‘Twas the week before Gainesville Fashion Week and all through Villa East.

Models were practicing poses and enjoying the Cafe C feast!

As much as I’d love to continue this little song and dance, I think it’s more important to get down to business...IT’S FASHION WEEK, PEOPLE!


As I mentioned before, this past Thursday was our dress rehearsal at Villa East! We finally got the models and team, including our fabulous volunteers, in the space.


After everyone got a tour of the venue, we real work began, as models ran through every single show. Midway through the runway practice, we all loaded up our plates with the most delicious food, catering by Celebrations Catering/Cafe C. It was amazing, and this is coming from someone who got in line late!


After we all finished our dinner it was back to work! Running through shows, and nailing down detail for this coming week, everything had to be set in stone.


Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t all business and no fun! We all mingled and caught up on each other’s lives. Music was pumping, as per usual, and everyone busted a little move...even our models!

It’s true, there’s nothing like the energy and feel of a live show, but we sure came close on Thursday! It only makes us even more excited for this week’s shows!

Maghan McDowell of INsite Magazine was on location during dress rehearsal, and so were the double cover editions of INsite! We snagged the two models, Joe and Christen, in between runway walks for a quick picture with their covers! I don’t know about you, but I’m bringing both covers and getting them autographed!

Villa East, Cafe C and Celebrations were an absolute pleasure to work with, the models were on point and the team was working hard, as always. Don’t get left in last-season, buy your tickets for Gainesville Fashion Week now!

-Lauren

Our First Model Rehearsals

There is a reason people say that “practice makes perfect.” With Gainesville Fashion Week just around the corner (mark your calenders for April 11th-15th), it’s imperative that our models nail down the perfect walk and pose. Last night was the first of four model rehearsals and it took place at Sharab Lounge in downtown Gainesville.

It just warmed our hearts to see some of our models come to the rehearsal wearing their Gainesville Fashion Week shirts, but things really heated up when they started walking. Not to show off too much too soon, but we have fierce album on Facebook full of photos from the event. Take a peek, we’ll be you’ve never seen so many chiseled jawlines and sky-high heels strutting down a catwalk.

Bottom line: this is just the beginning of rehearsals, but we’re so happy and impressed with all our stunning models. That being said, there are three more official practices left, so the pressure is on. Practice makes perfect, but attitude makes a catwalk!

-Lauren

Our Final Dress Rehearsal

Its crunch time here at GFW. We officially had our last model rehearsal Wednesday at Villa East! Can you believe it? I sure can't!

Our models and designers joined together last Wednesday for one last run through for Thursday and Saturday's runway shows. Models got to experience for the first time how quickly they will have to switch their outfits by practicing their quick-changes and then rushing back to their positions in lineups.

After a LONG rehearsal, models received their awesome swag bags full of goodies from all of our sponsors and their official model badge! We appreciate everyone that donated supplies to us.

Huge thanks to Cafe C for feeding our models and hardworking staff at our dress rehearsal. The food was the delicious.

It's not too late to grab a ticket, we are still selling them on our GFW website so be sure to grab one before time runs out! !