May Day Fashion Event (follow on post)

All photography by James Sutton and Chris of Chriswrcox photography

So I know May day was just over a month ago now but I've only just had time to blog  about it!

Following on from my last blog post ( http://whatlissloves.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/vintage-garments.html ) I took part in a May Day challenge where us fashion students were split into two teams, given a shop each for the day (vintage charity or charity) and had to put on events to raise the most money for Helen & Douglas House Hospice. We had about 4 weeks to plan and as a team we were given the charity shop. From there we organised for dancers to arrive and perform a 90s dance routine outside the shop to attract customers in. This is where the styling from my last post comes in. We each styled a dancer in the vintage clothes we had been given by Helen & Douglas House. They performed the dances and they were a great success as they attracted many people to the shop who were wondering what this flash mob was all about.

The other event we had was a live catwalk show displaying some of the garments from the charity and vintage shop. We got models involved including myself and we walked up and around the shop floor showing the clothes customers could potentially buy. This was a great success and I feel as though this showed people that charity shops CAN be fashionable contrary to common thought.

The day was a great success and we raised almost £200 from cake sales outside the shop, alone! We also doubled the profit inside the shops for what they would normally get on a 'rainy' day.

Liss x