It was estimated 500 showed, 200 more than the year previous…
20 models. Five designers. Six Retailers. 3 Musicians. 40 looks. I even got my sister in on the act (up there, far left). There was supposed to be a dancer (who performed the previous year), but he did a no-show. That’s the way, sometimes….
“Power in numbers” was my motto. Get everyone involved, and the word will spread. The first show was all about the grassroots. Literally, as I was pushing garden blocks in a wheel barrow 30 minutes before the show to make a stage with plywood. There was a lot of ‘it won’t happen’ thought back then, but at the end of the night… Bernie himself came up and gave me a hug.
I attempted to get the show going again, back in 2007. Couldn’t find the numbers, really, so… no power. And doing it all myself might be good for a show, but not good for me months after. So I let it go. The experiences, though, they never go.
