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Norgeras:
19th Februrary 2024 - Niameck Opera House



The stage lights where set, the Guests streaming into the Loges and Seats around the Catwalk bridging the orchestra from the central stage. It had needed a little retooling but that made the charm. Adelheid was ready, shock was usually not entirely her type of brand, but with the Competition being more fearsome over the last years she wanted to start her Fashion week with a real banger.


The Guitar Riff started the show, most lights dimming before under flickering and heavy thundering bass Adelheid walked onto the catwalk, strung up like a marionet and dressed in various shopping back from convenient big cheap clothes brand. Of course only those that hadn't signed up coming this week. Awkwardly and wooden her movements, as she barely managed to stagger with the strings across the catwalk. A dramatic fall, the Guitar and Bass is replaced with the sound of a heavy organ as she is seemingly forced and dragged along by the strings until she just lies there buried in bags of cheap brands.


A Drum like a heartbeat, her hand struggling out of the heap as she starts cutting the strings. Fake blood dripping down onto her for every string cut. She raises out of the dirt in a blood dripping white dress, leaving the remains behind as she barefoot walks further, now free in movement elegant, determined. The dress leaving a trail of what looked like blood behind her. Strings now accompanied the drum, the organ sounded back up and finally the guitars and bass came also back. Adelheid strutted the remaining path in her soaked dripping dress, from behind her stage helpers cleared down the previous dress as under a constant drip of more blood the remaining models for the first round started getting on stage. The other Models added trains of fabric onto her dress while passing, before she, back on the main stage, climbed on top of a small stand, and with a fan given to her on the way, made a bloody trail across her neck akin to a fake throat cut.


"Freedom and expression! Witness my new collection! Bloodprice! Welcome to the Niameck Fashion Week!"


Spoiler: showOOC: This thread is for the Shows, show us how you imagine your Nation's Craftsmen and artists would present themselves - i purposely didn't use a picture myself. Pictures are a nice extra, but not required :)

Norgeras:
21th Februrary 2024 - Niameck Market Square


Henriette Herrlich, Toga Today



Henriette had initially cursed her luck, of the better spots she only got the open air marketplace. In February the weather wasn't really fashion friendly, Cold damp windy and miserable. Yet, she found a way. Most of her brand was all about supplying the Traditional senate clothing for the citizens, usually through nicer cloth and brighter colors than others, but in recent years her brand had been popular for families traveling abroad and wanting to show their heritage in less strict color coded attires.

Yet now, she decided to bring some of the foreign chick to her line up. Her line up was simple, fake wooden sheep the models would walk around. She bet this years whole show on Wool she acquired from Ui Cenneslaig. It had taken years of work for her to establish a stable supply chain, but the idea of organic Celtic wool sold to her customer base.

The first models walked on the stage, the tunics warm and thick, natural and colored tunics. So far so simple. What Henriette had not foreseen that even though it was a miserable gray day the plaza was almost bursting with people watching her catwalk.  She was nervous, this wasn't anything like adelheids shock show. Her models stood for normal people and everyday clothing with just a little bit of luxury.

The second round started, the Models had been drapped into the actual Togae behind the stage. The first set all wore the flags of the various celtic kingdoms on them, but henriette had made sure there where a couple of Townbanners and the Uburzian flag, too. Couldn'T be too carefull pissing of every whacko in the empire.

On the third round, she had imitated the celt's Kilt Patterns. IT took forever to research that she didn't accidentally copy a real historic pattern, until she decided to just break traditional patterns completely. The result still resembled the kilts, but where different enough, some with circles now, other with just one directional strips, that they where reminiscent and yet still new.

Only in round four did she bring her shepherd's patterns, and on the big screens she showed pictures of the herds, their owners and their hometowns, before she took the stage herself:

"Fashion can bring together the world, if we let it. Bring our traditions out there, and wear your experiences back home! Show it to the naysayers that tell you you can't be fashionable and make the world a better place!"

Round five was more international flags and imagery. Toga with Moreland flag, Honey badgers, the Medusa from Medusalin, Cherry Blossoms reminiscent of Daito Art, a blossoming Chrysanthemum, an Eastern Dragon. This year was all about Traveling and bringing something back with them. at the End, Henriette once again addressed the crowd:

"Thank you all for coming, i do hope you enjoyed this years Collection! Dreams of Travelling will be available for preorder beginning next week from our official website! Shipping shall begin mid March!"

Libby:
The Pelafashion Show

While the first two shows of the festival where more about pushing boundaries of fashion and sending messages the Pelafashion show would at its heart be a promotion. The brand was as much now a vehicle to allow the Pelagiya family, and by extension the East Moreland royal family to support various good causes and so there was a need to shift product and that meant bringing eyes to what they were doing.

The show was set up with two large grandstands either side on a long white catwalk with a large video screen at one end and a circular looped walkway that surrounded a kind of small stage area. As the crowd got settled there was a goody bag on the seat of each person. A pair of Pelagiya sunglasses, some lip balm, a brochure for the various good causes Pelagiya had supported over the past twelve months and a pair of drinks pouches, one of gin and tonic, the other of bucks fizz along with a variety of various sachets of fragrances. Once everyone was settled the show began to be fired up. First the room went dark with the only light coming from the screen. "YOU HAVE DONE THESE DEEDS" The screen pronounced and then as music played a montage of the various projects Pelafashion projects ranging from kids getting involved in art, the Global Childbirth Initiative and then students preparing for the show here today. The last minute or so focused on a single student, "Zari" kept flashing up next to the smiling face of a small girl with a pixie hair cut and bright blue eyes. It was clear she was someone important but to those outside the company it meant little. Then the screen went dark, plunging the room into darkness. A spotlight hit the circular stage at the opposite end of the runway and a plume of smoke masked the Morelander musician Frank Turner and his backing band ascending to be stood in the centre of the circle. As soon as the stage hand was sure the stage had been locked in place he gave Frank the nod and the musician sprang into the first song of the show. At the far end of the stage where the video screen was a spotlight snapped on revealing Queen Stasya stood in a figure hugging long red dress, a lengthy split from ankle to hip on one side. From the waist it formed a diamond over her torso finishing high around her neck. A kind of white fur quarter length coat finished off the look. With the poise and elegance of a seasoned model she stood for a moment before the screen behind her turned white and again the name "Zari" appeared. The Queen held out a hand and the young girl featured in the video walked out dressed in a simple black pair of trousers and t-shirt. The Queen took her hand and together they walked down the length of the runway Zari looking much more awkward than the Queen but she knew this was her moment. Her contempories at Pelafashion had voted her the best designer from among their number and so her collection was getting a VIP treatment. The Queen walked the loop around the band and escorted Zari to a seat on a kind of throne that had been set up among the other designers all of whom clapper her into her seat as the youngster blushed. The Queen took off the white fur coat and tossed it to Zari before purposely striding back to the screen just as a 2nd model strode out, this time it was Lodja's Chief Lady in Waiting Jasmina Danilov. The Queen had called in several favours and while the show featured many well known models there was the odd cameo. The first collection of Zari's featured more elegant partywear from the company and once done Frank Turner descended back into the depths of the understage. The video screen kicked on again as this time it showed the words "WORLDS COLLIDE"

The music stage fizzed as the stage ascended again, this time Biffy Clyro in place. Back stage there was frantic changing going on and even a clanging of metal. The video finished with the flags of East Moreland and Lodja side by side and this time it was the famed actress Krista Rosendahl-Sunbrek who stepped out. She was wearing a mini skirt made out of chain mail with a long elegant tailed style short jacket above it. The cuffs of the jacket also trimmed in chain mail, she carried a Norse Axe casually on her shoulder. The band played once more as the various models walked down the runway and back off each outfit inspired by some aspect of each nation the Queen considered home. There was though a hitch backstage. The Queen was due to go on again but the string on her corset made of swords was sticking. The stage manager was frantically trying to tie and untie knots but in the nick of time Stasya was sent back on. As she exited the lights again went dark and a new video played.

This time it was all of the Isle of Iskor showing its beautiful sandy beaches, the lush green forests and people having fun. "ISKOR STYLE", the chords of Grace Potter, one of the Queens favourite bands played as the singer and her band ascended to the stage. This time it was King David's cousin Princess Lily who was first out, the tall cousin was wearing a smart pair of khaki shorts and a bright blue v shaped tie top. Next it was Duchess Anna Davidson of Bakkermaya wearing a kind of floral pattern sarong dress and an insanely large brimmed hat. The final walk of the show though was Queen Stasya again, this time in a black swimsuit with a flag bearing her coat of arms printed on it. As she walked backstage each of the models who had walked reappeared wearing their favourite outfit from the show along with the musicians. They lined the stage, took a bow and the the Queen returned with sixteen people following her wearing plain white t-shirts and black jeans. The Queen had a microphone. "Ladies and Gentleman, esteemed guests. We hope you enjoyed our 2024 showcase. Tomorrow these 16 wonderful teenagers will be hosting a pop up store in the plaza near the opera house. This is your chance to not just be part of 2024 fashion week but to create the stars of 2025. They are the future of our wonderful industry. For tonight though its time to go get a glass of bubbles and enjoy the Pelafashion After Party with each of these wonderful artists playing even more for us. See you there."

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