How to Run a School Fashion Show
Make sure that your executive team arrives six to eight hours before the fashion show begins., Have a meeting with your team to discuss different tasks that should be completed throughout the day and before the actual show begins. , Create a...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Make sure that your executive team arrives six to eight hours before the fashion show begins.
They should bring personal belongings, a change of clothes, and the decorations for the venue, if they are not already there. -
Step 2: Have a meeting with your team to discuss different tasks that should be completed throughout the day and before the actual show begins.
, You can use a Word Document or a Google Doc, or even a typed and printed document, as long as you make sure that every member of your team has the breakdown along with a checklist.
By doing this, everyone will be on the same page and know what needs to be done.
Make sure everyone is completing his or her task and everything is being done at the right time.
If anything is off schedule, it will throw off your day and may make your show start later than the correct time.
This meeting should take no longer than thirty minutes to discuss. , Have each executive member be in charge of these groups to let them know what needs to be done. , Thirty to forty minutes after the models have arrived and put their stuff backstage, have them practice on the runway stage for an hour, doing the full rundown of the show with music and lights. , All decorations should be displayed and worked on before the show begins.
Make sure your volunteers are working at a good pace to get things done at least two hours before people start arriving.
The decorations should go with the theme of your event. , This way, the make up and hair artists can set up their stations while the models are practicing. , Group A should get their hair and make up done while group B gets their hair done.
After two hours, both groups should switch.
Make sure all of the models have gone through the hair and make up process after the two hours. , Allow designers to set up at their stations for their scene(s).
Designers should arrive on time with all of their garments, props and music (if the DJ doesn’t already have it).
Designers should talk with the light technician if they want any special lighting for their scenes as well. , This break should be no more than an hour.
After their break, have volunteers finish any last minute work. ,, By this time, you and your executive team should be ready to let people into your venue.
Have your volunteers settled in their required spots and allow people to come in the show.
By this time, some of your executive members should be ready to get back to work and in their required spots as well. , If everything backstage is organized, situated, and everyone is ready to start the show, then you are ready to begin. , Make sure there is an executive board member with the DJ, light technician, and a couple of members backstage helping with models and designers. , Some shows allow performances, videos, etc. as their opening act. , After every scene let the models walk back out all together by walking around the perimeter of the stage clapping their hands.
The designer should be behind them and take a bow once they get to the center of the stage. , Intermission should be no longer than fifteen minutes.
Intermission allows models to have time to change for any other scene they may be in.
Your intermission can consist of a mini contest or a musical selection either by a performer or your DJ. , Make sure the audience go back to their chairs and let them know the show will continue. ,, Once the show is completed, the executive team should come out and thank the audience, volunteers, models, and designers. -
Step 3: Create a breakdown of the day specifying every hour and every task.
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Step 4: Have your models
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Step 5: volunteers
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Step 6: and technician crew (DJ and lighting) arrive an hour after your executive team comes in
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Step 7: which is thirty minutes after your meeting.
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Step 8: Have the models do a run-through.
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Step 9: While model practice is going on
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Step 10: have your volunteers and some executive team members help with decorations and others help set up backstage for designers and for hair and make up artists.
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Step 11: Have your hair and make up artists arrive thirty minutes to an hour after the models begin their practice on the stage.
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Step 12: After model practice
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Step 13: split the models up into two groups.
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Step 14: Have your designers arrive a little before models start getting their hair and makeup done.
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Step 15: Give your volunteers a break for working three hours.
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Step 16: Once volunteers come back from their break
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Step 17: let your executive team get dressed and ready for the show and allow your models to have a break to eat if they haven’t done so already.
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Step 18: Get everyone in place.
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Step 19: Models should be dressed for their scenes and scenes one through five should be lined up and ready to walk once the show begins.
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Step 20: Let the lights go dim or off for the audience to know the show will begin.
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Step 21: Cue the music and the opening act.
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Step 22: After the opening act
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Step 23: scene one should walk out.
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Step 24: Depending on how many scenes your team has for the fashion show
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Step 25: consider splitting up the scenes at an even number and put an intermission in the middle.
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Step 26: Everyone backstage should be getting ready for the ending scenes of the show.
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Step 27: Once everyone backstage is ready
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Step 28: let the next scene after intermission begin.
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Step 29: Know that a well-organized fashion show should take no longer than an hour and a half to showcase.
Detailed Guide
They should bring personal belongings, a change of clothes, and the decorations for the venue, if they are not already there.
, You can use a Word Document or a Google Doc, or even a typed and printed document, as long as you make sure that every member of your team has the breakdown along with a checklist.
By doing this, everyone will be on the same page and know what needs to be done.
Make sure everyone is completing his or her task and everything is being done at the right time.
If anything is off schedule, it will throw off your day and may make your show start later than the correct time.
This meeting should take no longer than thirty minutes to discuss. , Have each executive member be in charge of these groups to let them know what needs to be done. , Thirty to forty minutes after the models have arrived and put their stuff backstage, have them practice on the runway stage for an hour, doing the full rundown of the show with music and lights. , All decorations should be displayed and worked on before the show begins.
Make sure your volunteers are working at a good pace to get things done at least two hours before people start arriving.
The decorations should go with the theme of your event. , This way, the make up and hair artists can set up their stations while the models are practicing. , Group A should get their hair and make up done while group B gets their hair done.
After two hours, both groups should switch.
Make sure all of the models have gone through the hair and make up process after the two hours. , Allow designers to set up at their stations for their scene(s).
Designers should arrive on time with all of their garments, props and music (if the DJ doesn’t already have it).
Designers should talk with the light technician if they want any special lighting for their scenes as well. , This break should be no more than an hour.
After their break, have volunteers finish any last minute work. ,, By this time, you and your executive team should be ready to let people into your venue.
Have your volunteers settled in their required spots and allow people to come in the show.
By this time, some of your executive members should be ready to get back to work and in their required spots as well. , If everything backstage is organized, situated, and everyone is ready to start the show, then you are ready to begin. , Make sure there is an executive board member with the DJ, light technician, and a couple of members backstage helping with models and designers. , Some shows allow performances, videos, etc. as their opening act. , After every scene let the models walk back out all together by walking around the perimeter of the stage clapping their hands.
The designer should be behind them and take a bow once they get to the center of the stage. , Intermission should be no longer than fifteen minutes.
Intermission allows models to have time to change for any other scene they may be in.
Your intermission can consist of a mini contest or a musical selection either by a performer or your DJ. , Make sure the audience go back to their chairs and let them know the show will continue. ,, Once the show is completed, the executive team should come out and thank the audience, volunteers, models, and designers.
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