Britain and Irelands Next Top Model - Live!

Britain and Irelands Next Top Model - Live, or BINTM is an exhibition that the London College of Style was chosen to show case their work at. From the begining of the course we were told we would each be showing 2 out fits, for a male and female model.

There was no breif except that the outfits needed to compliment eachother - so it was quite hard to come up with an idea from scratch. After a number of consulations with our lecturer's,  endless trips to fabric stores, and model fittings etcs...  our creations were done. In the end my look had a bit of a gothic inspired vibe to it....... dark colours, studs, velvet etc. I even customised a pair shoes I picked up from Primark.

The weekend of the show arrived and it all of sudden felt real - we had a call time of 7am for rehersals on the first day and it was all a bit nuts. Rehersals did not go well to put it lightly - we were slow, missing timings, outfits broke (which later resulted in a cat fight, however that is awhole other blog post in itself...), basically a disaster.

Our shows were roughly mid day each day and we had to be back stage exactly half hour before each one to get first all outfits in order and the models into their first looks. When that beat of 'Moves like Jagger' started (our first song in the show... ), the adrenaline began.

The show was roughly 14 minutes long - but felt like 30 seconds. When you see the model you are dressing step of stage - you literally have 1 minute, maybe 2 if you are lucky to change her into the next look before she back out there again. it is a whirlwind and before you know it - it's the last outfit and the show is done.

After 3 days of chaos the shows were complete, and I  was very happy. My outfits looked great, and the customised shoes I made got LOADS of attention. People left and right were offering to buy them and the presenter of our show even mentioned them on stage... very flattering. So it was an exhausting weekend... but all the stress was worth it in the end... and now I know what it's like to work backstage at a runway show - never again will it be my first time.

Model wearing my females outfit

Show finale, my 2 looks on the inside male and female model