Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Montanita Fashion Week


Finale of Fireworks, they burn!

 This last week was the first annual Montanita Fashion Week, and the agency that I modeled with before was here and had two events, one on thursday and another on Saturday. Fausto arrived on Thursday to enjoy the chill vibes of Montanita with me. We were in one of the three main Bar/ Discoteques when we bumped into Martha, the owner of Schmitt Models. She wanted me to model later that evening. I had to turn her down, Fausto and I were having too much fun. On Friday I got to talk to Martha about what the deal was. The main event was Saturday evening, and she wanted me to model. I asked her if my hats could get shown as well. She agreed, her nephew Daniel designs beachwear and he was happy to have my hats accompany his shirts. He is a photographer and videographer, he made the video that I was in in September and would be filming the event on Saturday.

I arrived at Martha's house at 12 PM and then I did what models do best, wait. I spent most of the day on the beach waiting to be called to try on clothes. It turns out that I'm not a very good model down here because my waist and shoulders are too broad. The way the last two events that I've been in work is that Shmitt Models supplies the models and the designers bring their clothes for the models to try on. I was rejected by almost everyone because I couldn't fit into their shirts, jackets and pants. I was also tried out for a speedo, but my tan line is at my knees... In the end I was chosen by two different designers, one modeling underwear and the other some hideous cut up shirt and jean shorts.
Once the event gets going it is extremely stressful, there is a two minute gap between each turn. In those two minuted the model has to change and be ready to walk with a whole new outfit on. It wasn't much of a problem for me since I only appeared in three out of the 10 different turns but many models walked every time.

We weren't allowed to watch either, all of us sequestered in the building behind the runway. The designers yelling at us to get the clothes just right and the event producers trying to keep everything orderly.
The highlight was getting to see the hats shown, I snuck into the balcony and watched the models strut their stuff rocking our fedoras and top hats. Because Daniel was filming I walked out in his name as the designer of the clothes. It was a good experience, Daniel says that he's going to get me all the footage for free. I can say that our hats have been shown in a fashion show!
On monday I went to Felix and Diana's to weave and they opened the Super, the regional newspaper, and there was a picture of me and my hats!

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