This program is so legitimate and it has such an impact on every student who's involved in it.

There's so many different aspects that go into it.

Everyone is so excited.

And to get to play a part in such a huge event is just really a life changing experience.

When my mom said, Go to Iowa State, I was kind of like, You want me to go to Iowa for fashion?

That doesn't make any sense.

I went to the fashion show and I was just blown away.

Like I couldn't believe that this show was in Iowa.

It just kind of shocked me.

The fashion show is the most impactful experience that I've had of my entire life.

It's really been something that has helped me figure out what I want to do with my life.

I think what people don't really understand is how big of a show it really is.

It's not a small scale fashion show.

We're not just walking down tiny runway.

We're in the Stephens Auditorium where there's big performances.

We have a full catwalk.

We have a full set that our committee spends months working on.

So it really is a full production.

Yeah, I know.

It's a really big thing.

And I think people are always surprised to know that it's here at Iowa State that we have the largest student run fashion show in the country because people just don't really think about Iowa and fashion as being related.

When I first told people that I was going to Iowa State for fashion, the most common question I got at multiple times was, Oh, are you designing overalls?

And I was like, How do I explain this to like, it's something that I've gotten to explain to friends and family and no one can really wrap their head around all of the different aspects of it.

It's a lot of things.

So the fashion show, it's a suit organization, but it's also a class Us four.

Julia, Liv, Audrey and I, we interviewed to be the Producers last spring, We're about to start on that off for the show itself.

The producer team and I, we started meeting in August and we meet every week for the fall semester.

If you want to push your own committee, that is totally okay too.

We have to ask Sarah if we can use the storage room.

There's 16 different committees made up of directors and then they're committee members.

And each of these committees plans all of the aspects that go into running the show.

All right, cool.

Thank you, guys.

66 days until the fasion show!

ready for our goal every year to get a name brand that anyone on the street would know of and would wear, because that's a big part of the show that brings in a lot of guests.

Steve Madden?

it's a huge deal.

When we got that email saying that they agreed to come, I was satisfied.

Right.

But we have to announce this next week.

We need these shirts here now.

And then we realize that they were to check out to make So right now we're in LeBaron Hall and this is basically the night where the designers and people that create their collections, they're going to get to see all the models that we've been practicing, So now all the designers are about to see the models and they get to pick and choose what models they want to use for their collection and garments being created.

like it's my senior year right now.

So I was kind of like, Let's try it, see how it goes.

And I'm really excited to do it .

When I was three, I dreamed of being a model, so I would say I'm fulfilling it right now.

My career.

It's a really cool experience.

Oh no, In your eyes, your hair is okay.

I'm not sure.

I expect a lot of people to be at the fashion show.

I heard that the Iowa State fashion show was a really big one, especially within the state of Iowa.

A lot of different big brands and corporations put money and they sponsor it.

So I'm excited to be at the event and partake in it and be a model So it is Wednesday.

We are four days away from the show.

I'm feeling all sorts of things.

But like if we if we need to adapt the second set So today is kind of like an overall prep day for us, like setting up our set design team.

They build the entire said, let's pull this out and like lay it flat over here.

They spend eight months building it in a like warehouse off site, off campus.

A lot of it today is just trying to get those last pieces together that are actually going to go on stage.

I would say the biggest vibe that everyone's feeling is like a general buzz, like you can feel the excitement coming in, but it's also matched with a lot of nerves.

Yeah, Yeah.

So right now we have like our modeling directors who are out there planning all the entrances and choreography for each model group that will walk in each set of garments That felt really good.

So busy days, I'd be talking for a while if I walked through step by step of everything.

But we have a whole agenda of pretty much every hour of every day from now on to the show of what we have to get done.

What we need to make sure is ready to go for Saturday.

So we want to make sure we have the name and then the actual garb.

All right.

So on behalf of everyone involved, enjoy the fashion show.

2023, “The Sweet Escape ” I just want to make the best memory of my college experience.

That's kind of my biggest takeaway from I have a lot of like like kind of emotions about it because it's been really rewarding to see everybody grow and like getting to work with everybody.

Julia What are we doing right now?

We're going to pick up Hannah, from Steve Madden semester I just want to have like the best show ever.

And it's just a great opportunity as well to really get something on your resumé that isn't just, Oh, I took a class on it.

It's a real life experience.

You truly get to produce something that you're proud of.

I have told people that I'm close to.

I just really want to put my all into this.

Just to finally see it come to life is just such a cool experience.

A bunch of college students had put on a production that was just seemed so professional.

It's what drew me to Iowa State to begin with.

That's really why I'm here.

So being able to be a part of it firsthand is really meaningful.