Wannabe: The College Years Chap. 12

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Fashion Show at The New York City Bar Association Building, New York:
Emma couldn’t believe she had been accepted to display her creations at this year’s fashion show in New York. Her teacher at Loughborough University had encouraged her to enter the fashion show. When she received a confirmation letter saying her application had been accepted.

She nearly peed her panties from excitement. She had shown the letter to Peter and he was proud of her.

Since she didn’t have a company of her own to construct her designs. She hired a small manufacturing company in the United States located in Boston to help construct her creations. She knew this was a major investment. She used the money she had been saving up from all the performances she did to pay for the creation of her clothes.

She had to fly to Boston a few times to meet with people responsible for constructing her creations. Mickey accompanied her a few times when she had to go to Boston. There were a few times that Peter or Reggie accompanied her.

As for the new girls, they had done responsibly well on their first time performing. They made a few mistakes on stage, but the audience hadn’t noticed.

“You look so nervous.” Mickey had spotted Emma peeking out to look at the audience.

Emma nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard his voice. She turned around to look at him.

“Don’t do that.” She looked at the silly grin on his face.

“I can’t help it, babe. You should be so used to this type of excitement.”

“Performing and showing off my creations are two different things. I just hope people like them.” Emma was nervous and excited all at the same time.

“Well, I know you’ll do good, baby. After all, you have the rest of your Spice Girls to help you out.” Mickey leans in and kisses Emma on the cheek.

“Thanks.” Emma calms her nerves and goes to check on everyone.

She spots the rest of the Spice Girls being tended to by the makeup artist she hired. Some of them were just making a name for themselves. She liked giving beginners in the fashion business a chance. She walks over to Peter “your looking good.”

Peter opens his eyes when he hears Emma’s voice. He was glad that she offered members of their group a chance to take part in the show. All of them were out of costume and in civilian clothes. The only ones who stood out when they were out of costume were herself, Reggie, the new girl Terry, and him since he has been having plastic surgery to look more and more like Geri Halliwell.

“Thanks, April here is a talented makeup artist. We should hire her to come and work for us in England.” Peter looks at the neon pink color hair woman tending to him.

“Thanks, but I have family and friends in Boston.” April wouldn’t mind going to England, but she had a family she was supporting.

“Well, your family should be proud of you. You’re really good.” Peter liked April.

April blushes at Peter’s comment. She could see how he resembled Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls. The woman she had been hired to work for looked like Emma Bunton from the Spice Girls.

“Thanks.” April liked when her work was appreciated.

Peter smiles and lets April finish making him up. He hasn’t decided fully if he is going to go all the way like Emma did. Lately, it has been weighing heavily on him on how far he was going to go. He knew Reggie has already decided that she was going to have the operation to become a woman.

“Alright ladies and gentlemen, let's get this show on the road.” Debbie looks at everyone to get them lined up for the show.

Emma watches as Debbie gets all the models ready to go. The models she hired were lined up to go next to last. She had designed men's and women's clothing for the show. She looks at all her models wearing her designs and hopes people like them.

Emma stands back and watches as all the models and designers are announced as they walk down the stairway into the huge library of the law firm. She had to admit it did look nice the way the place had been transformed for the fashion show. She tries to judge the reaction of the crowd as her models enter and wonder what the critics thought.

Time seemed to stretch on as each of her designs was showcased to the crowd. She saw flashbulbs go off as people looked at her designs. She didn’t know how she felt, except extremely nervous.

Mickey was watching the crowd from outside in the audience. He listens to several of the comments when Emma’s designs were showcased. Some of the crowd loved them and others thought they were childish in design or simple.

He did notice that there were a few men in the audience that loved her male collection. Some of the men looked to be important. They were watching how the male models moved and enjoyed the style and cut of the suits and casual clothes they wore.

He makes notes to inform Emma later. He watches as the models show off the different collections from other designers. The show goes on for a few more hours or so.

Afterward, the reception has been set up for the designers to mingle with some of the buyers and such. Emma gets several people who want to buy her clothes. The small manufacturing company she hired to make her samples, was willing to take on the orders and ship them for her.

Later in the evening, after the fashion show. Emma and Mickey go out and spend the night going to a musical and later to dinner at a restaurant that was recommended to her. The rest of the Spice Girls had dates and they wanted to spend some time exploring New York on their own.

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Emma has talant

Samantha Heart's picture

Some of her ladies fastions maybe simple or "childish", give the girl a break she's just starting out & still in school. Her mens fastion though seam to have had a more positive responce. Emma MAY need to rethink some of her ladies designes some, maybe get her instructor involved to help give her some direction to improve her designes.

Love Samantha Renée Heart.