Day Eighteen: Just Glue Me Into It

It's been a long day, but one of the best of the program. The day of our fashion shoot! We spent the morning completing our axometric drawings from last week, but I was so nervous thinking about the photo shoot that I didn't finish it class. Granted, my drawing was too small and had to be enlarged, and I had some structural kinks to work out. Paul instructed us to choose the colors for our drawing/painting with value in mind, to show the dimensions of the shape as well as possible.

Gabby, Sami, and I planned to finish the dress during lunch, to allow a maximum amount of time to do hair and makeup, but unfortunately, we had a lunch-time lecture. I enjoyed the previous two presentations, but I didn't find this one particularly interesting. To be honest, I found it kind of annoying how the presenter had a rising intonation at the end of her sentences. The constant "question" tone of her voice was a little difficult to listen to. The recent graduate showed us her senior thesis project, the "blank" furniture collection. I actually really like that concept, and would love to see it in my dorm room. All the furniture looks so bland, and her designs are intentionally customizable.

When 1 o'clock finally rolled around, we were all flying around Frank's design room. At first, we thought that we had a lot of time to complete the dress, and have me go through hair and makeup. My hair was complex (Gabby did an upside down French braid), so it took a long time. The initial bun at the top of my head was too small, even, so I had to sacrifice the socks I was wearing in order to make a sock bun. By the time we were in the elevator, we were already a few minutes late. 

At first, the fashion shoot felt really awkward. I didnt really know what to do with myself. I wanted to show off the dress and not make a fool of myself. Frank helped out a lot - he made me feel more relaxed and it was really fun! After shooting in the school lobby, we ventured out to Union Square and viscinity to take more pictures, but the stifling heat quickly herded us back indoors. A lot of people complimented our creation during our short excursion though. I can't wait to see all the photos and begin our magazine!