Girls Fashion Evening---Thank You!

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped with ideas for the girls fashion evening that I was in charge of. It went very well! You all were right... we had every body shape represented. We split into partners and had everyone trace their bodies, then we tried to figure out what shape they were.
I had them visualize shopping for the perfect pair of pants only to find in the dressing room, that the pants had 3 legs! Obviously, nothing wrong with the body, something wrong with the pants! THen I tried to repeat that idea throughout the evening: that just because something doesn't fit doesn't mean that there is something wrong with you.
We covered the basics of dressing each body type and the current trends. (BIG THANKS TO ANGIE!!! I pilfered all the info for the evening from this site...and tried to send more traffic this way!)
The accessory swap table went really welll!! It was funny to watch the girls getting rid of things that others were so excited to have! I think that we had a good atmosphere of accepting what and who we are, which I tried to mimic from this site.
So thanks again everyone!

15 years ago

April

Veteran

That sounds like such fun! I would have absolutely adored an evening like that as a young teen.

I went back and read your original thread, Taffy -- are you going to follow up with a trip to Goodwill? Maybe you could snap some photos for YLF (can leave the faces out if that's of concern.)

taylor

What a fun idea!!

Debora

Sounds like a wonderful evening! So glad it went well for you!

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

Yay! I'm happy and humbled that your evening was a success,Taffy.

Anonymous

How nice of you to host a party like this for your friends.

Lisa

Neat!

stringy

Yay! I love the three-legged pants idea

Louise

Yay what a fun evening x

Taffy

Active Member

The good will trip is tentatively planned, but I don't have a date yet...if we go, I'll have to post pics!

Rosie

It sounds like it went so well!! I really love the body tracing and three-legged imagery you did. Fantastic.

DressLover

That's such a fun, fresh party idea! I'm sure your guests had a great time and left confident and ready to shop with a new outlook.

I do a lot of entertaining, but it is almost always a food/wine type of event. And it seems like I am always invited to parties where I'm expected to purchase something from the hostess.

I might have to try this for myself sometime in the coming months.

yublocka

Oooh Taffy that's awesome. I love it when great ideas like this come to life!!

Congratulations on a successful fashion evening, Taffy. You put lots of thought into this and have probably made a difference in how some of those girls view their bodies. Thank you for reporting back.
If you go to the Goodwill, you might want to call and talk to the manager about what you want to do and ask for advice. Certain days are more newly stocked and weekends may be too busy to get into dressing rooms. You might also ask the girls to wear camis and leggings or bike shorts under their clothing for more modesty and ease when trying things on.

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