On Thursday, April 27, WEARRVA opened its doors to fashion lovers, community members and other guests to its annual fashion show to fundraise money for the Network of Enterprising Women’s scholarship fund.
The show’s theme was based on Alice in Wonderland. Over three dozen models, all area high school students, walked the runway wearing clothes from local boutiques.
The first model onstage other than the ball gown–wearing MCs was wearing a bunny costume. One by one, models made their way down the runway, each one taking a moment to soak in the stage light and occasionally smiling at their fellow models and members of the audience.
Just backstage, models lined up waiting to be queued. Some sang and danced, and occasionally they would stop to congratulate and wish each other good luck as they made their way off the stage.
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A model wearing a bunny costume complete with ear opens the WEARRVA fashion show as the room is bathed in pink light.
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Models walk the runway as the room is lit in neon pink, purple and green colors.
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A model smiles while wearing a fur coat on the runway
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Spectators inspect a model making their way past them on a runway
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A model wearing a wedding dress smiles at their colleague as they make their way through the fashion show
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A model wearing a fur coat takes a moment to pose
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Models walk the runway in their summer wear
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The crowd looks up and smile as model wearing a fur coat poses in front of them
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A model is spotlight as they make their way through the WEARRVA fashion show.
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Two models congratulate each other after stopping off the runway
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Models help each other with their outfits as they wait to take the stage
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