38 Days To Go

With just over a month to go until the night itself, the GLAM team are coming together to make the final arragements for the fashion show. The models will soon be participating in a training session with a professional, while our designers are putting the finishing touches to their clothes.
Meanwhile, we can confirm that the beauticians Beautique has agreed to have a manicure stall, adding to the wide range of stalls already organised. Audience members will now be able to peruse clothes stalls from the likes of Monkee Genes, make-up and beauty stalls, and a hand massage stall, as well as charity and FP stalls.
The Kilt Hire Company has also kindly offered to provide us with kilts for the catwalk, to be modelled by the SMC boys who visited Open Arms Malawi this summer!
As we count down the days until the big event, which we can now confirm will run from 6.30-9.45pm, we will be sure to keep you informed of all the final touches. In the mean time, tickets go on sale THIS Monday! Be sure to pick up your ticket ordering letter from the MES reception, if you do not receive one from the school.
To show you just how great a treat you'll be in for if you do buy a ticket, here is the advertisement we have put together, to be shown at our school assembly on Monday:

102 Days To Go

With almost 100 days to go until the GLAM show, we are able to announce the latest sustainable designers and companies to confirm that they are willing to take part in the event.
Edinburgh College of Art graduate Laura-Jayne Nevin is kindly providing a variety of her designs for our catwalk. Her involvement means that we now have a total of 15 clothes retailers and designers lending us items for the night.
Meanwhile, former pupils will be selling FP merchandise at their own stall, bringing the total number of stalls up to 14.
We will keep you updated on any final confirmed stalls or clothes lenders. In the mean time, catering plans are progressing with mocktails and possible chocolate appetisers planned!

153 Days To Go

We are pleased to announce our first GLAM fashion event sponsor; the world's leading independent real estate consultancy, Knight Frank.Their generous sponsorship will help to cover a variety of costs, ensuring that as much of the money we make on the night goes to Open Arms Malawi as possible. Mr Edward Douglas-Home has said of his company's involvement in our show:

“Knight Frank are delighted to be sponsoring the GLAM Fashion Event. It sounds like a fantastic event and we very keen to be supporting the girls, especially as they are organising it all themselves. A great idea and it sounds like a great night!”

177 Days To Go

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We can now confirm that the renowned fashion brand People Tree have agreed to take part in our fashion show. The company, famous for its pioneering attitude towards sustainable and fair trade fashion, and its much celebrated work with the likes of Emma Watson and Livia Firth,  will be providing an assortment of pieces from their Autumn range to be modelled on our catwalk.
 




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This incredibly exciting news comes as our team is developing ideas of how to make the night even more spectacular. We are currently looking into a live band, or possibly a DJ, to perform while our models take to the catwalk, as well as some delicious sounding catering options for any hungry audience members.

To add to the theatricality of the event, we are even looking into artificial  fire to line the entrance of the Tom Fleming Centre, and pipers to welcome the audience into the show.

184 Days To Go

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There are now less than 200 days to go until the big event, and since our last update we have been approached by a great variety of ethical brands who are willing to help make the show a success.

Firstly, the ethical online market place, Run Native, has agreed to provide us with clothes for the catwalk sourced from the sustainable women's outfitter, Fox and Bhut.

Furthermore, a variety of new stallholders have now been confirmed. A stall run by a local beautician will be providing threading services and henna tattoos. JustBe Botanicals, a company which sells a completely natural range of homemade beauty products, will be running a hand massage stall.

Meanwhile, the luxury spa Beautography will be giving makeovers to customers at their stall, and Ivy Therapy, an Edinburgh salon championing natural health and beauty, will be providing manicures.

205 Days To Go

While we have been working away, organising stalls and clothes for the runway, some exciting news has reached us from Open Arms Malawi. The children of Annie's house (the building funded by Scottish singer and philanthropist Annie Lennox) are now attending the local nursery school.

For a number of weeks now, the children have taken a mini bus to school every morning, and are learning English, as well as doing artwork and other fun activities, during their lessons.
This is great news for the the children at Annie's house, who will now have access to a proper education. If we hear any more on their progress, we will be sure to keep our readers updated!

216 Days To Go

Since our last post, several more ethical brands have confirmed that they are willing to participate in the fashion show. Johari, the company which sources beautiful handmade clothes and accessories from Kenya have excitingly agreed to provide clothes for the event. As has the fairtrade Stockbridge boutique, Hibiscus Flower.

Glasgow-based Think Boutique, which works to  balance high fashion with ethical values, has also agreed to lend clothes for our runway. Our creative team has meanwhile been working closely with a group of Mary Erskine School pupils, who are designing original wearable sculptures for our models to showcase on the night.

 

In terms of the stalls that will be set up around the hall on the night, we are also making some good progress. The driving service Scoot will have a stall, as will Odyssey Boutique, the renowned lingerie and swimwear designer, who will be providing a bra fitting service in a separate room within the Tom Fleming Centre building.

240 Days To Go

Open Arms Malawi is not only a charity very dear to us, but very dear to a certain celebrity too. Annie Lennox visited their headquarters in Malawi last year and was so impressed by their work that she helped them in the purchasing of their new foster home, Annie's House. With this in mind we have contacted Annie with the below video message, in the hope that she might send us one in return to play at the show, wishing us luck and stating her passion for the charity.

244 Days To Go

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As we get closer to the Glam event itself, more companies have been able to confirm their involvement in the show, and so we are now able to relay that information to you, our readers. Firstly, the fabulous Monkee Genes will be providing a selection of their fashion-forward and eco-friendly jeans for our catwalk.
Rapanui Clothing, the Isle of Wight eco-fashion brand, has also agreed to provide some of their gorgeous organic clothes to be modelled on the night.

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Two of the first stalls that will line the walls of the Tom Fleming Centre at the event can also be announced. Boddy Language, the healthy lifestyle  coaching service, will be providing a posture workshop at their stall.

Meanwhile, Eilidh Ellery of [Do Not] Feed The Animals, who designs her clothes from, "allergy and food intolerance friendly textiles", will be running a stall as well as providing clothes for the catwalk.

246 Days To Go

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Today we can officially announce the fantastic news that our show will be hosted by well-known Scottish radio personality and eco campaigner, Heather Suttie. Heather is the perfect person for the job, having hosted shows on Xfm Scotland and Beat 106 radio, as well as having over 1000 hours live TV experience.
In addition, Heather is passionate about our cause herself, having worked with the likes of Ecomunky and the Daily Record on environmental projects.
It is therefore safe to say that the audience will be in good hands with her guiding them through the night.

248 Days To Go

Today we can officially unveil the brilliant logo, designed by members of our events and marketing teams, for our GLAM fashion show.

We will be using this logo as an advertising tool to represent and promote the event in the future. So look out for the GLAM sign!

263 Days To Go

It is now 2013, the year of our fashion show, and we have some more exciting developments to announce.



Lynsey Sharp, former pupil and model to be. Courtesy of www.dailyrecord.co.uk

The female models taking part in the show have now been announced. They will begin rehearsing for the big night, and attending fittings for the clothes our designers are creating, in the coming months. The name of one of these models is perhaps already familiar to you. Lynsey Sharp, Olympic athlete and esteemed former pupil, has kindly agreed to participate, and it is an honour to know that some of the clothes we create and collate will be modelled by one of Scotland's top athletes on the night.


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Our models will not only be showcasing the very best of ethical clothing on the night, but the very best hairstyles too. This is thanks to Charlie Miller making the generous offer to style every models hair at the event. This is great news, and we are very excited to work with them, as well as to see the hairdos they create!