Every fashion show has an army of behind-the-scenes hands, and this week some of those hands are University students.
Members of Hemline at LSU, the University’s fashion interest organization, are working with designers and runways this week at NOLA Fashion Week.
Student volunteers are involved in working the fashion market, helping designers with their trunk shows dressing models and running errands for designers.
“They have been doing work for the designers with prepping for the shows and working behind the scenes,” said Nick Landry, co-founder of NOLA Fashion Week. “The merchandising students will be helping the fashion market and will help seat the shows. We cannot thank them enough for everything they have been doing. They are too.”
Landry said Fashion Week is a great way for Hemline at LSU’s members to become a part of the fashion industry in Louisiana and communicate with designers, bloggers, buyers and media.
“We needed this,” Rose said. “Any opportunity that shows up in Louisiana, we have to grab it and run, and that is exactly what we have done with this and what we plan to do in the future with anything that comes Week.”
The group’s members have the chance to get real-life experience and exposure to the fashion world that many students elsewhere aren’t offered, Landry said.
“We are not New York Fashion Week, we are not Milan, we are not London, but we are only in our second season and we are learning things as we go,” Landry said. “I would say in terms of industry experience, the Hemline volunteers are getting the same experience as people who intern at New York Fashion involved.”
 
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