As a part of Newcastle University's annual RAG (raising and giving) week, an up and coming event we're really looking forward to seeing is 'GLADRAGS', a fashion show held at the student union which features both high-street and local designers, including Chateau Boutique, Deep, Lancelot Knight, Love Niche and Melanie Kyles.
After it's great debut last year, which raised over £2000 for Teenage Cancer Trust, this year's event is in aid of the Association for International Cancer Research, and aims to raise even more through ticket sales and an AMAZING raffle! Tickets cost only a tenner and will get you a seat at the event and also a free pair of 'SMARTY PANTS' (which we will be proudly wearing over our other smarty pants...).
We caught up with some of the GLADRAGS team earlier today to find out more about this fabulous event...
We caught up with some of the GLADRAGS team earlier today to find out more about this fabulous event...
F6.Studio: Hello and thanks very much for squeezing us in for an interview, we appreciate the time, you must be so busy! So are you's excited for tomorrow?
Annelise: We're excited, I think more on the day when it all comes together, so we're going to do lots of runs in the morning, I think by the end of the day which will be run run run I want all the costume changes and runway changes to be so quick, we need to kind of time it so that everyone knows how long they've got, everyone's going to be switching into different clothes tomorrow and just perfecting everything...by the end of tomorrow I should feel calm, that's the aim of the game!
Elinor: I think tomorrow will be stressful, but once it's out the way, hopefully, then we can get excited for it!
F6: I'm sure you will! So what can we expect this year from GLADRAGS?
Annelise: We're excited, I think more on the day when it all comes together, so we're going to do lots of runs in the morning, I think by the end of the day which will be run run run I want all the costume changes and runway changes to be so quick, we need to kind of time it so that everyone knows how long they've got, everyone's going to be switching into different clothes tomorrow and just perfecting everything...by the end of tomorrow I should feel calm, that's the aim of the game!
Elinor: I think tomorrow will be stressful, but once it's out the way, hopefully, then we can get excited for it!
F6: I'm sure you will! So what can we expect this year from GLADRAGS?
A: This year from GLADRAGS, new and improved GLADRAGS,
Danielle: ...more fashion lines, better goodie bags, incredible raffle prizes
A: Yeah really good raffle prizes! I'm genuinely going to buy so many raffle tickets...
D: I want them all!
F6: So what's in the raffle?
E: We've got a table for two and a bottle of wine at Fat Buddah, a satchel worth £120 from Lancelot Knight...
A: ...15 cocktails from Jalou and cocktail masterclass from Jamjar...there's loads but we'll leave some surprises!
D: Everyone's been so generous I think if we'd gone round all the local restaurants and stuff...
A: ...everone's prepared to give something...
D: ...and everyone pretty much has, which I don't think we were expecting but we've got some really good prizes.
F6: It's amazing that people have been so generous, obviously it's for charity and last years GLADRAGS raised over £2000...
A: We're hoping to raise more than that...
E: We sold out last year and we had 200 chairs, this year we have 300 chairs, so hopefully...
F6: Bigger and better?
E: Yeah definitely.
A: I mean last year most of our tickets sold in the few days before the show there was a sudden mad panic, we've already sold quite a lot but by next week we're going to be looking at full capacity.
F6: It'll be really exciting to see it, can't believe it's already less than a week away. Good luck with the dress rehearsals tomorrow and we'll see you at the show on Thursday!
If you're interested in getting on your fancy pants, support some local designers and earn some brownie points, tickets for GLADRAGS can still be purchased at Newcastle University's Student Union reception desk!
To find out more about RAG Week, check out these links:
Website: http://www.nusu.co.uk/rag
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NUSUrag
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NUSUrag
If you're interested in getting on your fancy pants, support some local designers and earn some brownie points, tickets for GLADRAGS can still be purchased at Newcastle University's Student Union reception desk!
To find out more about RAG Week, check out these links:
Website: http://www.nusu.co.uk/rag
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NUSUrag
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NUSUrag
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