fandomhigh | Functional Fashion, Thursday, Period 1

"Good day, class," Lulu said, as she sat down on the lawn in front of the school, where her students had ~~handwavily~~ been informed to meet; she gestured for her students to do the same. "I thought we'd take advantage of today's nice weather to talk outside, since this first class is going to be mostly discussion anyway.

"This workshop," she continued, "is on what I like to call 'functional fashion'. What this means is clothing that both serves a specific function while appealing to aesthetics. Take, for example, my skirt." She stood, letting the belts fall together, shaking them slightly to get them to settle properly. "This is an example of non-functional fashion -- it looks pretty, but there's no purpose to it beyond that visual appeal. My bodice, however," and here she gestured to her huge... tracts of land, "is designed to be visually appealing while also keeping my breasts from falling out. This is even more of a concern," she added, "when one's gift for magic requires one to swoop --" and here she demonstrated, her arms dipping forward as she bent at the waist [there are a few examples of it in that vid, when she casts the 'Waterga' spell], "-- forward as part of the casting. While it's only actually good design, several of my friends still swear that I must use magic to keep from... accidentally putting myself on display for all to see."

Lulu settled herself back on the ground, folding her legs beneath her. "We'll start today with introductions," she began, "so that we can all get to know each other, and then what I'd like to ask of you today," she said, "is to pick one article of clothing that you are wearing, and explain how it is either functional or non-functional. Also, if you have any questions about the syllabus," which she now handed out, "or anything in particular that you would like to see added to it, feel free to bring that up as well."

At the end of class, before everyone could get up, Lulu called their attention to her again. "There is one last thing," she said. "As it says on your syllabus, over the course of this term, I'm going to be asking each of you to design three outfits, The outfits must fit a theme of your choosing -- and yes, all three outfits must fit the same theme. This project will not be due until the last day of class, so you will have plenty of time to learn more about fashion before then; still, it might be worth starting to think about it now."

[~~Plz wait for~~ OCD is up! I'm around a while longer tonight, but then tomorrow day I'm finishing up my move into my new place and the working 4-close, and then I'll be around for at least a few hours after 10 Eastern, I hope, if I can manage to get out of work at a decent time.]

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"Um, I just wanted to check in with you before class," Chad explained, although with a bit of hesitation in his rumble because he wasn't sure exactly what it was he was checking on. "Make sure I was prepared, I guess. Cooking was easy, 'cause I've been doing it so long. But fashion stuff's all new..."

Lulu nodded. "Very admirable," she said. "Well, today should be fairly simple," she continued, "mostly just an introduction to the course. Where does your interest in fashion come from?"

"Uh," Chad rubbed the back of his neck a little. "I'm trying to break into modeling once I graduate," he explained, a little sheepishly. "An' I want to understand it, you know? Don't want to just do it without really getting it. Like music. You can play so much better if you understand the music than if you're just playing the notes."

"Yes, that's exactly right," Lulu agreed. She considered something for a moment. "... You say you're interested in modeling? I was going to ask the class if there was anyone interested in modeling for me each week, but if you'd like the experience, I could offer you that. A TA-ship, essentially; you'd be responsible for that, and helping me with whatever minimal paperwork might end up required for the class, which shouldn't be much."

Minimal paperwork when it came to Chad was probably a good thing. His shoulders squared, though, straightening with interest as he blinked. "But I'd get to model, then? Like, the stuff we're talking about in class?"

"You would, yes," Lulu said. "Starting next week. In fact..." She considered. "What do you have in the way of formal clothing?" she asked. "Do you by chance already own a tuxedo?"

Yeah, okay, Chad really needed to get one of those, didn't he?

"Um, I only have a nice suit," he admitted, "but I can get one. I'll probably be needing on soon anyway."

Lulu nodded. "Well, as it will be for part of your class work," she said, "I don't see why one can't be bought for you. Perhaps we should meet, at some point over the weekend, at Pixie Dust, to see what we can find you?"

...He could be okay with this.

"Sure; just as long as it's not Friday, 'cause I have work."

"Certainly," Lulu said. "Saturday afternoon, perhaps?"

Chad nodded. "I'll be there."

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