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Friday night was marked by great fashion at the Roundhouse Community Centre. The marketing graduates of the John Casablancas Institute presented Doll Me Up, a fashion show showcasing designs from local boutiques around town, along with a stand-out first-time exhibition of the class’s own five student designers.

Minzia by Harmin Kaur, Little Miss Mac by Kim McFarlane, T.O.P by Shandra Rogoschewsky, Naïve by Joscelyne Schroeder, and Annepi by Antonella Pica were the JC Institute’s designers on show and came out looking remarkably strong with their fun and flirty pieces for the summer. They kept the clothes simple, and pumped up neutral shades with a splash of colour, with purples and yellows seemingly big.

For harmony and balance, open backs juxtaposed longer hemlines, while short shorts were paired with regal ruffles and high necklines.

Everywhere was legs, legs, legs; long, toned, and tanned, they are definitely your best accessory this summer if you’ve got them. Hope you didn’t miss any yoga classes.

Short hemlines on skirts, shorts, and dresses played a big part in the great wearable pieces from One of a Few, NouvelleNouvelle, In the Pink, Warren, Block, Fusion, TyteLids, and Mintage. These boutiques, fashion havens for some of Vancouver’s trendier individuals, did not disappoint.

I was in the land of models and size-zero clothing, and nothing exemplified that better than the calorie-free ice-tea and tiny cupcakes being served. It would have taken a dozen or so of the sweet dainty treats to make up a real cupcake, but they were delicious nonetheless. There was also no shortage of impeccably dressed people in the audience, decked out in high-waisted skirts and bold colourful dresses strapped in with over-sized belts, who kickstarted the fashion show even before a single model had taken the stage.

In an accompanying silent auction, there was everything from American apparel clothing to one-of-a-kind vibrantly painted hats by Brian Liu to bid for. All the auction’s proceeds went to Covenant House Vancouver, the privately funded nonprofit agency that provides shelter, food, and support for troubled youth in the city.