GRYFFINDOR: Wedding Fashion

June peeked out from behind a curtain at the stage. She saw that the g+g stage set was gone, to be replaced by one big + shaped stage: //Sorry about the horrible pic\\ Golden shining lights lined the edges of the stage and two huge fountains of water shot up on either side of the + . June motioned to her fellow models who were also modeling Far Eastern wedding wear to get ready. At Swifty's cue, they all apparated out onto the rear of the stage with the bride in the middle, the groom at her right, and the bridesmaid (June) at her right.

As traditional Oriental wedding music began to play over the loudspeakers, the trio slowly and stately walked up the stage. The commentator, working his way from left to right, started with the commentary for June, the bridesmaid: "This bridesmaid dress in the Oriental style is made of 100% silk. Although it is mainly dyed a rich blue color this dress is also hand-embroidered with silk thread in raspberry, sea green, and lavender shades. These silk threads are used to make gorgeous butterflies and floating flower petals that almost seem to come alive on this bridesmaid dress. This outfit, not unlike a kimono in its design, has an inner layer of sea green and white silk that flows out from under the main blue silk layer. An attached tie at the back of the dress flows out in cords of a navy blue shade."

In the middle of the commentary, G+G and Swifty's backstage crew revealed their big surprise for this sub-category of wedding fashion. June smiled as above them, a ball of flames appeared and from those flames appeared a rainbow phoenix that flew above their heads and sang. Having finished singing, the phoenix landed on June's elbow. By then, the trio had reached the center of the + shaped stage. Now, they split up: the groom walked off to the right arm, the bride continued up the front of the stage, and June turned to the left, going down the left arm of the + shaped stage.

The bridesmaid commentary continued: "G+G offers this gorgeous dress for 300 galleons. G+G recommends that you accessorize this outfit with an ornate crystal hairpiece with dangling jewels for 150 galleons - "
At this point, June turned her head so that the audience could see how her hair was done in loops and held in place.
" - Unfortunately, Ladies and Gentlemen, the lovely phoenix is not for sale. Actually this phoenix is on loan from the International Asian Magical Menagerie."

At those words, June's commentary ended and she stood still with a smile on her face while she waited for the bride's and groom's commentaries, respectively.

::WL grinned nervously as she stumbled up stage. No, this was most definitely not her best performance...Luckily, swifty and her crew had cast a non-slip spell on the stage so it didn't look so obvious!

WL, as the far eastern bride, carried on upstage to the front where she glanced up to the audience through her heavy lids. Smiling serenely, she bowed her head to the audience and then twirled around slowly, with the chinese music in the background. Her suit was extremely complicated, but had all sorts of golds and red sewn into it intricately. It was an expensive handmade cut to size suit costing 800 Galleons, but G+G were going to throw in a free make-up session for the first three buyers of this dress.

As "calmly" as she came, WL left the stage once more, gliding softly without any stress. As soon as she was out of view, she began tearing off the clips in her hair, the costume crew came quiickly and shrugged her out of her dress, bring in the next one for a quick change. She woudl be going up again in the Indian Wedding ceremony soon, and there was a lot of work to be done!

//June on the behalf of Amy\\

As the traditional wedding music continued, Amy, who had a charm on her making her look like a guy, patiently waited while June and WL's commentaries had run their course. When it was her, as a his, turn, Amy smiled as the commentary began.

"The suit this groom is wearing is in the pretty much universally accepted style of many nations worldwide. The only difference in this outfit is that it has some pink in it. But come on, grooms! Be brave! It's more like a burnt beige-ish color anyway... So anyway, this groom suit from G+G has a black overcoat that buttons up which goes over the vest who's color is already described which goes over a white dress shirt with accompanying beige tie. Although this outfit may look heavy, G+G charms all of its groom suits with a cooling charm, so you won't burn up under all the layers of cloth! G+G's model also wears black dress pants and specially shined black dress shoes. The complete groom outfit is only 280 galleons! This is a sale you don't want to miss!"

As the commentary smiled, Amy, June, and WL all turned around and sedately walked towards the middle of the + shaped stage. Upon reaching the center, they joined up once more and when they reached the back of the stage, they all apparated away, with the phoenix disappearing in a ball of flames.

June, Amy, and WL got back to the changing rooms and changed into their next costumes. "That was great guys!" June said from inside one of the changing rooms. Then, she realized that she was missing a part of her groom costume. "Swifty!" she shouted through the door. "I need the rest of my outfit!!!"

"Coming!" Swifty shouted. With a wave of Swifty's wand, the complete Indian groom suit floated over the changing room door and into June's arms.

"Thanks Swifty!" June said.

//June on the behalf of Amy\\

When the trio got to backstage, Amy quickly changed into her outfit for her next catwalk. When she finished changing, she was wearing a beautiful Indian wedding dress as she was now playing the part of an Indian bride. Amy's hair was lengthened and charmed black. Her hair was then braided into a long plait that was also threaded with red and gold shining threads.

At Swifty's cue, the Indian bride, groom, and bridesmaid apparated out onto the + shaped stage. The instant they arrived, a lively Indian song began to play. The trio walked down the stage and when they reached the center, Amy kept walking forward while the groom and the bridesmaid turned and walked off to their designated points on the stage. When the center of the stage was clear, a trio of Indian dancers apparated and appeared there. The dancers were wearing heavily decorated costumes and shook their bangles and rang little golden bells. Amy smiled and posed at the audience while her commentary began.

"This gorgeous dress is perfect for any Indian bride. Composing of three main parts, this dress is resplendent in varying hues of orange, red, and gold. The first part that this gown is made of is a top of gold silk that has tiny embroidered orange flowers and vines made of orange silk threads. A comfortable part of this outfit, the top is priced at 200 galleons. The second main component of this Indian wedding dress is its main skirt. Made of shades of orange and red silk, the skirt is embroidered with little silver and metallic burnt orange sequins. The skirt is amazingly designed with layers of cloth and flows with your every movement. This skirt is priced at 350 galleons. The last and final part of this outfit is the long sheet of burnt orange cloth that wraps around the bride and goes over the shoulder. This long piece of cloth matches the skirt and is also embroidered with silver and metalic burnt orange sequins. For only 175 galleons, this addition to a wedding dress could be yours! In total, the complete Indian wedding dress costs 725 galleons."

At the end of her commentary, Amy twirled to show off the flowing-ness of her skirt and waited for June, the groom's, commentary to begin.