Chapter 71

Chapter 71

The chair of the Fashion Design department received a major order.

She immediately summoned a few winners from the campus fashion design competition and asked them to work overnight to create haute couture garments.

Upon hearing those words, several female students in the Fashion Design department jumped with excitement.

In the domestic fashion industry, reputation and seniority matter greatly.

Newcomers usually need to apprentice under a designer for at least 10 years before having a chance to make a name for themselves.

Moreover, many aspire to study under international designers.

Many plan to study abroad, but the tuition fees for studying overseas are extremely high.

Tasks like pattern-making and material-sourcing require considerable personal expenditure, making it unaffordable for most students to study abroad.

Most who come to study fashion design are chasing dreams.

The four years of university can easily dampen those dreams.

The fastest way to get recognized is by having a celebrity wear one's designs on the red carpet at an award show.

However, the fashion world is filled with skilled veterans.

Even prominent brands may not gain favor from celebrities, let alone students who haven't even entered the workforce.

When notified by the department chair this time, each student was filled with great ambition, feeling that their opportunity had finally arrived.

But the chair said that this haute couture commission was for an unusual client - a kindergarten.

"Ah!" someone exclaimed in disappointment.

The chair continued, "But they are paying well."

One of the more composed female students asked the chair to clarify the situation.

The chair explained, "The kindergarten is hosting a baby dance party. They hope we can create haute couture outfits for each child, preferably with original designs from you students."

"The fabric requirements specify materials that children can safely interact with. Reducing rhinestones, sequins, and the like to prevent children from picking them off and ingesting them. So you need to showcase your skills while minimizing unnecessary embellishments. This is the biggest order we've received this year!"

"How much is the investment?"

"200,000 yuan."

"How many outfits?"

"122 sets. The client has already provided the heights and weights of the children."

Some quick-witted students had already started calculating - each outfit would cost around 1,600 yuan.

This was definitely not a low price.

The Fashion Design department chair must have some connections.

They had previously received orders for customized Han Chinese clothing, square dance outfits, and most often, performance costumes.

This time, with a generous budget and good pay, it's no wonder the chair was giving it such emphasis.

But when the chair saw their designs, she was satisfied.

The students she had carefully selected clearly had their own perspectives on fashion design.

Her previous words seemed to have taken effect.

This time, the students showed no lethargy whatsoever.

They approached the haute couture designs with the same dedication as creating gowns for the red carpet, then scaled the designs down proportionately.

Shen Wei reviewed the design drafts and found them satisfactory.

The production funds had also been remitted.

From then on, they worked around the clock in a frenzied pace.

Third-year juniors came to help, envious of the opportunity their busy seniors had received.

With the underclassmen's assistance, progress accelerated significantly.

The third-year students soon realized that their seniors were working to extraordinarily high standards.

Several seniors had even spent their own money to achieve the desired ethereal, multi-layered effect on the fabrics - a quality clearly exceeding the 1,000 yuan price point.

The graduating fourth-year students recalled the department chair's instructions and treated this as an opportunity for real-world training experience.

They approached the task with the same level of commitment as preparing for Paris Fashion Week.

They were truly putting their heart into it.

The head instructor also took notice of this and came over several times.

They truly recruited many students from the freshman, sophomore, and junior years to help them, all serving without pay.

When it was time to turn in the work on this side,

Starry Sky Kindergarten sent people to collect it.

Each car could only transport a few outfits.

It took an entire day of back-and-forth trips to transport over 120 costumes back.

Every single outfit had a child model.

These child models were sponsored by the department.

Such wonderful designs, it would be a pity to crush them.

When they were brought to Starry Sky Kindergarten, the kindergarten teachers loved them as soon as they saw them.

Previously, the children's dance gala had also been organized at other kindergartens.

But they had never seen such grand and gorgeous costumes.

Even the adults felt that these outfits looked so beautiful.

They imagined how delighted the children would be when they saw them.