Chapter 123: Under the Catwalk
At around 6 p.m. the next day, the Andre Kim fashion show will be officially held in a stadium in Mapo-gu, Seoul. At two o'clock in the afternoon, all the models and crew arrived, and they began to prepare, put on makeup, start adapting to the venue, and even had another rehearsal.
Gradually, the invited fashionistas, celebrities and reporters all came, because there was still some time, Andre Kim accepted a short interview, and Jang Sung-won and Ha Ji-won were making the most post-preparations backstage at this time, so it was naturally impossible to come out for an interview.
When the time comes, the fashion show officially begins. The music is playing, the fog is filled, and the first to appear are seven female models, dressed in long dresses rendered in various light and dark colors, and covered with Western robes of the same style, with patterns on the clothes that resemble portraits of medieval figures. The seven women were very close, almost all of them leaned together, and they looked quite imposing, which may be Andre King's desire to leave a strong initial impression and shock to the audience.
After these seven female models, there were several groups of female models, dressed similarly to the previous seven female models, only more delicate, and this time in pairs, walking side by side, each row was separated by a certain distance, and the speed of walking was slower than the previous group, as if to let the audience see more carefully.
After the female model finished, there were four male stars on the stage, the four were divided into three groups, the first group of two people walked side by side, and the second and third groups were walking alone, the clothing to be displayed, its color pattern was similar to the difference worn by the female model before, but the style changed from a skirt to a top, and the lower body was black loose pants and black high-heeled boots, this look, in the eyes of Zhang Chengyuan, a layman, is really not very good-looking, and even he thinks that this kind of dress can only be displayed on the catwalk, if you wear it on the street, Nine times out of ten, it would be considered a neuropathy.
After that, Jang Sung-won took Ha Ji Won's hand and went on the stage together, and the clothes were the same style worn by male and female models before, but the jade and bead strings on Ha Ji Won's head were more and more gorgeous. There is nothing surprising about the costumes of the two other than that they look a bit like couple outfits. It was the tacit understanding and the lovers-like feeling that the two of them showed when they stopped and posed, as well as the confident brilliance in their eyes, which made people can't help but applaud loudly.
After Jang Sung-won and Ha Ji-won walked over, the female models came out in pairs again, this time the female models wore the kind of professional clothes that white-collar beauties love to wear, but they looked more delicate and elegant under the design of Andre King, with a compact waist, with a knee-hugging skirt, which not only highlights the delicate figure of women, but also not too sexy and kitsch.
The next to the stage were the four male stars, at this time they were wearing blue zipperless sweatshirts, with hats attached to the back, almost no decoration on the clothes, just the English name of Andre King, a single piece looks okay, but with the original black pants and black boots, it feels quite average, of course, it is much better than the first time, at least it will not be called a neurotic anymore.
After the male star, Jang Sung-won and Ha Ji-won appeared again. At this time, Zhang Chengyuan was wearing the same clothes as other male stars, so the audience didn't pay much attention to it, maybe the female audience present paid attention to Zhang Chengyuan's handsome face and figure far more than the clothes on his body. Ha Ji Won was wearing a small black gown, with the bottom of the skirt split to the crook of the knee, revealing the calf in blue stockings; Wearing a small coat in the style of a blue suit on the outside, with a high collar and narrow sleeves like calla lilies, the overall look is very elegant, noble and decent, so that the audience on the sidelines are reluctant to take their eyes off after seeing it.
It seems that Andre Kim prefers women's clothing and doesn't care much about the clothes of male models, otherwise, how can male models wear his clothes like dirt buns, while female models such as Ha Ji Won look like noble princesses? Of course, Jang Sung-won is an exception. Even if he wears very civilian clothes, there is an atmospheric feeling, as if he is a noble prince going out on patrol, so when he stands with Ha Ji Won, he is still very coordinated.
By the time the two of them appeared for the third time, the main color of Ha Ji Won's costume was a thick black, the top was dotted with a few white orchids, which seemed to be still spitting fragrance, and the lower body was a black skirt, and the bottom of the skirt hung down to the ground, completely covering the lower body, making people feel a little more mysterious on the basis of noble elegance.
In order to match Ha Ji Won's costumes, Jang Sung-won's clothes have also changed to black accordingly, black underwear, black jacket and jacket, and the lower body is still the same black pants and black boots as before, which saves a lot of time for changing clothes; Only the chest of the underwear is embroidered with a palm-sized, white flower that resembles a peony. What is also peculiar is that he has a long, fox-tail-like fur scarf hanging from his shoulder. Overall, his dress this time is better than the previous two times, but his style is still almost the same as other male stars, so far, I really can't see that Jang Sung-won, the main model, has any preferential treatment in clothing, and the clothes worn by Ha Jiwon, the heroine model, are almost always more eye-catching than the clothes on other female models.
In Zhang Chengyuan's fourth appearance, he finally changed out of the black pants and black boots on his lower body, and replaced them with a pair of black leather pants and a pair of white boots, but he felt that he was changing the soup without changing the medicine. He was wearing a zebra-striped tight shirt with an ugly white flower embroidered on his chest, which corresponded to the white boots on his feet. However, no matter how you look at it, it feels very awkward.
Ha Ji Won is wearing a zebra striped one-piece dress, although the pattern and color are very similar to Jang Sung-won's top, but the proper cut and chest, skirt are dotted with a few elegant white orchids, making Ha Ji Won look a little quiet and elegant, plus a unique bouquet of small white flowers held at her waist, it complements each other even more.
This time, after Jang Sung-won and Ha Ji-won walked the catwalk, they did not go down directly, but turned around and led seven or eight male and female models who had been waiting at the entrance and wore the same style of clothing, and walked the catwalk again, and then stood there still, at this time, Jang Sung-won gently hugged Ha Ji-won, and the two faced forward, their eyes ethereal and sad. Then the lights dim and the music stops, indicating that the catwalk is over for a while. Taking advantage of the darkness, models such as Jang Sung-won and Ha Ji-won quietly retreated.
After a while, the music sounded again, the lights came back to light, the fog rose, and seven female models, dressed in dark gold Western court dresses, walked out one by one, first quickly together, and then carefully displayed their clothes in various elegant postures.
After that, Zhang Chengyuan appeared, with a coffee-colored leather coat, leather pants and coffee-colored boots, almost no decoration on the clothes, only the upper and lower left and right areas of the jacket, each with a large rectangular pocket of the same size, as if he had just crawled out of the yellow mud. Thanks to Zhang Chengyuan's demeanor and demeanor, he was very energetic, so he did not leave the audience with the impression of "I am a construction worker".
After Zhang Chengyuan left, four other male stars who were more like construction workers than Zhang Chengyuan also came out, their expressions were extremely serious, as if this was the only way for them to hide the timidity and embarrassment in their hearts at this time. Compared with the luxurious clothes on the female models, their dirty clothes seem to make them a little embarrassed.
After walking past a few more female models, Ha Ji Won came on the stage, she was wearing a fuchsia evening gown, the skirt was long and dragged behind, the left shoulder was inlaid with a beautiful fuchsia flower, the right shoulder was half naked, revealing white skin and delicate collarbones, and a string of crystal necklaces around her neck, which made her look like a fairy descending to earth, beautiful and moving. Wherever Ha Ji Won walked by, the audience applauded and cheered for her enthusiastically from time to time.
Jang Sung-won peeked a few times backstage, feeling a pity, thinking that it would be great if he could go out hand in hand with Ha Ji Won this time, and he would definitely be able to feel Ha Ji Won's extraordinary charm at this time more directly, knowing that the charm of this kind of stage catwalk is not something that can be easily shown in ordinary times.
Since then, the catwalk has reached the most critical part, that is, Jang Sung-won and Ha Ji-won interpret the plot of a couple who fall in love and then break up painfully, and the music at this time has also become a sad and lingering love song.
First, two female models in white dresses opened the way, suggesting to the audience that the next catwalk would be a white romantic tone, and then Zhang Chengyuan appeared on the runway in a snow-white suit with a bouquet of white flowers in his hand, a white dress, a white shirt, a white tie, and white boots, the only thing that is not white is the sole. Perhaps in Andre King's design concept, Prince Charming's concept is like this.
Slowly but elegantly, Jang Sung-won walked to the middle of the catwalk, then turned around and stared behind him affectionately, with an expectant look on his face. Then, Ha Ji Won was dressed in a gorgeous white princess dress, and walked towards Zhang Chengyuan with the hem of the skirt slightly.
When she approached, she lowered her head slightly, not daring to look at Zhang Chengyuan, her expression was a little shy and a little joyful, as if she was a girl who had just tasted the taste of love. Immediately, Jang Sung-won reached out and grabbed Ha Ji Won's slender waist, lowered his head, and gently touched his forehead with Ha Ji Won's forehead, and at the same time, a happy smile and admiring eyes appeared on his face. After a slight pause, the two slowly turned their heads to look at the audience, so that the audience could see their expressions at this time, and in the process, their heads kept touching each other without separation, but the original forehead contact gradually changed to face contact.
After stopping for another three seconds or so, Jang Sung-won raised his head, separated from Ha Ji Won, faced her, handed her the bouquet in his hand, and then turned around and stood side by side with Ha Ji Won, who immediately cooperated and grabbed his arm. Then, the two looked ahead, their faces flashed with the brilliance of love, and walked forward in a row, and when they came to the end, the two stopped, looked at each other with attachment for a while, and Jang Sung-won lowered his head and kissed Ha Ji-won lightly on his forehead. His movement is extremely gentle, but it can make people feel the sincerity and strong love in his heart very clearly, as if he loves Ha Ji Won and is full of love and body.
Seeing his excellent performance, the audience couldn't help but applaud again.
Then, the two stared at each other for a few seconds, Ha Ji Won's face suddenly showed a reluctant look, quietly turned around and walked back, took a few steps, and suddenly turned sideways and glanced at Zhang Chengyuan sadly, and then turned around and walked back again. At this moment, the mist rises at the right time, enveloping half of Ha Ji Won's body, making her look as if she is in an ethereal fairy tale, and she will disappear at any moment. In the clouds, Ha Ji Won turned around again and stared at Zhang Chengyuan affectionately, the reluctance and pain in his eyes were profound and timeless, and people couldn't help but feel sad.
Zhang Chengyuan's face was also extremely sad, and he stared at Ha Ji Won helplessly, tears were almost about to burst out of his eyes, and the suppressed pain made people almost out of breath when they saw it. The two stared at each other for a while, Ha Ji Won suddenly lifted his skirt and ran towards Zhang Chengyuan, Zhang Chengyuan immediately rushed towards her when he saw this, and the two hugged each other tightly in the middle of the catwalk, unwilling to let go for a long time. The audience burst into applause, and seemed to be relieved and happy that they were back together.
It would be nice if this was the ending, it could be described as a happy ending. However, under Andre Kim's script arrangement, they are like a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks destined to separate, after hugging, Ha Ji Won still left Jang Sung-won's arms, although he turned his head nostalgically and looked back frequently, and waved his hand frequently sadly, but finally disappeared from the stage. Watching Ha Ji Won leave, Jang Sung-won lowered his head in pain, and stroked the beating position of his left chest with his right hand, as if to say: "My heart is so uncomfortable for what, as if it is going to crack!" ”
After pausing this movement and expression for a few seconds and showing it to the audience, Jang Sung-won slowly walked to the back of the catwalk, staggering and looking sad. It wasn't until his figure completely disappeared that the audience stopped applauding.
After that, the catwalk was obviously a little bland, although the next costumes were more delicate and beautiful, especially the luxurious and elegant court costumes, which were enough to make people breathtaking, but most of the audience who had just witnessed a wonderful "stage play" performance were still comfortable reminiscing about the heart-warming feeling just now, and it was natural that they did not pay much attention to these costumes and even felt bored.
It wasn't until the appearance of the last link, the "Wedding Show", that the audience cheered up again. More than a dozen beautiful female models in white wedding dresses came out one after another, which immediately attracted the attention of the audience, whether it was a male audience or a female audience, almost no one would not be interested in this, but the focus was different.
Then the four male stars appeared in white dresses, walked quickly and got off the stage, and then completely gave up the entire catwalk to Jang Sung-won and Ha Ji-won, who were going to appear next.
As the wedding march sounded, Ha Ji Won took Jang Sung-won's hand and walked onto the runway, and the two looked happy, like a real couple who were about to hold a wedding in the church. The crisp white wedding dress and dress, the perfect makeup and physiognomy make them look like a match made in heaven.
Gracefully walked back and forth, back at the entrance, the two stood facing the audience, Jang Sung-won hugged Ha Ji Won's shoulder with his left hand, Ha Ji Won's right hand was on Jang Sung-won's waist, and the two of them held a white bulbo-shaped lily together with their remaining two hands, symbolizing the happiness and happiness of marriage.
The music stops, the lights dim, and the show ends. Then it was an interview with reporters, talking about feelings, and saying good things.
In Zhang Chengyuan's view, the female models who walked the catwalk for Andre Kim are indeed very happy, because every set of clothes they wear today is very beautiful and luxurious, and they cannot be worn on other occasions, and the male models are a bit tragic, those clothes really don't know how to evaluate, anyway, he is not satisfied with every one, especially hates that every time he wears shoes are boots.
For him, his biggest gain today is to cooperate closely with Ha Ji Won again, not only performed a silent love love stage play, but also pretended to be a couple of newlyweds at the end, maybe from now on, he and Ha Ji Won can not have this kind of experience again, and this makes this wedding even more precious!
So Zhang Chengyuan is still very grateful to Andre Kim, an old designer at this time, but next time if there is no female partner who satisfies him, it is impossible for him to participate in his catwalk again, because in his opinion, the clothes of male models are too tasteless.