Finding a Fashion Model in the Adirondacks?

I can still remember the feeling, as if it were last year, walking the runway at Parsons Fashion Theater in NYC. I was wearing the timeless design of Ursula of Switzerland, a knit set of a neutral color. The theater was packed, the lights were bright, the air was charged with excitement.

That was in 1978 and those days are past, as well as my slender figure. Now I am applying myself to my own creations.

In the fashion business, having a good model is very important. Back in the 70's I was the Assistant Director of the Louise Boyka Studio of Stage Arts in Schenectady, NY. Little did I know what I learned then in training young women I would use with my own line today.

My daughter was a great help to me. She not only challenged me with technical sewing abilities with her own designing adventures, but was a prize for modeling my Colonial line. She is build just as I was, minus a few inches in height, and could make every article of clothing look fantastic. Of course, she grew up under my tutelage and was trained from a young age to have correct posture and walk the notorious "Straight Line Glide", something the Louise Boyka and Ruth Tolman, founder of the World Modeling Association based in NYC, were known for.

You may find more about Ruth here on Gwen Ford's page.

Those were the good old days of fashion modeling. With the influence of great designers like Coco Channel, who promoted the beautiful elegance of refined womanhood...awhh, to find the likes now....

Sarah modeled for me while she could. Now miles separate us and I am left to search for a suitable gal here, in the Adirondack Mountains. I am blessed to have found a young lady that is a natural. She slipped on my Rowena Cotehardie and held her arms out just as if she had done this a thousand times before. I can feel that this is a start of something fantastic.