Words: Kate Rintoul

It may have been cold and dark outside but Boadicea was warm and inviting as The Fashion Society hosted it’s first Meet and Greet this year.

The event was an opportunity for members to get to know the committee and for everyone to start putting faces to names.

It was great to see everyone chatting and there was none of that awkward forced conversation that can happen at this kind of event.

The night also included a four-round fashion quiz. Guests got in to three teams and had to make their way through a fashion news round, picture round, fashion knowledge round and making round.

As one of the writers of the quiz I was totally impressed by every teams fashion intelligence. The teams got all but a few questions right and the margins between the teams was a matter of half points- great to see how passionate our members are but next time I’m going to make it harder for sure.

For the making round teams had to create an outfit for X factor dames Cheryl and Danni, the results were great, both women would be very happy with the creative looks.

The prize for the winning team were movie-inspired cupcakes in the shape of tiny buckets of pop corn and mini hamburgers. Everyone had worked so hard and bought so much to the quiz that we thought it only fair to award a cupcake to everyone- no doubt there were plenty of sugar-fueled fashion fans making their way home that evening.

The event proved how easy it can be to strike up and get to know new people and proved a great reminder of why The Fashion Society has such an important role to play.

We’ll certainly be organising more events like this and others including gallery vists and workshops so stay posted for more information.