Garden Club Falls Into Fashion

The BrocktonPost
BROCKTON—The models may not have been named Gisele or Iman and the labels on the clothes were from Dress Barn in Avon and not Calvin Klein in Paris, but a handful of Brockton Garden Club members bared shoulders, swung pocketbooks and twirled hemlines along a red carpet to raise money for student scholarships.
“It was a great success,” said Bobbie LeMasa, who headed a group of volunteers who hosted Sunday’s fall fashion show at the Council on Aging.
“Everybody’s having a good time,” LeMasa said. “I hoped to sell 50 tickets and we sold 96,” she said.
Nearly 100 residents, mostly women, attended the fashion show that featured an oozing and delicious melting chocolate fountain for dipping with pretzels and pound cake.
Each table held baskets of desserts such as éclairs, cream puffs and other sweets and tasty fresh made sandwiches—all made by volunteers.
The models—members of the garden club—showcased fall fashions offered by Dress Barn. Models sacheted along a red carpet in the middle of the tables and highlighted the clothing retailer's collection of casual wear, evening and work ensembles and holiday evening dresses.
Birute Silvia, one of the models, said she worried about walking down the aisle and had one thing most in mind before stepping onto the red carpet.
“Don’t fall, don’t fall,” Silvia said.
All proceeds from the event will support the garden club’s scholarship fund.