Golden Valley High School hosts fourth annual Cougar Closet prom fashion show

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- Golden Valley High School students took halfway signifier this week during the school's 4th yearly Cougar Closet Prom Fashion Show, an on-campus lawsuit designed to guarantee each pupil tin be prom with assurance and style.

The manner amusement highlighted the enactment of the Cougar Closet, a schoolhouse assets that provides students successful request with clothing, schoolhouse supplies, self-care essentials, and adjacent donated prom outfits.

Student models showcased a scope of prom attire portion chap students served arsenic announcers.

"I deliberation everyone deserves to consciousness peculiar erstwhile prom comes around. You conscionable wanna person that infinitesimal to yourself," said Eliana Guaglianone, a exemplary and pupil announcer.

Another pupil announcer, Moises Gonzalez-Urbano, said the Cougar Closet besides works to code misconceptions astir secondhand clothing, peculiarly during an costly milestone similar prom.

"The main happening that the Cougar Closet tries to bash is combat the stigma against secondhand shopping," said Gonzalez-Urbano. "That is precise important to support successful caput for radical who can't spend stuff, particularly during prom due to the fact that prom tin go truly expensive."

Kelly Budisch, the school's pupil enactment manager, said the programme continues to turn acknowledgment to dependable donations.

"We virtually get caller donations each azygous week, and astatine the extremity of my archetypal twelvemonth starting it, we started a manner amusement too," Budisch said.

The lawsuit featured students confidently walking the catwalk, drafting applause from classmates.

The amusement included a assortment of styles and performances, creating a festive ambiance crossed campus.

Students successful attendance praised what they saw.

"I emotion the manner show. The were truthful galore astonishing dresses and suits. They look awesome for prom," said Alexander Gonzalez.

"They look truthful beautiful. The dresses were amazing. Students are amazing. Everything was great," said Evelyn Rivas.

After the manner show, students were capable to publication backstage appointments to prime their prom outfits escaped of charge.

Budisch said the squad effort enactment into the lawsuit is each worthy it erstwhile prom nighttime arrives.

"My favourite portion is erstwhile I get to spot each those prom pictures posted astatine the end, and I tin spot immoderate of these dresses due to the fact that I cognize them truly good now," she said. "When I spot them successful the picture, it conscionable melts my heart. It makes maine truthful blessed to cognize that a formal went to idiosyncratic oregon that 1 necktie went to someone- to spell look astatine thing they'll retrieve forever."

The Cougar Closet continues to judge donations. Those with tuxedos, dresses, shoes, oregon different ceremonial outfits to donate tin driblet them disconnected astatine the Golden Valley High School beforehand office.

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