Model: Austen Juul-Hansen. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"This is a Carolina Herrera fabric, another designer that I greatly admire," Fagelman said. "Ball gowns are my favorite things to make, I love seeing how beautiful the models feel in them." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Weatherly Giblin. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"This is another party dress style outfit, and already had two people ask me to make them a replica of this dress," Fagelman said. "I love how cohesive this look is, and how the hairstylists personalized each hair style to each girl by incorporating colored braids." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Genevieve Temple. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"These paisley pants were inspired by one of my mother’s pair of vintage pants from the late 70’s that she still has," Fagelman said. Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Camille Selis. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"It was a super last minute piece," Fagelman said. "I made it the night before the show due to a fabric malfunction with a previous piece and just hoped it would fit and luckily it did!" Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Anna Marceau. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"I loved this Alice and Olivia fabric, I wanted to create pieces with a lot of movement, and the statement belt added a lot of pow," Fagelman said. "This was another piece that was meant to have unfinished edges to show the bohemian twist." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Sophia Bastidas. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"One of my favorite fabrics, and was supplied by the Cloth pocket which is right across the street from Mccallum," Fagelman said. "The dream catchers really added to the Bohemian theme." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Amanda Moore. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"This outfit was meant to have a messy fringe look, and a cool fact about this outfit is that both the vest top and the skirt are reversible to reveal the inverted color pattern," Fagelman said. "The day of the show, the button was ripped off and I had to rush to the back and hand stitch it back on before the runway began." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Eva Nobels. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"I had made this Chanel knit tube top, and was trying to brainstorm what color I wanted to pair with it," Fagelman said. "My mom and I actually brainstormed a bright yellow because it is very youthful, a garden color and contrasted beautifully with the navy. This skirt was one of the hardest to make. It’s actually 3 layers since the fabric is so sheer, and the thin nature of the fabric made it easy to rip, and catch on the machine. It took what seemed like forever to hem." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Julia Kay Smith. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"This was another one of my favorites," Fagelman said. "This cute short play suit is very youthful and I love the muted puff sleeves. The model who was supposed to wear this outfit actually canceled due to nerves the morning of the event! Yikes! And since she was the smallest out of all the girls, nobody else could fit. Luckily I called Julia Kay at 7 am and she agreed to walk in the show, and she rocked it." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Amber Fors. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"This is another 70's disco look," Fagelman said. Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Anterria White. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"This Chanel knit body con dress style stole my heart! And looked electric on the runway. This was the first outfit that I created in my line and also the easiest to make, fun fact about sewing is that when created the patterns, you use a lot of math. This pattern required a lot of math to create the right body proportions in the tight skirt." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Daejha Taylor. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"Jean tops are another one of my 2019 predictions," Fagelman said. "I loved pairing this slinky skirt, very Brittany Spears! I actually repurposed a pair of jeans from good will for the top and this helped when I was tight on budget." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Amanda Phares. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"This is my gutier floral lace party dress," Fagelman said. "This is a very youthful style and I love the textured effect of a layered skirt. I also made this in another color, outfit 8." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Laney Phillips. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

This piece is the 8th outfit in the collection, which is another color of the party dress Amanda Phares wore. Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Mia Cooper. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"This red dress is the signature GABY dress," Fagelman said. "I created a similar dress in my winter 2016 collection in the Mccallum fashion show. I wanted to recreate this gown because I got such amazing feedback from the Mac show, people wanted to buy it and I even had boutiques try to buy it as a one of a kind piece." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Evalyn McCusker. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"I absolutely loved these embroidered flare jeans, gutier lace bralette, and sheer wedding lace top," Fagelman said. "All of the pant looks in the collection are slightly inspired by the 70’s style. My prediction is that flare jeans will be back in full style in a year or two." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Model: Alabel Chapin. Designer: Gaby Fagelman.

"This mermaid guttier lace dress is my favorite outfit that I created," Fagelman said. "It was also one of the most challenging pieces because the fabric is very hard to work with and sew due to the empty spaces in the lace. The fabric reminds me of Vincent Van Gough’s floral pointillism era. From far away it is a beautiful floral gown and if you zoom all the way in, the fabric looks very abstract. This look and the way it was styled with the braided up do, and the pink fringe earrings really represents the bohemian garden collection." Photo by Madison Olsen.

Senior Gaby Fagelman always wanted to be an actress. She loved the Red Carpet coverage, the Oscar outfits and the crazy fashion statements associated with the industry. That was, until she realized that was the only part she liked about being an actress: the fashion. Ever since that realization, Fagelman has rejected the red carpet for the runway, leading Fagelman to organize her own benefit fashion show, featuring 18 pieces of her own design.

“I came up with the idea in April, and it’s been really fast-paced,” Fagelman said. “My stepmom co-owns a boutique called Found, and she inspired me and pushed me to do my own show. My parents were really supportive of me, but I’ve planned this whole thing by myself.”

The event took place Sunday, Sept. 24 at the Peached Social House, and all the proceeds from the event went to benefit Dress for Success, a charity that’s especially close to Fagelman’s heart.

“[Dress for Success] takes women who are going through a really hard time in their lives, financially, and gets them a custom-fit outfit, like a suit with a handbag,” Fagelman said. “The [charity] gives them makeup and jewelry, then takes them through training so that they can be ready to go on job interviews. They do mock interviews and basically get these women jobs.”

Fagelman was drawn to Dress for Success when the charity helped someone she admired and loved. The charity’s main goal is to help people in the community through fashion, which Fagelman hopes to do with her designs.

“My boyfriend’s aunt went through this process when she was going through a hard time, and they helped get her on her feet and get her a job,” Fagelman said. “I know people who have been personally affected by this charity: it’s really close to my heart. I chose it because my brand, Gaby, is about embracing being yourself as a woman, and I love how this charity inspires women and helps them through fashion.”

The combination of ticket sales, a GoFundMe campaign and a silent auction at the event allowed Fagelman to raise more than $4,000 for Dress for Success.

“I really want to make sure that whatever I did was going to benefit someone else because I’m not doing this for the money,” Fagelman said. “I’m not making a penny from this: it’s all going to them.”

While she hasn’t gained financially, Fagelman said she he has gained valuable experience that will help her in the fashion field. Dress for Success even offered Fagelman an internship, which she had to turn down because of her school schedule.

“I’ve learned how to negotiate prices and talk to all these people,” Fagelman said. “Since it’s a benefit show, people were really willing to help me and donate their services to support the charity.”

The theme of the show was Bohemian garden, but according to Fagelman, her line was not the average take on the Bohemian style. She incorporated vibrant colors and patterns in her designs to give the show a modern twist.

“I think when a lot of people think of Bohemian, they think really toned down colors,” Fagelman said. “All the laces that I’m using that have Bohemian touches are vibrant and colorful patterns. It’s way different from anything I’ve done before, since normally I make monochromatic, simple clothing.”

When Fagelman took a trip to Spain over the summer, she noticed people were wearing extremely exotic colors and had a bold sense of fashion, which inspired the bright floral patterns evident in the designs in the show.

“A lot of times in Europe, people wear very neutral colors,” Fagelman said. “In Spain it’s a lot more colorful and I got really inspired by the fabrics that people wore. I’m importing a ton of different fabrics from Spain, Canada and New York, so it’s very worldly.”

Fagelman used her experience abroad to inspire the theme for her collection, which uses colors and fabrics to express her life and her experience growing up. The collection progresses from warm colors to cool tones to neutrals, symbolizing the journey to adulthood and expresses the changes in Fagelman’s personal style as she matured.

“The collection is the modern girl’s journey from adolescence to adulthood,” Fagelman said. “I used to wear super bright colors, and I didn’t have a care in the world. As I got older, I [began to] dress more neutral, and got more serious, more focused. I’m expressing my life and my emotions through that girl’s journey.”

Fagelman believes she can use her pieces to inspire other women, which is one of the reasons she chose to raise money and awareness for Dress for Success. She believes her feminist line of clothing will make women feel comfortable and confident in themselves and empower women through fashion.

“I think fashion can be a really cruel industry, and I really want to change that with my brand and make [the world] a really positive place for people to wear beautiful clothes,” Fagelman said.

“My mission wherever I go is to [make] you feel good in whatever you wear, whatever body type, skin color or orientation you are.”