The woman didn’t panic when Natalie noticed her. Instead, she waved and smiled, seemingly greeting the other woman.
At that sight, the latter could only return a smile instead of acting like she hadn’t noticed.
Something’s different about Jessie today.
Normally, she would wear a high ponytail, showing her smooth forehead and slender neck.
However, she had curled her hair and let it down.
Jessie was also wearing a pair of glasses which made her look smart.
Although she was puzzled by the woman’s sudden change, Natalie didn’t think much of it. A woman changing her style from time to time was a normal thing, after all, so it wasn’t worth looking into it.
Natalie turned back to the front once she had returned the smile.
Jessie smirked as she stared at the back of the other woman’s head. Then she reached up to adjust her glasses, and the lenses shone with an imperceptible blue light. A short while later, the competition started.
The host got on stage and announced the theme, which was a relatively easy one. All the designers needed to do was design a dress for their models.
The host didn’t specify the type of dress they needed to design, so it meant that the designers could do whatever they wanted with it. Nonetheless, they were still required to come up with a dress that would show off the model’s body shape and temperament.
It meant that they shouldn’t design the dresses like how they usually did. They couldn’t treat their models as mere mannequins, not caring if the clothes suited them. Instead, they needed to treat their models as their clients.
Natalie knew all too well about Sally. She’s just a nut job.
As for her figure, there wasn’t much to say about it since she was a model.
That was why there were so many ideas for the dress that could work on Sally.
Still deep in thought, Natalie smiled at the model and started to sketch out her ideas.
Meanwhile, Jessie couldn’t help but frown when she saw her sketching so soon, a sense of crisis slowly rising in her heart.
Then, she tapped on one of the earrings she was wearing.
Soon enough, a woman’s hoarse voice sounded from the earring.
Jessie was the only one who could hear the voice. “Hold on. I’m drawing it out for you now.”
Upon hearing that, her furrowed brows relaxed, and the sense of crisis she felt was instantly relieved. Right then, a glint of provocation flashed across her eyes as she looked at Natalie.
Natalie was finally done drawing her design after an hour. She had decided to make an asymmetrical waterfall dress with straps.
The dress was able to show both Sally’s feminine and bubbly side.
Moreover, the train of the dress would make the model’s leg seem more slender.
After drawing out the design, it was time to start making the dress.
Since there wasn’t enough time, the dress couldn’t be made into a ready-to-wear garment. Natalie could only put the pieces of fabric together with straight pins and have Sally wear them. Then, the panel of judges would announce the score after the model walked down the runway wearing the dress.
Natalie quickly got up and went to the fabrics corner to get the stuff she needed.
Right then, Jessie appeared and stood beside Natalie. While she picked out her fabrics, she said, “Are you confident that you’ll be assigned to Team A?”
Team A was the team with extremely talented participants who had the best results.
All the designers there wanted to be assigned to Team A. However, it was only wishful thinking for most of them.
After all, the fact that the designers were able to participate in an international competition meant that they were all equally talented and capable. That was why it was still unknown as to who would actually be assigned to Team A.
Natalie tilted her head slightly and answered with a smile, “I’m not sure either. We’ll see what the judges say.”
Jessie’s eyes flickered before she said, “Well, I think you’ll be able to get in, Ms. Smith. That talent of yours is rarely seen, after all.”
“Oh, not at all. I am just slightly more talented. I’m not as good as you say,” Natalie said with a smile. She could feel the hostile gazes directed toward her.
Seeing that she wasn’t falling for it, Jessie’s eyes turned cold, but she still maintained her smile. “You’re too humble, Ms. Smith.”
“I’m not humble. I was just speaking the truth. Alright then, Ms. Syke. The fabric I want isn’t here, so I’ll take a look there.”
