A Week of Many Surprises

 By Sumin Lim

As staff and students entered the school campus on Monday, the school campus began to look like an airport. Starting from April 12th to April 16th, students and teachers were allowed to dress up according to the day’s theme as part of Dalat’s traditional fashion week. Each day had a different theme that was addressed to the Dalat community and challenged each grade to participate. The grade that had the highest proportion of participants would get to leave their D Block class five minutes early to get their lunch before everyone else. This caused each grade to unite and fight for the privilege of leaving class early.

The week started with the theme of ‘Tacky Tourist’. Students wore light and colorful clothes with shades and other accessories.

Tuesday was ‘Character Day’. Most students dressed up as their favorite characters from movies, shows, or even cartoons.

Wednesday was ‘Grade Rep Day’ where students had to dress up in their class colors. Every grade had a different color that was assigned to them and were encouraged to wear everything in their class color.

Next, my personal favorite, was ‘Crazy Hair Day’. Teachers and students all came to school looking completely different. A lot of people had extremely creative ways to style their hair while others looked like they had just woken up.

To sum up fashion week, the theme on Friday was called ‘Blast from the Past’ and made Dalat 2021 look like Dalat 1981.  Students dressed up very posh and vintage, while teachers looked like they were back in their teen years.

“I really enjoyed seeing everyone dressed in other outfits other than our uniforms. It was fun discussing ideas with my friends and matching on certain days” said Yebeen Kil (12). Fashion week brought laughter and unity to the teachers and students of Dalat during the trying times of COVID-19.