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Sally followed her gaze and blinked, asking, “You mean Number 2?”
Natalie solemnly nodded. “Yes. Although they share a body, they are two unique individuals, so their preferences,
likes and dislikes, fashion sense et cetera will likely be different. It'll be easier if they have a similar sense of style,
but what will happen if they have totally opposite preferences?”
Although Sally was not a designer, it was not hard for her to understand Natalie's concerns.
A girly fashion style would differ greatly from a sporty fashion style, and they would demand totally different
elements and accessories to be incorporated into the design.
If the conjoined sisters liked those two vastly different styles, the designers would have to incorporate all the
contrasting elements into a single design to fit on their shared body.
Sally shuddered at the thought of mixing those two unrelated styles together, as she could not imagine how they
could blend in with one another.
“I get it now! So Eleanor is worried she would get that conjoined twins, right?” Sally couldn't help but fix her gaze on
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtEleanor, who was about to dip her hand into the box for the blind draw.
“Most likely,” Natalie replied.
“I think she got what she feared most!” Sally couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw the pathetic look on
Eleanor's face as her glance shifted from her little draw ticket to the conjoined sisters.
Natalie broke into a small smile too. “Then this is meant to be. Murphy's law at work! Well, if we look on the bright
side, the greater the challenge, the bigger the sense of satisfaction when we overcome it! It'll motivate us to move
beyond our comfort zone.”
It might not be a trend to design with the special needs population in mind yet, but that could very well change in
the future. People with special needs had been neglected by the mainstream designers all this while, but they had
always been part of the population. It was a long-overlooked niche demand waiting to be satisfied.
Suddenly, something occurred to Natalie, and she couldn't help but take a second look at the models on stage.
She suddenly thought of the National Design Association and suspected it already had this vision in mind. Those
models could have been sent by the National Design Association to test the waters during this competition.
If the designers successfully created a range of clothing that could bring out the best in these models, the Design
Association might become a pioneer in this field!
They would have identified a group of designers they could work with to create designs for the special needs
groups.
Natalie would only know if her speculation was right by monitoring the association's announcements after this
competition was over.
As her mind was wandering off, Eleanor led the conjoined twins down the stage and was greeted with hostility from
her team of designers.
Despite their displeasure, the designers could only accept the fact that they had to design for the twins, as the
allocation was final and the organizer would not entertain any request for a change of model.
“Let's have a meeting to get to know the sisters better. We can then discuss and come to a consensus on the style
of design for the twins so our designs would be more in line with one another. If our range has an eclectic mix of
styles, that would be detrimental to our scores. In that case, we could lose out to the other teams,” Natalie
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmsuggested.
The rest of her teammates agreed, and they managed to get a conference room from the organizer to do so.
The timeline for this round was a week, not the usual one-day deadline for completion that they were used to in the
previous rounds.
The organizer probably knew no one had any experience designing for special needs people, so they gave a
generous one week for them to design and come up with the actual clothes. The last day of the competition would
be when the models showcased their creations on stage.
The designers breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that. They had no inspiration at all, and it would have been
mission impossible for them if the organizer kept to the usual rule of finishing in a day. To them, one week was a
more reasonable timeline.
After the meeting with her teammates, Natalie left the competition venue together with Sally, armed with all the
information about the twins.
“Where are you heading next, Nat?” Sally asked.
Natalie took a look at the time and suggested, “It's going to be noon soon, so let's get lunch first. After that, I'll go
visit Jessie before heading to the airport to meet Jared.”
“Jared? Is that your brother?” Sally asked curiously.
During their time at J University, she had heard about Natalie's brother, but they never had a chance to meet.
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