Over 120 people attended a fashion show held by Llanfair Caereinion WI, showcasing fashions from a Powys business.
The fashion show, organised by Llanfair WI, was held at The Institute on Thursday, April 11, saw the venue full to capacity to see models, including some of the WI members, modelling the latest spring and summer fashions by Talisman of Welshpool.
At the end of the show, those attending were provided with a supper prepared by the WI ladies, together with a raffle of prizes donated again by the WI members.
Chrissie Menzies, President of Llanfair Caereinion WI, said: "On behalf of all at Llanfair Caereinion WI I would like to thank everyone who supported our recent event and helped ensure our open evening and fashion show was such a tremendous success.
“Following the fashion show held last year we were delighted that Adrienne and her team from Talisman were prepared to come back to join us for a further fashion show to demonstrate the lovely outfits available for spring and summer from the shop in Welshpool.
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“We appreciate the huge efforts involved in putting on the fashion show and thank Adrienne and her team most sincerely for supporting us once again.
“We were delighted to welcome such a large audience to the Institute for the event and thank the other WI groups and the broader community for joining with us, and for their incredible support.
“I would also like to thank all of the members of Llanfair Caereinion WI who worked so hard to make the evening such a success and for their incredible generosity in providing all the refreshments and raffle prizes too."
Adrienne, owner of Talisman at Welshpool, said: "We are delighted to support Llanfair WI and appreciate the opportunity to showcase the wide range of beautiful, affordable and quality items we have available at our shop in Welshpool.
“It was a real pleasure to attend the event and we thoroughly enjoyed it. There is always such a warm, welcoming and friendly atmosphere at Llanfair. And as always, the refreshments provided by the WI ladies were fabulous."
Ann Watkin-Jones, Programme Secretary at Llanfair Caereinion WI added: "It was great to see so many people at our April event and feedback has been so positive and it appears that we all thoroughly enjoyed our evening.”
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