Smile Down the Runway 22


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Ikuto decided to dedicate his first show at Tokyo Fashion Week, the biggest fashion festival in Japan, to Chiyuki. With the help of Mii, Hanaoka, and Kokoro, Ikuto created an unconventional fashion show using Chiyuki as the main model! However, the loss of Mille Neige has taken a heavy toll on Chiyuki, and she hasn’t been able to recover from it. Will Ikuto and Chiyuki be able to keep their promises? Will their show be able to usher the fashion world into a new era? Find out in the emotional finale to the fashion manga dedicated to all who are pursuing their dreams!




Smile Down the Runway, Volume 1


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Chiyuki Fujito has a dream: to become a Paris Collection model. The problem is that she hasn't grown past 158cm. As she is too short for a model, everyone around her tells her to give up on her dream. However, no matter what anyone says, she wouldn't give up. Her classmate, a poor student named Ikuto Tsumura, also has a dream he hasn't been able to let go of, which is to become a fashion designer. But one day, Chiyuki tells him that it's "probably impossible" for him, causing him to consider giving it up…?! This is the story of two individuals who wholeheartedly chase after their dreams, despite others telling them that they won't ever come true.




Smile Down the Runway 12


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Yanagida held a capsule collection show in New York. The clothes Yanagida and Ikuto created managed to impress the spectators, who all know what is best in the fashion world. Thanks to this experience, Ikuto had now learned about the possibilities that fashion can open up. One day, Aphro I Dite’s CEO, Mai Ayano, called Ikuto to her office to discuss something with him! Meanwhile, Chiyuki has been doing other gigs besides modeling, such as acting in movies. She then received a long-awaited offer. Ikuto wants to do another show with Chiyuki, while she wants to become good enough as a model so that she can stand on equal footing with Ikuto. For those two, this offer is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!




Smile Down the Runway, Volume 2


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Ikuto is now working part-time under the up-and-coming designer Hajime Yanagida. The two of them go to Tokyo Collection, a big event where people in the fashion industry from all over the world gather together. Yanagida is going to put on a show there, but there is one big issue! One of his models is absent, and her substitute, Chiyuki, is too hopelessly short for a model. During this moment of crisis, Ikuto takes on the challenge of modifying a dress, so that he can send Chiyuki, the little model who gave him courage, to the runway…!!




Smile Down the Runway, Volume 5


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During the first qualifying round of the Geika Festival, Ikuto presents something no one could've thought of: pajamas! However, what he didn't know is that he'll also have to face the "real test" of the first qualifying round. Toh Ayano notices that Ikuto had to make some trade-offs to realize his design because of his lack of money. Seeing potential in Ikuto, Toh offers to help Ikuto out by recruiting him into a new brand that he's planning to create. Meanwhile, Chiyuki has managed to get a new gig. At the photoshoot site, she encounters a model who gives off a very unique aura. That model is none other than Kokoro Hasegawa.




Kyle's Little Sister


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My name is Grace, not "Kyle's little sister!" Having a good-looking, friendly, outgoing older brother sucks—especially when you're the total opposite, someone who likes staying home and playing video games. Your parents like him better (even if they deny it!), and everyone calls you "Kyle's little sister" while looking disappointed that you're not more like him. I was really hoping I'd get to go to a different middle school, but no such luck. At least I have my friends...until he finds a way to ruin that, too...! Argh! What do I have to do to get out of his shadow?!




Who What Wear


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A smart and stylish fashion and beauty guide from the creators of the popular website WhoWhatWear.com. The founders of WhoWhatWear.com share their tricks of the trade, translating high fashion in a low-fuss, accessible way. Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power, two former Elle magazine editors, are the fashionable duo behind the booming website. In Who What Wear they’ve compiled the best of their tips and advice into one stylish compendium. Trends come and go at a dizzying pace and it can be challenging to just get dressed in the morning! Kerr and Power banish those fashion faux-pas fears and give readers the tools necessary to update their own personal styles and recognize and incorporate the latest runway and Hollywood looks. Celebrity contributors such as Rachel Zoe, Nicole Richie, and Rachel Bilson also dish their insider-style secrets alongside images from the runway and beyond. “Who What Wear is a dream for every aspiring fashionista . . . it helps make fashion accessible to everyone.” —Rachel Zoe “WhoWhatWear.com is one of my favorite fashion sites . . . you can spend hours on the site—I do.” —Nicole Richie




The Last Lecture


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A lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave, 'Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams', wasnt about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living. In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humour, inspiration, and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.




Crushing


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Follow God's process for growth and find hope in life's darkest moments with Bishop T.D. Jakes' uplifting stories and advice from his own faith journey. In this insightful book, #1 New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes wrestles with age-old questions: Why do the righteous suffer? Where is God in all the injustice? In his most personal offering yet, Bishop Jakes tells crushing stories from his own journey -- the painful experience of learning his young teenage daughter was pregnant, the agony of watching his mother succumb to Alzheimer's, and the shock and helplessness he felt when his son had a heart attack. Bishop Jakes wants to show you how God uses difficult, crushing experiences to prepare you for unexpected blessings. If you are faithful through suffering, you will be surprised by God's joy, comforted by His peace, and fulfilled with His purpose. Crushing will inspire you to have hope, even in your most difficult moments. If you trust in God and lean on Him during setbacks, He will lead you through.




Smile Down the Runway 11


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Yanagida, Ikuto’s mentor, boldly declared that he wants to beat the main Aphro I Dite brand. However, Yanagida’s problematic personality caused his team to distrust him. Ikuto also received disdain from his fellow patternmakers, as they thought that he only got hired because of his connections rather than skills. The patternmakers on Yanagida’s team are all skilled, but they all have different personalities and areas of expertise. Thus, the team’s unity will be essential for any kind of success. In order to win the patternmakers over and unite them, Ikuto and Yanagida will have to demonstrate that they are capable! There are only three months left until Milan Fashion Week, and failure is not an option for Yanagida. Just what is his plan to win everyone over?!