“I guess it’s because I wore my underwear in front of one out of every four Harvard students,” she added.

Several audience members joked that watching beautiful people dance for two hours made them reaffirm their commitment to working out.

“They were really great,” Egoigbe said, joking later, “I feel like all this did was make me feel fat and self-conscious.”

Clothing for the show was provided by local stores like Jasmine Sola, Classic Tuxedo, and Adidas, who allowed the fashion directors to exercise “complete control” over the outfits, Petrich said.

Short skirts, big earrings, and sparkling tops appeared throughout the evening on female models. Male models sported popped collars, blazers, and unbuttoned button-down shirts.

It was more difficult to get a variety of men’s clothing, Petrich said, because donations typically come from boutiques and smaller stores.

“We wanted to stay away from doing anything that you would not be able to wear off stage,” Petrich said.

At times, it was the lack of clothing that made waves. The fashion directors scrounged up a pair of briefs with a flickering serpent tongue for Benjamin A. Mottau ’05, and then there was the rose scene.

Erik C. Belz ’08, who said the “flower incident” was his favorite part, insisted that the scene was “very tastefully done.”

“The energy was just amazing and it was very professional—nobody at our school could do that,” said Nicholas A. Smith, a pre-frosh who admitted the event wasn’t quite what he had expected coming to Harvard.

The producers invited one lucky pre-frosh to participate in the show. A fan of the spotlight, she received roses from scantily clad male models and was carried off-stage on her chair.

“She definitely enjoyed the show,” joked Petrich. “I think she’ll consider coming here.”

—Staff writer Natalie I. Sherman can be reached at nsherman@fas.harvard.edu.