OXFORD – A few pre-show jitters were showing this week as students made last-minute adjustments to their fashion designs for the 5th annual computer-assisted design show.

The popular program at the Oxford Hills Technical School in Paris is highlighted by the annual fashion show, which will be held at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School auditorium.

Teacher John Bell said each student is required to make at least two designs that will be modeled in the show. More advanced students may also design clothing for other students and younger family members who model the designs. Several of the children in this year’s show are Early Childhood Education program students.

This year’s theme is “Fashion Week in Paris” and features a wide variety of styles from casual to formal wear.

“I love it,” said Nikki Ring, a senior who has made six designs for the show.

Causing jitters for some students is knowing they have to walk the runway – a thing they have been practicing in class and at home.

“You can’t see the people, the lights are so blinding,” said Christina Graffam, a third-year design student who will major in fashion design at Fisher College in Boston this fall.

Classmate Kelsey Smith, who will also attend Fisher College majoring in fashion merchandising, said her biggest worry is falling on high heels as she walks the runway.

The students approach their designs in different ways.

Smith said she designs what she would like to wear. “I made a red dress because I didn’t have one,” she said.

Graffam looks for the “wow” factor, she said as she held up a purple sequined cocktail dress that she envisioned wearing with black leggings and stilettos as she danced in a club.

Ring made three designs she will model and three that will be modeled by a young niece and cousin. A blue and gold tank top and skirt will be modeled by her 8-year-old niece, whom she describes with a smile as “a diva.” Once completed, the skirt will have coins attached to the bottom so it will jingle when she walks down the runway.

Ring, who hopes someday to study zoology, said she finds patterns, sometimes pre-existing, and alters them to fit the client.

Much of the program’s popularity stems from the fashion show, instructor Bell said.

“Excitement builds throughout the year as garments are completed, students practice runway walking, and planning and preparation for the show builds momentum,” he said.