Let's watch models getting dressed!Actually, it's not as titillating as it sounds. The pre-show fittings went like clockwork but if someone wanted to shoot a documentary about it it would be 2 hours of "Try this on." "Ok, now give me a walk." "What shoes go with this?" etc., ad nauseam.
The real fun, as we said yesterday, was getting all the models out on stage in a timely manner. There were no pictures of that little struggle because everyone was manning their battle stations. All the pictures you see in this post were either from Saturday's fitting or from Sunday morning, hours before the show started.
It went like this: Tom was positioned at the top of the stairs leading to the runway. His job was to pace the models to make sure that they were going slow enough to give each one a chance to run back down the steps and into their next outfit. Lorenzo, all the designers, and their designated assistants were down in the dressing room, ripping clothes off the models and hurriedly throwing the next outfit on them (which wasn't easy with Stella's lace-up getups). Only once during the show was there a moment when there were no models on the runway, which caused Tom to run down the steps, burst into the dressing room and shriek "Empty stage! Empty stage!"
A special shoutout must be given to the hair and makeup people as well as the photographer, all of whom were giving their time and expertise to the event gratis:
Photographer: Koitz
www.koitzphoto.com
Makeup: Christopher Drummond
www.christopherdrummond.com
Hair: Louis Tedeschi, Tom DeGrandis, Anthony Linzalone, Robby Nelson
They were all incredibly professional and quick. At the very last minute, it was decided that, since there were fears that the weather wouldn't hold out, we would simply show one collection after the other with virtually no breaks in between. This meant that the original hair and makeup changes for each collection had to be scrapped. Still, somehow the hair and makeup folks managed to make minor changes to each look while the models were getting dressed and even managed to slap on some smokey eyes for the rougher look that Stella's collection required.
All in all, we had a blast and we have to say, there is SUCH an adrenaline rush when you're doing something like this. We can't imagine what it would be like to mount a major show but we definitely have an appreciation of the work all the behind-the-scenes people do to pull one off just so bitchy bloggers like us can sit at our desks and critique it.
A special shoutout to Virginia, who is one of our readers and won one of the VIP passes to the event. She came up afterwards to introduce herself and she was a total doll. Plus, she provided us with a couple pictures from her camera to round out our post yesterday. Luvya, girl!More pics:
[Photos: Koitz/Virginia Z./ Projectrungay.blogspot.com]
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