Oh Hello, I Didn't See You There
Who up in this bitch likes clothes and getting paid? If you raised your hand, you might like to know that Mercedes Benz Fashion Week is here again. Of course, we are all now starving and dying because while there is no depression in Heaven, there is one here on Earth. Bummer. It is well documented that many designers are trying to reconcile the luxe loucheness of pretty birds in sparkly dresses with imminent doom, and one of the ways they cope is with PRESENTATIONS, where said birds line up or lounge about and wear said dresses.
Witnesseth, Exhibit A:
We are so bored,
Exhibit B:
The designers get their moment with the chorus girls,
Exhibit C:
The shoes are kind of cruel when the girls have to stand in one spot for a half hour,
Exhibit D:
You achieve a new level of intimacy with the process when the models and stylists start talking to each other in plain view,
A presentation, though classical in structure and effect, is nowhere NEAR as much fun as a runway show as the pace is slower and static, and the crowd hewn and refined to close friends, staff, and Important Tastemakers (Editors). You could say that a presentation "intimate." You could also say there are "fewer freaks." Tomayto, tomahto.
I've also noticed that the people working the shows, the support staff, the hair and makeup boys and girls, security and the media are all just happy to be here and employed. Count me among them.
While some designers opt for smaller presentations, others still use the fanciest trade-show venue in the World, The Tents. ON WITH THE SHOW.
Behold, a tiny space for all your hair and makeup needs,
A double-wide prepping area sub-divided to fit two designers' crews in at the same time (economies of time, space),
There are fewer cameras on the runway during pre-game this season, but they all end up in the same place (this has not and will not change ever),
The usual suspects are still in the front row,
I'm pretty sure the staff photographer for Nicole Miller pre-rigged the venue with strobes. I can't recall having seen that before, even though I'm sure it has happened at least once. In any instance he lit that space up like a motherfucking roman candle.
People still applaud the effort and time.
That wasn't so hard, was it?
Witnesseth, Exhibit A:
We are so bored,
Exhibit B:
The designers get their moment with the chorus girls,
Exhibit C:
The shoes are kind of cruel when the girls have to stand in one spot for a half hour,
Exhibit D:
You achieve a new level of intimacy with the process when the models and stylists start talking to each other in plain view,
A presentation, though classical in structure and effect, is nowhere NEAR as much fun as a runway show as the pace is slower and static, and the crowd hewn and refined to close friends, staff, and Important Tastemakers (Editors). You could say that a presentation "intimate." You could also say there are "fewer freaks." Tomayto, tomahto.
I've also noticed that the people working the shows, the support staff, the hair and makeup boys and girls, security and the media are all just happy to be here and employed. Count me among them.
While some designers opt for smaller presentations, others still use the fanciest trade-show venue in the World, The Tents. ON WITH THE SHOW.
Behold, a tiny space for all your hair and makeup needs,
A double-wide prepping area sub-divided to fit two designers' crews in at the same time (economies of time, space),
There are fewer cameras on the runway during pre-game this season, but they all end up in the same place (this has not and will not change ever),
The usual suspects are still in the front row,
I'm pretty sure the staff photographer for Nicole Miller pre-rigged the venue with strobes. I can't recall having seen that before, even though I'm sure it has happened at least once. In any instance he lit that space up like a motherfucking roman candle.
People still applaud the effort and time.
That wasn't so hard, was it?
Labels: fashion week, mercedes benz fashion week, new york city, novelty, the mirthless laughter of the damned, women, work
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