At a fashion show, a still camera backstage is typically a fly on the wall.
The photographer captures the hard-working creatives making show the fashion begins on time and the designer is proud of their work. And if the photographer is doing his/her job correctly, no one takes notice of them.
But at Society Fashion Week on Feb. 10 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, my camera– not only captured the candid moments– but elicited requests by staff and models to capture the models in their hair, makeup, and clothing prior to heading upstairs to the ballroom to walk across the runway.
Here is a mix of candid and posed shots before the fashion grabbed the spotlight to the guests sitting along the catwalk.
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag Models, hair stylists, and makeup artists offstage were all focused on the moments to come and just happened at Society Fashion Week at the Roosevelt Hotel on Sept. 15. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Aspiring young models mingled with professionals at Society Fashion Week on Feb. 10 in New York City. Gathered in the lower level of Harlem Parish, an event space carved out of an old church, the youths of fashion patiently sat in chairs with hair stylists and…
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Backstage at a fashion show is a world of transformation. Models arrive sans makeup and hair in a natural state, and under the talents of hair stylists and makeup artists, they became fantasy figures who will grace the runways, giving life to a designer's imagination. This…