Fashion Models:
backstage

  • Backstage at the Paul Smith show

    Backstage at the Paul Smith show

    For more photos of Models Off Duty (M.O.D.) be sure to click the following Teen Vogue.com link!

  • backstage at the TIBI show

    backstage at the TIBI show

    Tanya Dziahileva

    Ania Porzuczek

    Martha Streck

    Milou van Groesen

    Joann Smalls

    Lindsay Ellingson

    I'd have to say that working back stage at the TIBI show was a borderline Zen/harmony experience. I had imagined that it was going to literally be a "mosh pit" of photogprahers and journalists contorting around one another in a tiny cramped space. While the space back stage is small, there was still some kind of flow between people back stage that made moving around a smooth, effortless process for everyone involved. And to the PR people at TIBI, thanks for the opportunity!

  • Introducing a Back Stage Perspective on the Miss Sixty Spring 2009 collection

    Introducing a Back Stage Perspective on the Miss Sixty Spring 2009 collection

    Wichy Hassan, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Sixty Group

    Design Team: Giorgia Di Bartolo and Valeria Ribichini

    Celebrity Guest: Monet Mazur

    Make Up and Hair Style close ups

    Jessica Stam's dress board and accessories

    Lindsay Ellingson, ready for the runway

    Ksenia Kahnovich, ready for the runway

    On Sunday night, I had the opportunity to go back stage at Miss Sixty. The visit allowed me to get up front and personal with everyone from Wichy Hassan, the co-founder and creative director of Sixty Group, to the make up stylists, hair stylists, and dressers as well.

    In doing so, I learned that Miss Sixty largely seeks to recreate the values of the free thinking independently minded women of the early 70's in it's Spring/Summer 2018 collection. It's primary customer is what Wichy Hassan calls, "a new kind of superhero, a modern hero, a girl very strong..."

    In the back I had the pleasure of meeting Valeria, a lead designer for the collection. When confronted with the quintessential question, "How is this collection distinct from last years?" she neatly summed up the differences into four parts:

    • Color--more shine, softer colors, hard and soft colors mixed.
    • Fabric--very "puffy"
    • High Waisted Jeans.
    • Inspiration through Pop Art and 70's culture.

    The make-up stylists collaborated with this early 70's theme too as blacks were layered with blue violet and fine glitter around the eyes. The hair stylists contributed to the theme by creating edgy and disheveled styles with maximum movement.

    Ultimately, I also learned that Miss Sixty is funding a new well for drinking water in Ethiopia and debuted a online shopping section at their site (misssixty.com).