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This season I was able to go backstage, and watch the preparations, for the Erin Fetherston Spring/Summer 2011 collection fashion show.
The makeup team was lead by Lucia Pica, for MAC Cosmetics. The look was "of a woman, who travels a lot, coming up from the beach & getting ready to go to a cocktail party". She got this by having flushed cheeks & solid matte lips.
The hair team was lead by Odile Gilbert, for Moroccanoil. Keeping with the "just out of the ocean/from the beach" look, the hair was styled as a combed, wet look, with a solid part on the side, but only in the front - the back of the hair is dried straight.
This season I was able to go backstage, and watch the preparations, for the Cynthia Rowley Spring/Summer 2011 collection fashion show.
The makeup team was lead by Val Garland, for MAC Cosmetics. After previewing the collection, Val knew exactly what she wanted the look to be - "Very London - Carnaby St, Mary Quant & Twiggy". To get this look, she built up the lower lashes with "about 20 coats of mascara" (*may be a bit exaggerated - LOL!). In between layers, she thickened them up by putting translucent powder on the lashes & then coated them again. For the lips, they pressed the color in the lips to make it look like "she had just been snogging after a night out".
The hair team was lead by Bok-hee, for Antonio Prieto Salon. Bok-hee worked with Aura Friedman, for Wella, to use custom extensions in the model's hair, before twisting it up and clipping it in place with large colorful metallic clips. Bok-hee talked about the best way to make extensions look more natural is to put a layer of the natural hair over the top, so that it looks more blended. Ms. Rowley was very hands on for the models' looks, coming in just before the show to work with Bok-hee for the final look.
Ms. Rowley wanted to make sure that the models' hair was just right for the show, so she stepped up and adjusted the models' hair herself.
And after she had the look just so, Ms. Rowley took a moment to speak about what the concept of her Spring/Summer 2011 collection meant & how she made it work.
This season I was able to go backstage, and watch the preparations, for the Nicole Miller Spring/Summer 2011 collection fashion show.
The makeup team was lead by James Kaliardos, for MAC Cosmetics. In keeping with the 60's throwback vibe of the collection, James drew inspiration for the makeup from the Catherine Deneuve film, "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" - glowy complexion, silver & grey eye colors & pink, pouty lips.
The hair team was lead by Kevin Ryan, for Rsession Tools. Kevin created a braided, slightly messy bun that was held together with elastics & rubberized bobby pins. (*Seriously - I ran out to Ricky's and picked up some of those bobby pins myself!). Kevin also shared his secret for pulling out knotted hairstyles - forceps. As in, a surgical tool. He says you should be able to use it on yourself, but I have yet to try it, let alone think I can twist myself around enough to make it look as effortless as he does, that's for sure.
The lead nail tech for the show was TJ Kelly, for butter LONDON. Nicole worked with butter LONDON to create a custom grey/blue color that went with a grey in the fabric in her collection. It's not for sale (*yet, fingers crossed), unfortch, but is so on point, I hope they reconsider.
Hi guys! I am back & trying to catch up and look back on everything that happened this last week. I just wanted to let you guys know that I a starting to upload some of my backstage videos to my YouTube page, if you want to get a look at what I was seeing before I post about them.
I had a chance to do and see so many things - I can't wait to tell you about it all! :)
I was lucky enough to get to go backstage and see the hair and makeup being done for the Ports 1961 Spring/Summer 2010 show. This was my actual *first* backstage fashion show. Yep, had no idea what I was doing, but got much more comfortable as the shows went on.
Below, you will see a vid of MAC Makeup Artist, Romero Jennings, discussing the look for the show:
And below are vids from the hairstylists for the show, Pearson Knight and Isabelle Lepage, discuss the hair inspiration and execution for the show:
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