Fashion week addiction 2/2!

LAB' GUEST COLUMN _ Fanny Caffin_ Fashion week addiction! 2/2                                                                                            

Previously in “Fashion week addiction!”, I told you that I was “running” after Fashion Shows. This was not just a way of saying.

Indeed a Fashion Show season lasts about one week, with 11 shows per day from 10.00 a.m. to 08.00 p.m., each in a different place in Paris (Photo 1). Attending most of them is tempting and requires traveling through Paris all day long.... But sometimes we have to cool down and go for another strategy: get the best spot to get the best shot!

Pic. 1: The most amazing place for a Fashion Show that I have ever seen so far is the dome of the crematorium at Père Lachaise Cemetery

For “magazine shots”, one has to be patient for instance. Photographers take possession of their territory 1 to 2 hours before the official beginning of the show: a 12m ² areas where more than 40 people crammed to form literally a "human Tetris". Arriving first, one makes sure to get the best angle (Photo 2). The other guests such as press, buyers and regular customers arrive 30min before the show. 

Pic. 2:  The more the brand is famous, the more the photographers and cameramen crammed...

Unfortunately a Fashion Show is a real show only if it starts at least 30min late ... And when the show finally starts; one has to be really reactive! The presentation of 25 new models takes usually about 15 minutes. The girls, following each other, walk a rapid stride (Photo 3). They finally come back all together with the designer for the “finale” (Photo 4). 

Once the show is finished, everyone has to pack up their material very quickly for a new start and it starts all over again with the next show… 

  Pic. 3:  Models walking on Thierry Mugler show- RTW SS 2012/2013    

                          

Pic. 4: The “finale” of Vivienne Westwood show- RTW AH 2011/2012

Spoiler alert!

If you’d rather not learn about exclusive trends of the next Autumn/Winter 2012-2013 collection, then do not read the following paragraphs!

To stick to the season of this Ready-to-wear collection, Aganovich chose to present his models in a foggy atmosphere (Photo 5), while Paul & Joe got their models walk through a forest with fall colors (Photo 6), and Viktor & Rolf preferred the clarity of moonlight to show their new creations (Photo 7).

 Pic. 5: The “finale” of Aganovich show - RTW AH 2012/2013

 Pic. 6-7: show - RTW AH 2012/2013

Rundholz seems to be prepared for a rainy season since all models where carrying an umbrella during the first part of their show (Photo 8). Issey Miyake successfully combined technical innovation and practicality as some of their outfits were made of a thermo-retractable fabric (Photo 9). While other brands created timeless lines to suit all ages: Hexa Kuho (Photo 10), Jean Paul Lespagnard (Photo 11) or Steffie Christiaens with a little touch of madness… (Photo 12).

 Pic. 8-12: show - RTW AH 2012/2013

More exuberant designers dared to present very original models such as Peachoo + Krejberg (Photo 13), Bernhard Willhelm (Photo 14) or Alexender McQueen (Photo 15).”

Pic. 13-15: show - RTW AH 2012/2013
all pictures credits : Fanny Caffin

And if now, you also become addicted to the Fashion Week Paris and want to see pictures before everyone else, feel free to discover the next Haute Couture collection Autumn / Winter 2012/2013, which will begin in July, on:

https://www.facebook.com/F.Caffin.Photography

LAB' GUEST COLUMN _ Fanny Caffin_ Fashion week addiction! 2/2                                                                                               

Fanny Caffin is a french PhD student in fondamental research and, in another way, an self-taught photographer. You can follow her artistic work on:
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