My First Runway Show
Last weekend I had the opportunity to do makeup for a runway show (that's me applying makeup in the photo). It was for a new menswear line called Conference of Birds designed by stylist Andrew Holden.
ENK International, in collaboration with IMG (producer of the Fashion Week that takes place in Bryant park twice a year), decided to produce a men's fashion week in advance of Fashion Week for the very first time. Men's fashion often takes the backseat during Fashion Week so this was a way of bringing much-needed attention to menswear designers.
This was my first runway show. Doing a menswear show was a great way of getting my feet wet since the work doesn't involve the intricate makeup designs that so often appear in the women's shows. It's pretty much limited to redness, blemish, dryness, and shine control. Women's shows will definitely be more stressful because you often have to do difficult things (i.e. red lips, winged black eyeliner) very quickly. I can easily spend half an hour doing red lips on a model for a photo shoot, but for a fashion show you only have a couple of minutes. It will definitely be good practice for me. I'm usually such a perfectionist that I spend much longer than I need to on most jobs, so fashion shows will be a great way to teach me speed and accuracy.
I will be posting some of the runway photos to my professional site soon for those of you who want to see my work in action.
dear car in,
is there any makeup for unibrows? or is that more of a hair thing?
Have you had to do anything for HD yet and does it change anything?
Mmm...unibrows really required tweezing or waxing.
I actually have had the pleasure of working in HD. So far I haven't done anything disastrous. HD cameras are more sensitive to reds than other cameras and pick up on the smallest flaws because of the clarity so you have to be very careful about color choices and blending makeup really well.
Before HD, makeup could be laid on with a heavy hand for TV and the studio lighting would disguise it.
Some makeup artists say that airbrushing is best for HD because it produces a very thin layer of makeup that is highly pigmented. So it disguises flaws without the heavy-handed application of traditional TV makeup. However, there are companies that are coming out with liquid foundations to be applied by hand that claim to produce the same results.
Sadly, I can't quite yet afford to invest in an airbrush. But they're really fun toys and produce a completely flawless face in no time at all.