LFW AW16 - WORKING MY FIRST SEASON (PART 1)
LFW OVERVIEW.
So if you follow me on my social media accounts you will have seen I headed down to London for 2 days to work at London Fashion Week AW16. This has been my dream for years, and I'm so pleased I've finally got my foot in the door. Fashion Week is pretty intense, I only worked 2 smaller shows and it was definitely an experience. I can see how some people just don't like it, it's definitely not all glamour - backstage that is anyway! Locations are all over the place, space can be extremely limited, people are everywhere, and the closer the show gets the more crazy the atmosphere is to have the models ready on time. Personally I love this sort of thing and I can't wait for the day I get to do the big shows.
LFW is dominated by huge sponsorships which makes getting backstage as a new makeup artist pretty difficult. Luckily I attended a short course at AOFM makeup school earlier last year who have big connections with LFW, NYFW and Milan - they take their graduates backstage to work at shows once you have passed their fashion week trials (which thankfully I did on my first attempt). I worked at 2 shows this season due to my availability but it was a great experience and has made me determined to try get some shows of my own for SS17.
THE DEMO.
My first show was with John Smedley Knitwear they have been creating Knits for over 230 years, so it was pretty good working for a heritage brand. The lead artist was Michelle Webb who is amazing and it was great to be on her team. Altogether there was about 6 of us and as you can see from the photo space was extremely limited. I actually only had room for my foundation kit bag and some skincare. Luckily Michelle let us work out of her kit as she wanted specific products.
Below are the notes I took whilst watching the demo - the look was all about Dewy, Clean skin.
FINAL LOOK.
PRESENTATION.
