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Favorite Fashion Show of All Time
While few of us have been lucky enough to physically attend fashion shows in such far away places as Paris , Milan , London , Tokyo Rio etc -many of us have been able to attend such show " virtually "ie view them on TV , the internet etc So I m curious to know what peoples favorite fashion show of all time is ,and why Mine - probably Alexander McQueens Spring 1998 show ( the "Walking on Water show ") Simple,Surreal , Sexy and it showed to the world this young designers tailoring mastery ....... May 23 06 08:04 pm Link Well, I shot hundreds of shows of top designers and even more of smaller, unknown venues... I can't really tell which one was the best, some where just fantastic. However, there is one show... Zang Toi, either past February or the previous September, which had this Africa theme to it... that was FANTASTIC, really cool... but a total bitch to shoot... because the whole tent was basically dark. DCCLabs this spring was hot... now, when I am thinking about it... well... I would have to go through the archives... but I think I can say for sure that there were too many outstanding shows that I saw to name one as the single best of all of them... but Zang Toi's show does stand out as one of the best, but not THE best... May 23 06 08:27 pm Link I've got a lot of favorites. I agree with Udo about Zang Toi - their shows are elegant and hard as hell to shoot. Imitation of Christ shows are fun because you never know what the hell they are going to do. Betsey Johnson shows are fun because she makes them fun, much as Patricial Fields does. Instead of formal shows (which they also are, sort of) they are a party atmosphere before the show, and models clearly having fun with what they are doing. There is some of that to Heatherette also, and the overlay of celebrities that adds to the excitement of the show. So I don't have a single favorite. May 23 06 10:22 pm Link May be cliche, and I haven't had the pleasure of viewing some of the prominent shows you guys have, but I absolutely love the Victoria's Secret Fashion show every year. Maybe it's just that I fall in love with everyone of their girls who walks the runway..... May 23 06 10:44 pm Link what is a fashion show like? May 23 06 11:03 pm Link UdoR wrote: DOes having to shoot the show - take any of the fun out of it for you ...I know it does for me ( and I work on a much smaller scale than yourself in NYC ) And if so are there shows that you say "damn I wish could just putdown my camera and watch this whole thing ie the models walking the entirity of the runway , the crowd , the other photogs doing there thing etc ...? May 24 06 12:12 am Link VS 2001, NYC. May 24 06 12:17 am Link Eric S. wrote: Why ? May 24 06 12:18 am Link My very first JP Gaultier in my early 20s when supermodels still ruled the world. May 24 06 12:21 am Link The hottest models in the world walking towards you in see-thru underwear 20 feet away. Plus Andrea Bocelli & Mary J Blige performed live. And the effects, props and lighting were like Cirque du Soleil meets the Superbowl halftime show. Someone told me the budget for those shows is like $8 to $10 Million. May 24 06 12:24 am Link Garry k wrote: Actually, being in the middle of everything... being totally focused, having your colleagues around you, the clicking of the shutters all around you, the music that blasts, you are aware of everything... I had often enough feelings of euphoria when it was a great show, hot music, gorgeous models (some friends) and all just falls into place... May 24 06 02:45 pm Link UdoR wrote: So your not just standing there amidst the battery of photogs - clicking of a shot for every step the model takes? May 24 06 10:45 pm Link Garry k wrote: Well, I am standing in my spot that I fought for, secured and holding from the time the media is being let in. You usually don't move from there, unless you have your colleagues that know you and hold the spot for you. May 24 06 10:50 pm Link Eric S. wrote: So not just another underwear show huh? Probably be as much a I could handle just shooting the show - the backstage action would probably be heart attack inducing ..... May 24 06 10:53 pm Link UdoR wrote: Yup. May 24 06 11:11 pm Link TXPhotog wrote: Hillarious... Dan Lecca right in the middle, I recognize the big British fella in the upper right corner... Would have been hillarious if I'd be somewhere there... LOL May 24 06 11:16 pm Link UdoR wrote: So? TX, which show was it? I may have been to the left of the riser. May 27 06 11:11 am Link |
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