University of Brighton, Graduate Fashion Show 2012: Backstage
by annaemorris
Dressing room
Dressing room view from above
The day of the show started early and was spent mainly running around in awe of the immense venue we suddenly found ourselves in charge of, I had previously viewed the space but to have control over how to use it was an exciting prospect. We arrived at the venue mid morning and waited for the arrival of our brave classmates who had been charged with driving our precious final collections in the van up from Brighton. Meanwhile we assembled benches, began putting together the exhibition and carried a couple of seriously heavy tables up two flights of stairs. Once the collections (and our classmates) had arrived safely we began arranging the dressing room and organising models through hair (which was kindly provided by the team at Charles Worthington) and makeup. The day went fairly smoothly with only minor moments of panic and the dress rehearsal allowed more time for changes than we’d expected. The first show was over before we knew it and then we had a brief time slot in which to mingle with industry members at the drinks reception in the gallery space. Then it was onto friends and family, this show was more relaxed with large amounts of wooping and celebration after we took our final walk around after the models. We then joined our friends and family in attending to the drinks upstairs, before hurriedly packing up the collections, washing out the 500 glasses and shoving everything back into the van and jumping on a train back to Brighton to meet the van at the other end. The day was an exciting, challenging and exhausting experience, a fitting end to our four years studying Fashion at the University of Brighton.
Brianna in hair and makeup
Male model in makeup
Lotte and Miranda fitting with male model
Dressing Zoe Walker’s collection
Backstage photography by Milo Belgrove
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