Y & Kei Backstage at New York Fashion Week

Y & Kei Backstage at New York Fashion Week

photos by Bibs Teh

A flurry of activity occurs within the last couple of hours leading up to a runway show. Models are primped and prepped, public relations representatives and volunteers are ironing out the details, and signs with instructions abound on how the clothes should be worn and handled. For Y & Kei's Fall 2007 show, the aim for the models' hair was a "sleek" look, while the make-up was overheard as a "bronze, bronze, bronze."

Click here for photos of Y & Kei's Fall 2007 runway show.

Left: A poster of Polaroid headshots of the models walking in the show. Some of the models' first names are followed by their agency names in parentheses. Six of the headshots are marked by the name "Vera," alerting make-up artists and hairstylists that these models were walking in the 2 p.m. Vera Wang directly before the 3 p.m. Y & Kei show and would be rushing backstage afterward. Patricia's photo notes that she has a tattoo on the back of her left ear.

Above: Model Hye Park gets the finishing touches on her hair

Above: Y & Kei's creations, waiting to be worn

Above: A M.A.C. make-up artist works on model Patricia Schmid.

all photos by Bibs Teh

Above: A poster with instructions on how model Maryna's two outfits should be worn. The numbers indicate when she was scheduled to walk in the run of show.

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Meniscus' past coverage of New York Fashion Week:
Spring 2007 | Fall 2006