fleeting constructions

The organized chaos of backstage at Fashion Week is a world unto its own. If you are on the calendar at Paris Fashion week, the shows are invite only and last no more than 5 minutes. At heart of each show is a collection that takes its identity from the place in which it is shown. The experience of each show is different but they are bound in similarity by movement, place, music, lighting, in essence, they create a moment. It all disappears when the last set of hands finishes clapping, and the lights go up. The poetic beauty of the presentation is in movement; the model inhabiting the piece and walking through a physical setting. The runway is the stage upon which the show comes to life. No longer only just an elevated boardwalk for the audience to sit on either side, designers are now using occupied buildings, unused buildings, even outdoor spaces to frame the context of their collections. In this dynamic relationship between architecture and presentation, exists a fleeting construction of fantastical motion. Of poetry.