NYC.... Nima Show

This year I was pleasantly surprised by the inventiveness of the lighting designers at a few budget concious collections. The idea to keep the lighting costs down seemed common, and the result was often quite exciting. While the runways at the main venue in Bryant Park were illuminated in a way so that every stitch of clothing was visible, the off site venues were lit for a dramatic effect. The lighting at the smaller venues was often so moody that as a buyer I might have been thrown by the artful presentation. It was interesting to see how a budget constraint might affect the look of the garments.

Oh Farrah.....................

I was just going through some of my images that I had taken at the NYC Fashion shows earlier this year and came across the last three that you see here, and thought of them as being reminiscent of Farrah Fawcett.

Farrah Fawcett Majors as she was known at the time Time Magazine published the above two pictures, I think was very inspirational in many ways, even to this day. The fashion and particularly her hair has always been of interest when making reference to this type of cut. You know, " her hair is like Farrah's", or " there goes Farrah" when referring to a woman on the street.

I am writing this brief note for many personal reasons, but mainly because I saw Farrah on the very steps where I had taken pictures of this woman with the " Farrah's hair" , and if my memory serves me right, in a coat similar to this one. It was at the September 2008 fashion shows. The weather was cool but very sunny........ and there she was, Farrah coming down the stairs stopping for a few seconds for the photographers with a big smile. She still had that hair , albeit a bit more toned down.

My best to all that are close to her.

Credits:

Top image: Douglas Kirkland

Second image: ABC Television

Both images were Published by Time Magazine in the November 22, 1976 issue.

I took the first two images with my Iphone straight form the magazine. ENJOY