Week Eight: UCI Fashion Show

This weekend I did makeup for an annual fashion show here at UCI hosted by the Fashion Interest Group (an on-campus club/organization). The first question I asked the designer I was paired with was, of course, what kind of lighting there was on the runway and models. I was shocked to hear that it was all dark. When I went into the room I saw that they were just going to use a low setting of the built in ceiling lights and these LED screens that were on the runway itself (shown in the picture).

I could not believe how anyone who knows light would willingly do this, unless they did not believe in the student designers enough to fully light the clothes on these models. Not only was the lighting absolutely terrible, but it completely skewed the colors of the clothing that the designers chose as a part of their design.

For example, picture to the right is one of the models I worked on. Her top is a gorgeous moss green color. The designer found a lot of inspiration in nature so her clothes were all colored earthy. In the picture her skin just looks orange and her entire look is reminiscent of oompa loompas. Not a pretty look if you ask me.