I have worked for Emap before producing catwalk shows for award ceremonies- I did the Jewelry of the year awards last year, and this was the first show of the year for them. The production company Rah productions were producing the event
http://www.rahproductions.co.uk/ with the staging/lighting by
http://www.congobluedesign.com/ I work for Rah a lot on catwalk shows and events so have a really nice relationship with them and Paul Swaby who is the show director and choreographer. Paul’s been in the industry since time began, having worked as a model for years and now producing shows and events. Sarah Amos was choreographer for this event and did an amazing job. Congo Blue are one of the industry leaders and I love working with them, Ben Teale and his gang are a great team to work with produce amazing stages for events such as Clothes show live to concerts to small intimate shows. The event was held at Sketch http://www.sketch.uk .com just off Regent Street which if you have never been you MUST go, it’s amazing, absolutely stunning location and the pod toilets are awesome (although I found them a bit claustrophobic), it’s work going for a pot of tea and a cake during the day or indulge yourself for dinner in the evening (just make sure someone else is footing the bill).
Anyway my job for this event was dressing dancers and models for a performance of dance and also a catwalk show and award presentation. The theme for the performance was inspired by Cirque de Soliel meeting Tim Burton, so black and white, a little quirky but still allowing the dancers to move freely. All on a tight budget! It’s amazing what you can do with a glue gun and a few feathers! The catwalk show was showcasing the award nominations, so product varied from
http://www.yoox.com/ to
http://www.www.asos.com/ to
http://www.newlook.co.uk/ the show closed with all 10 models representing the winners again back into performance outfits – so circus inspired, I was inspired by the Britney Spears video Circus for this. Office supplied shoes for the event (had some amazing 6 inch heels which I have no idea how the models and dancers walked in.
Rehearsals were a nightmare as it was running much quicker than the event would run so I was in a mad panic- I was meant to be giving up smoking on this day and ended up smoking 10 cigs at a time! I had dressers from the London college of Fashion who all did an amazing job, and the actual show went really well, it was manic backstage but when isn’t it? The gorgeous make up was done by the incredible Lan Nyugen
http://www.lan-makeup.com/ whose about to release her first book. I finally finished at around midnight so it was long day (had started about 9am).
The show made a two page spread in Drapers Record amongst other press and had amazing feedback.
I have worked for Emap before producing catwalk shows for award ceremonies- I did the Jewelry of the year awards last year, and this was the first show of the year for them. The production company Rah productions were producing the event http://www.rahproductions.co.uk/ with the staging/lighting by http://www.congobluedesign.com/ I work for Rah a lot on catwalk shows and events so have a really nice relationship with them and Paul Swaby who is the show director and choreographer. Paul’s been in the industry since time began, having worked as a model for years and now producing shows and events. Sarah Amos was choreographer for this event and did an amazing job. Congo Blue are one of the industry leaders and I love working with them, Ben Teale and his gang are a great team to work with produce amazing stages for events such as Clothes show live to concerts to small intimate shows. The event was held at Sketch http://www.sketch.uk .com just off Regent Street which if you have never been you MUST go, it’s amazing, absolutely stunning location and the pod toilets are awesome (although I found them a bit claustrophobic), it’s work going for a pot of tea and a cake during the day or indulge yourself for dinner in the evening (just make sure someone else is footing the bill). 
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