30 photos evidence the unglamorous side of New York Manner Week

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  • New York Mode calendar week is boot off mid-Feb.
  • This year, NYFW volition livestream track shows, panels, and movies — but it's not all glamorous.
  • Behind the scenes, models get blisters, fight exhaustion, and try not to fall.
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As the press works tirelessly to brand sure New York Fashion Week looks as glamorous as possible, behind the scenes, it's not ever as elegant as it appears.

Winter NYFW, which runs through the middle of February, is especially difficult considering of freezing temperatures. Attendees have to boxing the infamous New York air current, oftentimes waiting in long lines merely to attend a fifteen-minute testify. This year, NYFW will be alive- streaming track shows and panels, saving many attendees from having to dauntless the cold. But running Way Week in the eye of a pandemic offers a new set of unglamorous challenges.

From broken heels and blisters to freezing rain and tons of diva moments, these photos reveal the unglamorous side of New York Fashion Week.

Being a model isn't always glamorous. New York Fashion Week usually means early on call times and hours spent in a chair with people pulling at your hair.

A sleepy model gets her hair done.
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Models accept to sit down through the hair pulling with no complaints.

A model winces as her hair is pulled.
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The pain continues on the runway, as some models end upwards with blisters from those heaven-high shoes.

A model's Band-Aids are seen during a show.
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Trying not to fall is a whole unlike dilemma.

A model tumbles down a prepare of stairs on a runway stage.
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Stairs proved to be quite tricky for models at the Givenchy Spring 2016 show.

Some other model takes a fall and has to be helped upwards by audience members.
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A wipe-out can not only interfere with the catamenia of a show, but models tin get seriously injured.

A model slips while walking in the Herve Leger by Max Azria show.
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Just falling can also humanize the way world a flake.

A model smiles off her autumn and gets back on her feet.
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One time the show begins, designers can only hope that everything unfolds equally planned. Diane Von Furstenberg could do nothing merely watch equally a light rig fell and landed near audience members in 2005.

This show was held in Bryant Park, which fabricated the fix design more difficult than usual.
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Backstage can also become tense in the minutes leading upward to the testify — usually with designers and production barking orders.

Designer Kimora Lee Simmons yells backstage minutes before her evidence.
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Even models as experienced as Gigi Hadid can get flustered before walking.

Gigi Hadid.
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Kids can't always go along their cool, either. Here, North West has a minor tantrum while sitting forepart row with her mom at the Alexander Wang show.

Kim tries to distract North with candy, which is probably a rare find during Fashion Calendar week.
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To ease the stress of it all, some audience members bring their dogs to the show.

Designer Scott Studenberg brings his puppy to take in all the latest trends.
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Some dogs become more access than attendees.

Attending the clothes rehearsal.
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This domestic dog got the take chances to picket a apparel rehearsal earlier attendees were permit in.

In the past, photographers have often been cramped together, with some fifty-fifty spending hours sitting on the floor just to get the perfect shot.

Attending a show is worth it, even if it means having to sit on the floor.
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They dressed in their best, but attendees at previous years' shows had to expect in long lines earlier they fifty-fifty took their seats.

Luckily, this line is within.
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Fashion Week is held in the summertime and winter then attendees have to either wait in the thick heat, or the icy New York wind.

Attendees try not to sweat through their glamorous outfits.
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Once it starts to snow or sleet, getting to and from shows tin can become a nightmare.

A man shovels the stairs in front of a fashion show.
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In one case attendees take their seats, they take to expect even longer earlier the testify comes on.

Shows normally only last about 15 minutes.
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So once the show ends, it is a mad nuance for the exit, as attendees demand to make it to their side by side scheduled event.

Anybody snaps one final photo so books it out of there.
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Backstage, makeup products are crammed into the express infinite.

Drugstore makeup brands are a lot more than mutual than you would think.
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When models aren't existence made up, they unremarkably just pass the time by sleeping in any corner they can find.

It's not uncommon to see a model lying on a flooring.
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It is becoming more common for shows to be held in obscure locations, including parks and subway stops. This ways unglamorous, mobile bathrooms.

The bathrooms for a fashion show in Bryant Park.
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Attendees probably didn't program on having to duck into a small stall wearing a couture outfit.

A bathroom attendant helps a style-goer into a stall.
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In the past, elevators have been jam-packed with models and designers rushing to the green rooms.

Christian Siriano, left, packs an elevator with models alee of the presentation of his bound line.
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Streets exterior the shows were just as crowded, every bit paparazzi raced through the metropolis trying to capture photos of celebrities.

Paparazzi even capture every day people.
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Fashion Week has fifty-fifty turned the streets of New York into a crowded runway — New Yorkers could forget getting to work on time.

Taking over the streets.
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There'due south truly no escape from the printing. The Yeohlee evidence was held at a subway stop, making the commute impossible for locals.

Printing cake an leave at a New York subway stop.
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Wintertime doesn't finish the madness. Photographers take to bundle up and brave the cold to get the perfect shot.

Current of air and snowfall won't cease the paparazzi.
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In 2020, New York Style Week looked a petty different as local designers and models had to follow COVID-nineteen regulations to keep the event condom.

Models in masks tin can add a whole new level of difficulty for hair and makeup artists.
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