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Title: [Carmen Marc Valvo, fall 1997]
Identifier: e_per_0101
Creator: Perkins, Lucian
Topic: Fashion
Dates: 1997
Resource: Lucian Perkins photographic archive
Description: After several seasons on the runway, most models become experts at makeup application, having picked up tips from the makeup artists with whom they work. The makeup for a show is a collaborative process based on the look of the collection, the ideas of the makeup artist, and the preferences of the designer. In the end, however, the designer has the final say; makeup artists have to be prepared for all skin tones and last minute changes; Carmen Marc Valvo, fall '97

Title: [Carolina Herrera, spring 1998]
Identifier: e_per_0176
Creator: Perkins, Lucian
Topic: Fashion
Dates: 1998
Resource: Lucian Perkins photographic archive
Description: Designers rely on the expertise of lighting technicians, stage managers, hair stylists, makeup artists, the model, and photographers to capture the drama of a simple, single garment; Carolina Herrera, spring '98

Title: [Carolyn Roehm, 1987]
Identifier: e_per_0130
Creator: Perkins, Lucian
Topic: Fashion
Dates: 1987
Resource: Lucian Perkins photographic archive
Description: In the far left corner lurks ‘New York Times' photographer Bill Cunningham. He is an icon in the industry, known for capturing the clothes on the runway and the fashion on the street; Carolyn Roehm, '87.

Title: [Carolyn Roehm, fall 1990]
Identifier: e_per_0131
Creator: Perkins, Lucian
Topic: Fashion
Dates: 1990
Resource: Lucian Perkins photographic archive
Description: The fashion industry is one of the last places in which smoking is not taboo. Model Carla Bruni takes a puff; Carolyn Roehm, fall '90

Title: [Carolyn Roehm, spring 1987]
Identifier: e_per_0114
Creator: Perkins, Lucian
Topic: Fashion
Dates: 1987
Resource: Lucian Perkins photographic archive
Description: For models, a fashion show is a performance. On the runway, they wear a mask. Backstage, they can let themselves go. Here, model Dalma heads to the dressing room; Carolyn Roehm, spring '87

Title: [Christian Francis Roth, spring 1993]
Identifier: e_per_0108
Creator: Perkins, Lucian
Topic: Fashion
Dates: 1993
Resource: Lucian Perkins photographic archive
Description: Models often compete to wear the sexiest or most provocative garments in a collection. Those will be the most photographed clothes, and a model's goal is to get her image in as many publications as possible; Christian Francis Roth, spring '93

Title: [Cindy Crawford]
Identifier: e_per_0166
Creator: Perkins, Lucian
Topic: Fashion
Dates: 1992
Resource: Lucian Perkins photographic archive
Description: Cindy Crawford was a fashion show regular until she became a talk show host, cosmetics spokesperson, advertising pitchwoman, and aspiring actress. Now, she rarely makes a runway appearance; Donna Karan, '92

Title: [Council of Fashion Designers of America party, fall 1990]
Identifier: e_per_0121
Creator: Perkins, Lucian
Topic: Fashion
Dates: 1990
Resource: Lucian Perkins photographic archive
Description: Designers Carolyn Roehm and Donna Karan, and editor Anna Wintour of ‘Vogue.' Each season, the CFDA hosts a fashion week party for editors and designers. Karan wears a T-shirt promoting 7th on Sale, an industry fundraiser for AIDS; Council of Fashion Designers of America party, fall '90.

Title: [Cynthia Steffe, 1997]
Identifier: e_per_0139
Creator: Perkins, Lucian
Topic: Fashion
Dates: 1997
Resource: Lucian Perkins photographic archive
Description: The waiting time backstage can be several hours for a lesser known model who has to arrive early and be made up before the top models arrive at the last minute. They spend the time chatting, making calls on their cellular phones, and browsing through the perfectly steamed clothes on the collection; Cynthia Steffe, '97

Title: [Cynthia Steffe, spring 1997]
Identifier: e_per_0109
Creator: Perkins, Lucian
Topic: Fashion
Dates: 1997
Resource: Lucian Perkins photographic archive
Description: The running order of a show is posted backstage where models Sandra, Zora, and Liisa (models often just go by one name) stand waiting for their cue. The temperature is generally kept low to offset the hot runway lights and to keep makeup from melting and hair from collapsing; Cynthia Steffe, spring '97