Runway S/S18

RUNWAY CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS
Harry backstage at his S/S18 show
T E A M
CAPTAIN
WE CORNERED SESSION
STAR ADAM REED F O R
TWO MINUTES TO FIND
OUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO
WORK WITH FASHION’S
BRIGHT YOUNG THING
Runway: What was it like working on Harry
Evans’s first LFW show?
Adam Reed: It was great. I’ve always loved working
with young talent and Harry is the epitome of it.
Images courtesy of L’Oréal Professionnel
technical knowledge and was also working
somewhere making the most amazing clothes
I’ve ever seen. At Céline I learnt a lot about
finesse and fine-tuning things. It was wonderful
to be part of such a huge and influential brand.
R: You showed your S/S18 collection at a
house off Brick Lane. How was this presentation
put together?
HE: The presentation was hosted by Fashion
East, who are a great group of people, and
they organised the location and put on the
event. For me, this collection was about
re-finding my identity. I realised that while
working for someone else I’d stopped
thinking about my work in the same way,
so I feel really lucky that I not only had the
chance to create a collection but also for it to
be a way to reconnect with my
own work.
R: How did you come up with
the hair looks with Adam Reed?
HE: Hair, make-up, casting,
music and lighting are all as
important as the garments
themselves – all the elements
need to work together. I had lots
of references and ideas I wanted
to try, and we worked on a couple
of these different ideas to come up
with the look. The brief I gave was that
it should look really rich and lovely,
but not too dressed or over-worked.
Adam and his team did a fantastic job,
it was brilliant to work with him.
R: What was the hair brief ?
AR: To make the models look the best that they
could be, so we created a great finish and
subtle movement. The clothes were all quite
statement pieces so the hair had to nicely
slot in.
R: How did the two of you collaborate –
what’s he like to work with?
AR: He was really easy going and an absolute
pleasure to work with. I popped in to see the
collection, we had a chat and I went back the
next day with the team to style the hair.
R: What are you highlights from that show?
AR: The clothes were amazing and the venue
was incredible. I went to do the test there the
day before and feel in love with the bright pink
that the walls had been painted in preparation
for the show.
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