AW16 London Collections Men - Day 3

The third day of my LCM experience was the fullest of them all, it consisted of dressing 2 shows, Belstaff in the morning and KTZ in the evening.  Belstaff was a presentation, I wasn't sure how it would go, usually with a presentation models have to stand for up to 3 hours, so I wasn't sure if we could get them dressed and then leave, or would we have to stay the whole time while the presentation was going on and then undress the models after.  A bit disappointed, it was the later, sit around and wait for them to finish.  The presentation was inside a car park, so it was a bit cold, but the stuff from Belstaff is amazing, super warm, and models had to wear multiple layers.  My model was Look 11, his look was really warm!  I loved all of the leather mixed with shearling, fur, and printed nylon.  The set was really cool making the car park look like a winter wonderland, with faux snow and boulders.

Backstage images that I took

Top 5 Looks, see the whole collection here

The KTZ show was next and it was a big one.  I had heard that there would be 45 models and 45 dressers, a lot of people in one small backstage space.  When we arrived the clothes hadn't arrived yet so it was a bit of standing around and waiting.  I was assigned to the quick change room where I would get a model that had 2 looks, there were about 10 models that would need to have a change during the show.  My model would be Eliot.  After becoming familiar with her 2 looks, I got her in the first look, there was a rehearsal where we went through the quick change, which went really great.  This was Eliot's first fashion show, she had a good energy, excited but a bit nervous!  She was really nice and we worked great together to be sure she was ready on time.  Because there were some many models, dressers, and KTZ team members, there was a crazy energy backstage.  We were not able to take photos backstage, so sadly I only have a few photos from after the show.  But again KTZ delivered a great show with great clothes!  There were ton of sports references from the helmets to the stitching design, mixed with leather, and oversize shorts.

Top 5 Looks, see the whole collection here, the first model is Eliot

Photos taken backstage, I only learned at the end of the show that Eliot was actually the daughter of Sting and is a great musician in her own right.  These 2 guys below are the designers.