Fashion Week: The Best Of Backstage

This fashion week, we sent photographer Nilina Mason-Campbell to document the goings-on behind-the-scenes. Herewith, models reading, designers preening, dressers dressing, and, um, Alan Cumming.
Fashion Week's Former Head Honcho Is Not Happy
Possible reasons Fern Mallis looked so dang heartbroken at the Hervé Leger show: 1. The lights were hurting her eyes. 2. Max Azria strangled her puppy with a yard of industrial-strength elastic. 3. She was looking for black models.
Herve Leger's Dresses Will Crush Your Ribs, Beautifully.
Prabal Gurung might be so over "body-con" dressing, but what else would one expect from Hervé Leger by Max Azria?
Fewer Models Of Color Work New York's Fashion Runways
After tracking diversity on the runways for several seasons, we took off last September because we thought the fashion industry was finally coming to its senses. Models of color were getting booked! How disappointing, then, to tally this season's numbers.
