It is always fun to hear what different members of the press have to say after a big event or show… but sometimes it is even nicer to experience a bit more of an intimate look into what goes on behind the lights, cameras and action…

There is an unbelievable amount of preparation involved in pulling off a fifteen minute fashion show.  Months of planning, booking, creating and finalizing for the thrill of entertainment and being able to visually vocalize an idea and mood   It is such a beautifully frivolous yet completely necessary endeavor.  Inviting and treating the very people you dress – the very people who are the brand, to indulge in the new picture board of perfection you have dreamt up and realized!  How could anything be more satisfying?!?

These beautiful black and whites were shot by Kat’s younger brother, Nick Leblond, who’s backstage experience was everything he seems to have captured in his shots – peaceful.  He described the models (some of which Kat has used in her previous Sensation Mode show) to be at ease and confident, assured and ready.  None of the regular anxiety feel or rushed paranoia that some shows can create.  The most beautiful thing that Kat recalled to me in an e-mail the day after the show was what she said to each and every one of the models before they walked out on stage…

“I keep re-living the line up and how great the girls looked back stage.  They were so stunning.  So generous.  Before every one of them went out,  I looked her in the eyes, took her hands and told her: You are beautiful.  Go slow.  Breathe.  Smile.  Enjoy.  You are a queen”.

The lineup!

The girls were drop dead gorgeous and did an incredible job… I love the fact that these ladies really are the strong women they projected on the catwalk.  I love even more the fact that the confidence they injected to their walks and struts are not an act.  These girls ain’t faking a thing… they truly are the KL goddesses Kat designs for

xox