Backstage with Jason Wu

Jason Wu shows at 11a.m. on Day 2 of New York Fashion Week. If you’re a model of the moment—a best of the best—that means your call time is something like 8a.m. Not horrible or anything, but in the event that Marc Jacobs hosted the party of the decade the night before, well, it might seem rough. At any rate, these young women are professionals first and foremost and all was in order on Friday morning as a crew of beauties and those charged with taking great care of them readied for Wu’s spring presentation.

Hanne Gaby Odiele, a classic beauty, backstage in her own dress before Jason Wu

And in this instance, “readied” meant (in large part), the application of a gorgeous, deep red lip. Here’s your look at the top models in the industry right now—and Mr. Wu himself—counting down the moments to the big reveal.

 

 Between the hours of 9 and 10, it feels like all the gorgeous women in the world are in one place—this room.

From the new news—like Spanish-speaking Lineisy Montero (above), who opened the show—to the new classics, like Binx and Mica (below), who were were basically everything last season and who have only gained staying power since then, Wu manages to curate the most evocative personalities in the industry.

The look for the tresses was a simple, elegant, small back bun, and the makeup direction was a glossy naked face with a gorgeous matte lip—which looked particularly perfect on It girl Xiao Wen Ju.

After hair and makeup there is a semi-surreal lag time in which the models wander in a state of not-dressed-up but with somewhere, most definitely, to go. Eventually.

Just not … yet.

There’s a lot of cell phone time, and copious photography.

There’s also some time to chat with everyone else milling about, like Eva from Into the Gloss, who handled her site’s branding with a decent amount of charm.

Eventually, the boss shows up, giant coffee in hand.

And that can only mean one thing: it’s time for wardrobe—and then on to the show.

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—Laura Cassidy

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