Oscar de la Renta Resort 2013

One of the 8million reasons I love Oscar de la Renta’s shows–they keep me on my toes during the “off-season” from fashion week. Things seem quiet, and them bam! Time for another Oscar show.

Yesterday’s Resort show showcased what I would now say is currently my favorite OdlR collection. Yes, I say that about every collection, but that’s the point! After years of designing, the man understands the true meaning of perfection. And when you can create something new and inspiring, and re-invent yourself 5+ times a year, you are in my opinion, a true design genius.

I always know when I truly love a collection when it decimates my vocabulary skills. Suddenly, I forget all adjectives but gorgeous/beautiful/pretty/amazing and start repeating myself like some sort of fashion-crazed parrot, who has just learned to speak.

But truly, the show *was* beautiful as always. I — along with a handful of other photographers once again “live Pinned” the before, during, and after show happenings on Pinterest. You can see the results here. Below, some of my favorite images, along with a few exclusives that weren’t on Pinterest.

Last minute finishing

I could have spent a full day exploring this room

Garden party

Jellies

Even the catering was beautiful

It’s pretty incredible to see what all goes into having a fashion show. It’s all of the tiny details like this that I love, and feel privileged to get to witness.

My favorite dress from the collection

Chantal!

Perfection

Love these sunglasses!

So very Alice in Wonderland

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See the full photo set here

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Sneak Peeks: NYFW F/W 2012 Day Eight (Part Two): Oscar de la Renta Backstage

*My full photo post/recap will (hopefully!) be up Wednesday. <3

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Sneak Peeks: NYFW F/W 2012 Day Two

Hyden Yoo

Backstage at Rachel Comey

Getting in the Spirit of Fashion Week

Things have been quite around here, while I’ve been doing a lot of planning and preparation for NY Fashion Week. A lot of last minute friend hangouts, schedule wrangling– and a lot of laundry!

As is tradition, I like to start off each new fashion week revisiting some of my favorite photos from the season before. Hopefully, I will have a lot more great coverage from my 6th (!!) season at NYFW. For anyone new here: I shoot such a high volume (at least 30 shows, averaging about 16-20,000 photos overall–all while pulling 12 hour days for about 9 days straight) that I post “teaser” images every night. Full show and backstage coverage will begin the day after NYFW ends.

The Girl Who Was on Fire

Model: Claire Geist
Photographer: Rachel Scroggins
Styling: Claire Geist
Prop Styling: Rachel Scroggins

Happy 2012!

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year’s Eve, and is enjoying 2012 so far! As part of a few changes I’m going to be making, I redesigned my entire photo website. No more clunky thumbnails! I’m so happy with it, and think it presents my work in a much more beautiful setting.

See it at www.rachelscroggins.net

I’ll be posting a lot more in the coming weeks (hello, New Year’s resolution!), so expect some fun new photos, and some NYFW catchup posts that got lost somewhere in my absolutely crazy 2011.

Oscar de la Renta Pre-Fall 2012

Really, what can I say that hasn’t been said before (and by someone much more eloquent than I) about Oscar de la Renta? Decades of designs later, and he’s still managing to impress us all.

Each season, Oscar re-interprets classics, while mixing in dashes of what’s new and fresh. Usually while indulging in a few of my favorite things– sheer fabrics, sequins, and bright jewel tones along the way. There were a lot of all 3 in the pre-fall collection. With a few new stand out show favorites for me as well.

Backstage pre-show I found the usual calm of an Oscar show. Models sipped tea while having their cheeks rouged and hair pinned into one of the coolest, yet simplest buns I’ve ever seen.

Hair by Brian Buenaventura for Orlo Salon.


Definitely a hair look I’ll be trying for myself.

Fresh faced. Makeup by Alice Lane for Jed Root.

This hat, on one of the ladies working backstage also caught my eye:

She made it herself, the night before!

I’d like to steal all of these models’ super cool jackets.

More tea!

Upstairs a bit later, the show, set to another great soundtrack featuring the likes of Coldplay and Rihanna, began.

One key thing that blew me away– the hats, by Patricia Underwood:

I loved the updated take on a 1920′s cloche, re-imagined in sheer fabrics.

The best (and most consistent) thing about Oscar is his attention to detail:

The extra bows…

Embellished jacket…

…and ultra fine crocheted “lace”.

I don’t think anyone does sheer white blouses better:

Everything about this screams romance.

The costume jewelry seriously blows me away every season:

So many patterns. Yet so perfect!

I found the “bread loaf” shaped purses a refreshing change from popular handbag styles.

Golden hoodie dress

Shake it up.

Garden party.

A favorite of mine.

The highlight of the entire show was the group of long, billowy, relaxed gowns that practically danced down the runway:

My absolute favorite– this gold gown and embellished jacket:

See the full photo set here

All Photos ®2011 Rachel Scroggins/The Greyest Ghost

Sneak Peek: NYFW S/S 2012 DAY SIX

Preen by Thornton Bregazzi

Preen Backstage

Preen: Before the Show

Chris Benz Backstage

Chris Benz

Chris Benz

Chris Benz

The word of the day was definitely “neon”.

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Sneak Peek: NYFW S/S 2012 DAY FOUR

8,821 Photos Later…

Christian Siriano Backstage. Hair: AVEDA

Christian Siriano Backstage

VPL Backstage. Nails: Butter London

VPL Backstage

HONOR Backstage. Hair: Bumble and Bumble. Makeup: NARS

HONOR Backstage

Band of Outsiders Backstage. Makeup: Shiseido

Band of Outsiders. Hair: AVEDA

Backstage at Altuzarra. Nails: CND. Hair: Frédéric Fekkai

Full posts to come, once I have a break in my show schedule.

®2011 Rachel Scroggins/The Greyest Ghost

Sneak Peek: NYFW S/S 2012 DAY THREE

Backstage at Peter Som

Backstage at NAHM

NAHM – Maureen Kaveney for The Greyest Ghost

United Bamboo

Backstage at Mandy Coon

Logan Neitzel – Maureen Kaveney for The Greyest Ghost

Backstage at Sally LaPointe

®2011 Rachel Scroggins/The Greyest Ghost and Maureen Kaveney