Unfashion - Hidden Girls

Agata, Svetlana, Katia, Daniela, Oxana working during Paris Fashion Week 2019. One of the multiples hidden side of fashion stands in the real work of models: waiting, changing, speeding, changing again, being in a rush, being exhausted, being melancholic, being strong. And starting over. To all women workers.

Svetlana with her outfit just before going to see the clients outside the corridor. Sveta is from Russia and she's a full time model. She once was studying to be a teacher for blind people.

Sveta and Katia

Sveta

Svetlana is exhausted after many appointments. More clients could come anytime to see the collections. Fashion week sales campaign lasts 9 days. The girls are spending 10 hours a day sharing a shallow corridor in a beautiful Haussmanian building in the center of Paris. the halls are absolutely magnificent and finely decorated. the models come out of the hallways using the ancient passages intended for servants. even meals are eaten in the same environment. when there is a break between clients, they take the opportunity to rest or chat. they take turns to go to the bathroom. sometimes the most tired ones go home early, alternating so that each one makes the same hours.

Agata checking up her messages after a client. She is from Poland and she teaches english to college students. She comes to Paris every fashion week to work in showrooms. She is sharing apartment with other fellow models. Not only they spend the day together but also the evenings. Bounds are created and girls are happy to see each other every few months.

Agata

Sveta and Daniela

Daniela

Daniela and Svetlana having a small break. Usually there's no time to have lunch properly while working, so models have to eat randomly when they have a moment. Changing hundreds of times a day requires a lot of physical endurance. many laypeople greatly underestimate this. you also have to be extremely patient with customers. Often, speaking several languages helps to communicate with them if required.

Agata

Svetlana

Agata

The breaks can stop suddenly when dresser come announcing "let's start over, girls". and it will be like that for many days to come. until the next fashion week.

Agata

Daniela

Svetlana

Daniela

Katia

Svetlana

Agata