It’s backstage on the Helmut Lang show on the primary day of Latest York Fashion Week, and anticipation is within the air. Blow dryers blare, models march and excited (perhaps overcaffeinated) crews chat.
The energy is palpable.
But it surely’s remarkably calmer around makeup artist Daniel Sallstrom, who's tasked with using MAC Cosmetics to create the ravaged-by-the-elements glam for Peter Do’s second presentation for Helmut Lang. Sallstrom is jitter-free as he precisely smudges pristine makeup on a model’s eyelids with a Q-tip.
“One among the important thing words for the gathering was windswept chaos,” he explains coolly, clearly resistant to the electrified air backstage. “The thought was to take a very done look and disheveling it.”
He navigates the backstage landscape as...
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