The live fashion show—a melding of various skill sets into a brief, intense moment of creative expression—is about 12 minutes long. In addition to the work of the designer, every show requires the efforts of other artistic types—those who create its beauty, look, set, lighting, music.
Yet not all components of fashion-show realization are so obvious. One of the most essential is both arduous and unsung: the task of seating. That grueling, complicated, kinetic art-cum-science-cum-hope-for-the-best is in full swing this weekend at New York Fashion Week.
