There is nothing new to discuss with the make-up because the designers only direction was a smoky eye. As I’ve said in previous entries this look is most designer’s favorite because it give the most impact on the runway. This was the first opportunity that the make-up artists had to use natural light for our applications (*AB-FAB Tip: natural light is the best light for applying make-up which is why my make-up table is in front of a window).

With that said it was also the best lighting to capture Ean Williams’, the director, creative vision for the DC Fashion Week hair looks. Like the make-up artists Ean used different stylist for each show. On this day the looks were achieved by a local H Street salon, which unfortunately I never got the name of.
Ean’s brilliant idea was to have sophisticated wearable looks in order for the over the tip designs to be the true stand out. With the simpler silhouettes he gave us major drama by having textured contrasting hair pieces inserted into the hair in either a sculptural braided bun…
…or in high art up-do’s reminiscent of the look that my favorite designer Alexander McQueen has shown in many a runway show.
Three designers showed at the H Street Festival. Unfortunately I missed the first designer finishing up one of the models make-up, but here are a few photos that I caught while the models where lining up and I was packing up my kit.
The next designer was Diallo. By looking closely at the craftsmanship of the collection I could see that Diallo was a new designer. He only had a few unembellished looks and kept the shapes simple in order to highlight his talent.

The menswear designs were very Rock-n-Roll with silkscreen tees and military style shirts. It was nice to see that the designer kept the audience in mind when selecting his looks for the show. These were looks that young men can relate to.
The looks for women the designer made sure were also very simple and wearable. He selected black and white as the color palette with red and yellow as the accent colors. The only print was a yellow, black, white and red abstract checkerboard pattern which Diallo used as a front panel for the pictured white halter and sheath dresses.
There was also a floor length yellow evening gown layered under a black daisy embroidered lace with a plunging V, strapless neckline and a bright yellow bow tied under the bust.

The trends of the collection were suspenders and ruffles. Diallo used sheer and velvet fabrics and accented a few looks for the runway with opera length gloves.
Good Job Diallo, can’t wait to see your next collection.
The director of DC Fashion Week, Ean Williams, was the last designer to show his collection at the H Street Festival. I believe that Ean used some of the looks from his Spring/Summer 2008 collection because of the jewel tone color of the Fall/Winter 2009 Ean gave us robin’s egg blues (my favorite), turquoise, and gold. Who could blame Ean for showing is Spring/Summer 2008 line on an 80° day and the point of a show is to sell your designs.
Ean used Corjor Sport for the menswear, showing sexy swimwear. White wife beaters were shown in order for the boy short and bikini cut bathing suits to really stand out. There was a blue stripe boy short cut bathing suit as well as navy and white polka dots on a few of the looks. My favorite was the turquois/paisley print boxer cut shorts.

Ean used Corjor Sport and Corjor Couture for the women’s wear designs. From Corjor Sport he used a few of the bathing suit looks that he showed at the 2008 Industry Networking event at Senate Square on September 18th. For the details of these looks see my blog on this event.

The Corjor Couture looks were luxury red-carpet evening gowns which is Ean’s specialty. There was a pleated floor length turquoise, tan and white ombré chiffon gown that sparkled with the blue and turquoise sequin flower accents on the cross strap, sweetheart neckline and all throughout the gown.
There was also a robin’s egg blue silk halter strap ankle length gown that had a matching blue sheer fabric layer that was embellished with blue sequin flower pattern embroidery. The dress gave the wearer shape because of the mirror and beaded Empire waistband.