In the vein of our current studio focus, I wanted to point out the lighting and projection involved in Dior Homme's Fall 2009 runway show. As an offset to Van Assche's entirely black and white collection, the spectators to the show are bathed in the reddish glow of overhead radiant heaters. The show begins, and the floor is lit from above to form the runway boundaries. First one catwalk, then another parallel to it, and then a bridging piece between the two. As the show progresses, the tiny bridging element disappears and reappears, as well as the catwalks themselves. At one point, the runways disappear completely, save the portions of runway the model is currently walking on. For the show's finale, the room fills with fog, and vertical shafts are light are projected onto the models, almost as if scanning a human barcode.
The lighting elements are subtle, and never over-power the clothes. However, the amount of effort placed into such details doesn't go unnoticed. You can view the entire show here.
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