About the Book: Runway
This stunning collection of candid snapshots from Paris Haute Couture fashion
shows offers exclusive backstage access during a formative decade in fashion and
modeling.
Paris, 1990s: A last-minute fitting. Clouds of hairspray. A final swipe of lip
liner. Backstage at fashion week, designers, hair stylists, makeup artists, and
others swirled around supermodels preparing to step onto the couture runway.
Amid the frenzy, photographer Kevin Merrill lingered in the shadows, capturing
the commotion. Merrill witnessed moments of stillness, too: a model slipping
away from the rush to lose herself in a book, or another patiently waiting while
corset ribbons were pulled tight. This