Fashion Shows

I saw these amazing pictures on Slate today. I love them because they tell so many stories. Most of all, they are real. They show that fashion shows are nerve racking; models sometimes can be lonely. However, they are still dreamy. Maybe that's the magic of fashion.

As Fashion Week commences in New York City, Magnum presents images of the glamour and organized frenzy surrounding fashion shows around the world.

PARIS—At the Rochas' fashion show, 2004.

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PARIS—Nina Ricci, February 2008.

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PARIS—Dries Van Noten, March 2009.

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NEW YORK CITY—Models limbering up backstage before a fashion show in Harlem, 1950.

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NEW YORK CITY—Fashion Week, February 2005.

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NEW YORK CITY—Zac Posen, February 2008.

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NEW YORK CITY—Zac Posen, February 2008

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NEW YORK CITY—Fashion Week, September 2004.

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MILAN, Italy—Versace, February 2008.

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PARIS—Changing during the Christian Dior fashion show, circa 1947.

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PARIS—Lanvin, February 2008.

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PARIS—1953.

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PARIS—Valentino and his business partner Giancarlo Giammetti check Erin's outfit before the show, 2001.

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