How do you infuse music into your inventive course of?
We work in an enormous, open studio. And if the music isn’t on, I really feel like nothing’s getting finished. It’s the power degree—it may possibly actually change your entire temper of everybody working. If you’re listening to sleepy, unhappy music or one thing just a little too hyped, it may be just a little distracting. But generally, heaps and many music, as loud as doable.
Your present is bringing collectively vogue and a few of NY’s greatest ladies comedians. Why have been you drawn to this idea?
In a traditional runway present, you create the seems, you’re the boss. It’s all about your imaginative and prescient and placing it on somebody who actually is simply there to reinforce the garments. But with this present, it’s all in regards to the expertise and the personalities. And I’m simply doing my half to reinforce their expertise.
It was sort of attention-grabbing to consider their personalities and the way they usually gown. I’m additionally making an attempt to interject my imaginative and prescient into that, however, most significantly, I need to make them snug. I imply, being a feminine slapstick comedian is like strolling on-stage bare. I can’t even think about a extra terrifying factor to do. And they do it on daily basis. I simply need to have fun them and make them really feel good and powerful and assured.
How can vogue and comedy empower ladies?
You may be empowering if you may make folks chortle, make folks smile, and convey pleasure to their lives—that’s what I attempt to do with vogue, however that’s actually what comedy does for folks. To be a lady placing that on the market in your individual sturdy, feminine, fearless manner—I feel that’s actually epic.
Catch Cynthia’s NYFW playlist and the songs the comedians walked to.