What brought you to
Plitz?
For the experience, to network, and to get experience
for the backstage feel of how
crazy it could get.
What’s your take so far
on your first fashion
week?
It’s not as intense as I thought
it was going to be. Maybe it
will get crazier later on, but I
also think that because there
are so many makeup artists
here that they they’ve got it all
organized and under control.
Tatyana Esposito
This petite makeup artist may
have to stand on a chair to reach
her models, but there was little
else getting in her way. Esposito
became a makeup artist after
leaving an accounting job at
Ernst & Young; she put herself
through makeup school and
started working. This year at
Plitzs was her first experience at
fashion week.
Nicole Bryant
Instructor Hair Design
Institute Brooklyn
Bryant, who is an instructor and
job placement specialist has been
bringing her students to Plitzs for
several years. The school partners
with a wide variety of volunteer
based organizations, like Plitzs, to
give students a greater knowledge
of the many options for stylists.
What advice would you
give to others braving
their first show?
Be yourself, and talk to people, network, you never know
where it could lead to.
What’s been the best thing so far?
Meeting different kinds of people! They’re from all walks of life. I’m from
Russia and actually the model that I worked on was Russian and spoke
Russian, so it was like, ‘wow, what a small world!’
How did you get involved
with Plitz?
A couple of years ago they came
to the school and asked if the students could come and volunteer to
be makeup artists and hair stylists
for Plitzs and that went over well.
We’ve been doing Plitzs now for
four years. So they’ve changed
producers for hair and makeup
but the next person who came on
board continued to call me so I
just bring my students out.
We don’t want them to think
that a beautician or hair stylist is
just inside of a salon. There’s so
much more to cosmetology than
just being inside a salon and being
a stylist. There’s being a makeup
artist, tv, there’s music, freelancing, there’s so much. I even
take them to shows, talk shows,
to the behind the scenes so they
can talk to the makeup artists and
hairstylists and see that part of the
industry. We try to get them out of
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