15 Things You Never Knew About Backstage at Fashion Week

3. Backstage can feel like a closet. Often the primping rooms lack windows and AC, so it gets really, really hot with all those people and blow dryers blasting. See the first rule: wear layers!

4. The lead hairstylist and makeup artists don’t do everyone’s looks. You know when you read those how-to breakdowns of the backstage look? Well, the main beauty gurus spend most of the hours leading up to the show talking to reporters and overseeing everything. So they have to train their teams ahead of time on how to re-create their vision, and this is called a “beauty test.”