behind-the-scenes at ports 1961 S/S 2011 | NY FASHION WEEK

Doubts of the collections on-going success were being manufactured by the rumor mills after Tia Cibani the creative director stepped down and her sister Fiona Cibani took the reigns. They were of course short lived after the incredible collection came to life at New York Fashion week. Beautiful pieces that demonstrated not only a unique perspective on classics, but also remained ready-to-wear seemed to be the direction for Ports 1961.

Check out some of the Backstage + Front Row + Runway Looks of the collection, below.

two models during hair and makeup prep pre-show //

anna selezneva during hair prep //

katrin thormann during hair prep //

makeup application //

pre-show checks //

lindsay ellingson during pre-show checks //

the models line up for a test run //

ping hue during pre-show checks //

freja beha erichsen //

the u-shaped seating arrangements for the show //

olivia palermo //

waiting to be seated //

clearing the plastics to expose the pure-white runway, just before the show //

anna selezneva //

andie arthur //

freja beha erichsen //

anna selezneva //

bregje heinen //

ramona chmura //

ping hue //

anna selezneva //

freja beha erichsen //

magdalena frackowiak //

the final set of looks//

one more pass //

fiona cibani - creative director of ports 1961 //

magdalena frackowiak + freja beha erichsen, post show //