A lot goes on behind the scenes to get ready for New York Fashion Week. Follow my journey right here for an exclusive behind the scenes preview of everything that happens as we prepare for the new season. Prep work, the pre-show frenzy, and a glimpse or two of the new GANT by Michael Bastian Spring/Summer 2012 collection!

Michael Bastian


Here’s the story…of a really cool sunglass line!

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From top left to bottom right:

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!  How do you manage to be so beautiful every damn day!  Here’s our sexy ‘Marcia’ glass– a sexy retro ’70s aviator with tequila sunrise lenses in a bunch of great color combos.  Usually I don’t like lenses where you can see the eye, but here I wanted the whole world to see you as you eye them up!  Go Caroline!  Also work for guys, by the way.

Haven’t you always been dying for a pair of big shades with little turtles walking across them? I know Eugenia has– as you can see here

Antonio’s wearing our ‘Greg’ a double layer wrap-around.

Did you wake up this morning feeling like you wanted to be the center of attention for once instead of your pretty sister Marcia? I know– happens to me all the time. Well here’s the sunglass for you then– the GANT by MB ‘Jan’ model– otherwise known as ‘The Emotional Breakdown’  Sunglasses should be fun and the best are a little crazy, like this one. Right Rosemary?

Sam the Butcher is sure to give you the best pork chops in his shop when you rock up wearing our ‘Alice’ model — a cool retro chunky sunglass with a pearlized finish– here worn by Lucy from the GANT Accounting Office.

Here’s Scott, our GANT by MB US Sales Director, wearing our ‘Bobby’ model– a big oversized racing glass with enamel coated wire frame. These immediately boost your cool factor by about 1000 points.

How can you not love someone in heart-shaped sunglasses? Here’s Rose (the MB Sales Director) wearing our ‘Cindy’ in candy pink.  You should see the version we did of these in purple with mirrored lenses– for when you really want to blow your friends minds.

Here I am, playing the dad, in our ‘Brady’ style– These are two tone and come in some great color combos– you can’t see it very clearly in this pic, but the arms are cherry red, with a clear blue front. Love these….  and they work just as well for the girls in the family.

Here’s Doug, the US PR Director for GANT wearing our ‘Bobby’ model– this is a nice, masculine tortoise sunglass with just the right amount of metal tipping– classic with a little edge– just like Doug.

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Presentation layout

The presentation layout board is basically our holy grail. We agonize over where to place the models, the flow of traffic during the event and what will be the money shots that people will remember and take away. Every decision is crucial and important. This board changes so much throughout the process, and in the end it is our bible during pre-show staging and setup.

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