Los Angeles-based designer (and 21 year old grandson of oil magnate J. Paul Getty) ) August Getty's Spring 2016 "Thread of Man" show,
was simply billed vaguely as a "unique, visceral experience" and no other details were provided..... other than those followed by a random last minute phone call from long time friend and colleague, Celebrity Makeup Artist, Sharon Gault. An invitation to go behind the scenes with a photographer and video crew to cover the hair and makeup. We waited, baited breath for clearance and just about 2 hours
before the show was scheduled to begin at 7.00 pm, I set off. Meeting up immediately with a peak rush hour nightmare traffic to get into
Universal Studios. I sat in a non-moving traffic bottleneck panicking I was going to miss it all. Not wanting to miss a beat of this, and with sheer determination, I told my crews stuck in traffic to meet me there somehow. After several go around attempts, I found the designated, "word of mouth" pick up point..but only by recognizing a few fellow fashionistas and jovial fun ladies (from the Pentacostal choir) , who looked like David LaChapelle "characters".... . I was now separated from my camera crew but I didn't care. I just wanted to get there!
HEAVEN SIDE: Getty
presented an interesting collection of futuristic, minamilistic, silhouettes in
neutral 5 shades of foundation, inspired by Celebrity Leading ladies for his "Thread of Man" collection. Models including the
designer's own sister, Natalia Getty sported mushroom bobs behind saloon windows in breast showing latex dresses, sheath gowns, and umbrella-bottom
dresses. The scene was a wedding preparation maybe a little "Kill Billish"..... in the Wild West setting 
HELL SIDE : a scene from behind a chain-link fence, called "hell" , and cordoned off with Police yellow tape housed dozens of different junk television screens rolling clips of reality TV queen Kim
Kardashian and presidential hopeful Donald Trump played, among current war CNN news stories. 
LaChapelle had transformed the scene
into a dystopian, multimedia, strange apocalyptic wasteland complete with 1940s parlour music played in the background as clips of Donald Trump speeches
from Fox, and terrorist explosions whirred together in a stack of junk TV's and
models showcased themselves in zombie-like floating store dummies. There were the words from LaChapelles famous Coffee Table Book
"Heaven" and "Hell" in neon light. The event showcased the young
designer's Spring/Summer 2016 collection, and depicted women in a way that had
us conflicted with bare breasts clearly showing, and ending with a Pentecostal choir hand-chosen by LaChapelle . As we all sang along clapping to their version of
"Oh Happy Day" - we felt the LOVE!~ LaChapelle style! 
As VIP guests wined and dined in a tent just up a hill we all watched in awe as David brought it all together. Then, it was back on the shuttle bus and off to the private afterparty which was packed at the Blind Dragon on Sunset. A really memorable night and collection by August Getty. The Celebrity VIP guest list only predictably included a host of stars such as actresses Jamie King and Jessica Szhor, model Jessica Stam, socialites It girl/artist/model Langley Fox, stylish twins Sama and Haya Kahdra, and celebrity spawns (Hayley Hasselhoff). and the grand finale featured a live choir for its grand finale
Celebrity Makeup Artist Sharon Gault was "Devine" for the night with hair styled by Craig Ghanji using Enjoy Hair Products and Devine and Gigi's makeup by Anthony Nguyen from OPUS Beauty using Makeup Forever.
The
Models showcased the collection as showroom mannequins, with faceless
expressions and far away looks which created an eerie vibe. They were inside
faux store fronts for the Western town, and encouraged the audience to be voyeurs.For images or video contact
JulieAnne Christie PR
SZTV Media studio@styleshopusa.com
"Thread of Man"
invitation-only fashion show at Universal Studios by David LaChapelle for
August Getty S/S2016***. Creative Direction & Key Makeup by Sharon
Gault
| & Key Hair by Larry Dean McDaniel | Enjoy Hair Products.
Key Makeup from Make Up Forever by Edwin Sandoval, with team
David Hernandez, April Love-Medrano, Jen Alysha Marcantonio, Jessica Tom Perez,
Sean Harris, Patricia Lobo, Nicole Nathan Hejl| Sharon as "Devine"
| Hair by Craig Gangi her makeup by OPUS BEAUTY Agency Anthony Nguyen. Photos
& Video by Frankie XO for StyleshopUSA andSZTVwithJaneLinter#davidlachapelle #universalstudiosbacklot 
