Super 8

With his strong, innovative designs and the most-wanted outerwear of the season, Alexander Wang reaffirmed his position in the major leagues with his breakthrough Fall 2012 show. If the audience was engaged from the first look to the last, it was positively riveted by the spectacular finale: eight of the world’s biggest models, captured here in an exclusive basckstage portrait.

PHOTO: BACKSTAGE AT THE ALEXANDER WANG FALL 2012 SHOW IN NEW YORK,FEBRUARY 2012. MODELS: FROM LEFT: SHALOM HARLOW/DNA,KARMEN PEDARU/FORD, JOAN SMALLS/IMG, FRANKIE RAYDER/IMG, NATASHA POLY/WOMEN, GISELE BUNDCHEN/IMG, CARMEN KASS/WOMEN, KAROLINA KURKOVA/IMG. ALL CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES: ALEXANDER WANG FALL 2012. HAIR: GUIDO PALAU FOR REDKEN. MAKEUP: DIANE KENDAL. STYLIST ASSISTANT: ELIN SVAHN. CASTING: ANITA BITTON/THE ESTABLISHMENT