30 July 2012
Fashion by the Sea was held over two evening on the Moyo Pier at the Durban beachfront recently. The show ran off a grandma 2 and also utilized four Avolites Cubes. The weather played along for this trendy event which could not have been hosted at a more beautiful or unique setting.
Black Coffee supplied the full technical. The dimmers were at the beginning of the 120m ramp (pier), and there was a socopex run to each of the twenty-four 5m long truss totems erected and reinforced along the pier. Each totem was topped with 6 Par 64s. Set up was two days prior to the event. Simon Hampton was the lighting designer and operated the grandMA2. Also part of the team was Brandon Bunyan and Llewellyn Pieters. Needless to say, they did their fair share of walking. 
Some 350 guests attended Fashion by the Sea and were seated on each side of the pier whilst the models paraded down the centre, most likely the longest “ramp” of their careers. The weather for the first evening was absolutely calm and gorgeous while the wind blew slightly on the second night. 
This event, which really was rather simple, was something that wouldn’t easily be forgotten. “As the last van was leaving at 5am after strike we sat with our McDonalds breakfast and watched the sun come up over the ocean,” said Llewellyn Pieters. Idyllic. 
Simon Hampton lit the show 
