Backstage during Fashion Week

It's the season of Fashion Week, from Bryant Park in New York last week to London this week, and Milan, Los Angeles and Tokyo next month. As designers and their models gather to present their newest collections to the world, photographers are on hand to take thousands of pictures, most during the actual show - with a few photos from the backstage of each show sent across the wires as well. I've gathered a handful of those backstage glimpses from recent fashion shows, most taken in New York, and share them with you below. (30 photos total)

A model has her makeup done backstage before presenting the Vena Cava Fall 2010 collection during New York Fashion Week February 11, 2010. (REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi)

A model is reflected in a broken mirror backstage before the Marchesa Fall 2010 collection is modeled Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin) #

Hairdressers prepare a model before the start of the International Flamenco Fashion Show in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain on January 28, 2010. (REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo) #

A model eats as she has her hair done before the start of the Naeem Khan Fall 2010 collection show during New York Fashion Week on February 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi) #

A model has her makeup done during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week Fall Winter collection in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) #

A model poses backstage before the Erin Wasson + RVCA fall 2010 collection show during Fashion Week, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) #

A model has makeup applied before the Marchesa Fall 2010 collection is modeled Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin) #

A model has water misted in her face backstage before the Adam Fall 2010 collection during New York Fashion Week February 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri) #

Lying on the floor under a table, a makeup artist paints the toenails of a model before the Halston fall 2010 collection is shown Monday Feb. 15, 2010, during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/David Goldman) #

A model poses for a photographer with a ring flash before the Peter Som Fall 2010 fashion show during New York Fashion Week on February 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Stephen Chernin) #

A model is silhouetted against the lights backstage before presenting the Vena Cava Fall 2010 collection during New York Fashion Week February 11, 2010. (REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi) #

A model has her hair done before the Andre Lima fashion show, as part of the 2010-2011 Fall-Winter collections of the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 22, 2010. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #

A model has makeup applied backstage prior to the Dior Spring-Summer 2010 Haute Couture fashion collection, in Paris, Monday Jan. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) #

Models get their hair and makeup done backstage before the Andre Lima fashion show, part of the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 22, 2010. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #

A model's hair is prepared backstage before the Richard Nicoll fashion show as part of London Fashion Week at the Top Shop show space on February 21, 2010 in London, England. (Ian Gavan/Getty Images) #

A model plays a game of solitaire as she has her hair done before the Halston fall 2010 collection is shown Monday Feb. 15, 2010, during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/David Goldman) #

Models wait backstage before Italian fashion house Gattinoni's Rome fashion week show in Rome, Italy on January 31, 2010. (REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico) #

A model stands near a hand-made sign, waiting for a rehearsal backstage at the Max Azria Fall 2010 collection during New York Fashion Week February 16, 2010. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri) #

A model is pictured backstage at the Charlie Le Mindu show during the first day of London Fashion Week, in London, on February 19, 2010. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images) #

A model holds a reflector as she is photographed backstage at the Monique Lhuillier fall 2010 collection , Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano) #

Edita Vilkeviciute has her hair styled before modeling Michael Kors fall 2010 collection, Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010, during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Amina Bobb) #

Models walk the runway during a rehearsal before the Vera Wang Fall 2010 collection was modeled on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin) #

A model has adjustments made to her necklace backstage before the Vera Wang Fall 2010 collection was modeled on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin) #

A model has decorative finger nails applied backstage before the fall 2010 collection of Tracy Reese is presented during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, in New York, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) #

A model is prepared before the Donna Karan Fall 2010 show during New York Fashion Week February 15, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson) #

A model gets her hair done backstage before the Peter Som Fall 2010 fashion show during New York Fashion Week February 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Stephen Chernin) #

Stylists work on a model's hair before the Vivienne Westwood 2010 Autumn/Winter collection presentation during London Fashion Week, February 21, 2010. (REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett) #

A photographer shoots backstage before the Derek Lam Fall 2010 collection during New York Fashion Week February 16, 2010. (REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi) #

A model takes a bite of pizza while she has her hair done backstage before the Donna Karan show February 15, 2010 during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) #

A model stands just offstage, preparing to walk down the runway for the Paul Costelloe catwalk show during the Autumn/Winter 2010 collection on the first day of the London Fashion Week, in central London, on February 19, 2010. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images) #