Makeup Artist: Noemi Castanò @noemicastanomakeup Model: Anna Esposito @annaespo_ Photographer: Emanuele Romano @emanueleromanofotografo Wardrobe Stylist: dresstokill10 @dresstokill10

Photographer: Diegography @_diegography_ Assistant: Saul Trejo @godshaul_ Wardrobe Stylist: Melina @malkriada__ Photographer: Rodrigo Roman @rorogarfotos Makeup Artist: Branda Garcia @branda.g_makeup Hair Stylist: Jualiana Casias @juliana_hairstyle Model: Sofía Osorio Morales @sofi_theuniversegirl Makeup Artist: Olivier Casias @oliviercasias

Fashion producer: Fashion Week Studio. Photographer: @raw._ul @monir.graesan Videographer: @rip.fpv Designers: @laradizeyee @santisimasropaintima @evaroitalia @andreaquezada.mx @1981clothings @m_kays_ @thekyledenman @svecanehaljineluccino @bellelechic @nika_weddingdress Venue: Palazzo Serbelloni Production: @fashionweekstudioofficial Production Partner: @jeidievents Founder & CEO: @nathanaellehottois COO: @hayleyjanesworld Curators: @sandravaldizan @stefy_moreno @fashionweek

Photographer: Igor Efremychev @efr_foto Retoucher: Nhung Le @nhung.retoucher Model: Alesya Kuteeva @_lesya_kuteeva

Photographer: Lydia Vycitalova @lydie_megaton Accessory Designer: Wasabi Design @wasabi_design_ Model: Jade V. @jadevp88 Flower Arranger: Nhung Pham @crystal_flowers_passion Makeup Artist: Roxana Popa @rpm_roxanapopamakeup

Photographer/Retoucher: Jodie Morley @jomorleyphotography Wardrobe Stylist/Female Model/Makeup Artist/Hair Stylist: Rebecca Trifari @rebecca_trifari_

Artist: Olga Khapilova @olechka_khapilova Wardrobe Stylist: NATALIA KOLOMENTSEVA @ nataliakolomentseva.fashion

Photographer: Jhow Ferso @jhowferso Model: Ainoa Travé Perez @ainoatp_

Fashion Designer/Model: Alex @alexonikoo Model: Diana San @dianasanofficial Photographer: Mary Stryzhniova @swift_foto

Photographer: Rohit choudhary @rohitchoudharyphotography_

Model/Makeup Artist/Photographer: Gemma Mills @gemmamills.mua Model: Tatiana Akhounov @tatish.ko Photographer: Joe Morley @joe.morley.photo.cinema Makeup Artist: Katya Rich @ katya.rich.makeup Makeup Artist: Emese Csoma @ my.beloved.makeup Photographer: Velvet Vibes Portrait @velvetvibesportrait Creative Director: Make-Up Artist Awards @makeupartistawards Brand Owner: Girl Meets Brush @girlmeetsbrush Model: Jess Heley @jess.heley Model/Makeup Artist/Photographer: Donna Conway

Model: Kinga Kislingerová @_kislingerova_ Photographer: Martin Almáši @martinalmasi_photo Model: Petra Janíková @petuska.a Model: Viktória Švoliková @viktoria_svolikova_ Makeup Artist: Emília Macková @emiliamackova

Photographer: Johannes Schmoelz @johannesgps2 Model: Julie Bedard @iamjuliebedard

Model/Makeup Artist/Photographer: Gemma Mills @gemmamills.mua Model: Tatiana Akhounov @tatish.ko Photographer: Joe Morley @joe.morley.photo.cinema Makeup Artist: Katya Rich @ katya.rich.makeup Makeup Artist: Emese Csoma @ my.beloved.makeup Photographer: Velvet Vibes Portrait @velvetvibesportrait Creative Director: Make-Up Artist Awards @makeupartistawards Brand Owner: Girl Meets Brush @girlmeetsbrush Model: Jess Heley @jess.heley Model/Makeup Artist/Photographer: Donna Conway

There’s a stillness to writer Melissa Alvarado Sierra, the kind that comes from having lived several lives and survived all of them. When she steps back in front of the camera, barefaced in jeans and a white shirt, it’s not a return to fashion so much as a return to a truer self. Once a model for Carolina Herrera, Peroni, and Jansport, Alvarado Sierra left the industry in 2010, disillusioned by its relentless choreography of perfection. Fourteen years, two cancers, and a long