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Look Inside the Victoria's Secret Workshop With the Angel Wing Designers

Lauren Tuck

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Updated December 9, 2014 at 10:14 PM

Each pair of wings requires a high time investment and dealing with super minute details.

Some outfits are so elaborate that adding a pair of wings would take away from their beauty, such as this piece here.

The show’s masterminds like to see what’s trending in the fashion scene when they create their sketches. Not what’s on the tips of everyone’s tongues when they start brainstorming but predicting what people will be talking about the day the costumes come down the runway. Cura and the other designers work off of these drawings and brings them to life in his own way.

Models are picked to wear particular looks based on their abilities, Farfan explains. “We look at it differently. OK we know this one, this one and this one have worn some really heavyweight things and really heavyweight looks and really worked them well so that sort of pushes certain decisions because we don’t really want to give a complicated piece to a new model that’s never worn one before,” he says.

Lily Aldridge wears this dangerous look on the runway.

One of Cura’s pieces, each petal is individually handcrafted to create a stunning effect.

“Some wings even have to be altered based on particular models’ walks,“ Farfan explains. "One of the Angels has a flair about her walk and the wings just happened to create a harmonic and tapped against each other. We had to add a little bit more structure to restrict the flow but have to do that while being mindful of the weight.”

Farfan’s team putting finishing touches on some outfits before they get shipped off to London.

Even though Farfan collaborates with some of the biggest names in the music industry, he says that working on the Victoria’s Secret Runway Show is one of his “personal favorites every year.”

Swarovski crystals appear on 29 total looks.

Look for Doutzen Kroes wearing this corset look during the Angel Ball segment.

Farfan demonstrates just how heavy each piece can get. There’s a reason why these ladies are so fit!

This tribal coat is anything but covered up!

These gargantuan wings will appear in the Gilded Angel segment show.

Other portions of the show include Exotic Traveler, Dream Girl, Fairy Tale, University of Pink, and Angel Ball.

This is Cura’s piece for Swarovski and worn by Lily Donaldson. There are more than 150,000 crystals covering the entire thing and he put four times more hours into it than any other look seen on the runway.

Each pair of wings requires a high time investment and dealing with super minute details.

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