If fashion was a sport, Fashion Weekormonth, if were being scientific about itwould be itsOlympic Games.
Going to the collections isfun.
For many of us, its a dream come true.
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
But its also a lot of work, and the days arelong.
(Dream jobs are still jobs, folks!)
I wouldnt change it for the world, but, as they say, the body keeps the score.
A screenshot of my Readiness graph for March.
I thought it would be informative to track how exactly Fashion Week affects my habits and overall health.
Heres what I learned.
Ready or not…
One of the most interesting things that Oura tracks is your Readiness score.
This could be me, biking in my cute little oufit.
As a general rule with Oura, anything over 70 is optimal and 85 and above is excellent.
A screenshot of my Readiness graph for March.
My overall readiness for the month was a lousy 64.Oops.
And this is basically me already, running for my life.
This means that I wasnt performing at an optimal level.
That said, my average for the four weeks between NYFW and SHFW was a solid 75.75.
But things got better towards the end.
A screenshot of my Daytime stress graph on March 26th.
Lights, camera,action!
Youd guess that your activity increases during Fashion Week.
My average Activity score for the month was a sweet 79.Work.
Still, my activity decreased during the week of Shanghai.
This could be me, biking in my cute little oufit.
And this is basically me already, running for my life.
(Thats the goal, at least.)
I did sleep six hours-and-56 minutes on average the week prior to SHFW.
I was feelinggood.But the week of collections my average was four-and-a-half hours.
Stressed Much?
Heres the big one.
But get this: During SHFW, I spent an average of eight hours-and-42 minutes a day stressed.Damn.
The most stressful daythe first oneI spent a total of 13 hours and 45 minutes stressed.
The second highest, with a solid 10 hours, was the second day, which was my busiest.
A screenshot of my Daytime stress graph on March 26th.
This is why April 1st qualified as restorativeI had time tochill.
It was the designersSamuel Gui Yangs first time on the runway since July of 2022.
I dont speak Mandarin, and my cab drivers Alipay wasnt working and I was out of cash.
Its fine, we figured it out.
(I wasnt alone!)
Its a marathon, not a sprint, as my dad often tells me.
