Robert Fairer started photographing the major international womenswear collections in the mid-1990s. First commissioned by Elle and Harper's Bazaar US, he then became US Vogue's exclusive backstage photographer for more than a decade. His first book, Alexander McQueen: Unseen, was published by Thames & Hudson, and was followed by John Galliano: Unseen, Marc Jacobs: Unseen, and John Galliano for Dior.