Eviana Hartman, designer behind our favorite eco-friendly line, Bodkin, captures air plants in bath tubs and dirty trash duty for this exclusive Fashion Week photo diary. Valentino Sale

My first-ever presentation for Bodkin was a Refinery29 family affair: Both the stylist, Michelle Lane, and invitation and lookbook designer, Roanne Adams, Valentino have desks at Refinery HQ.<\/strong> And so when it came time to prep for the show\u2014a process that has to take place in Manhattan, not Brooklyn, where I live\u2014R29's Tribeca offices became my home for a few days.

The VIP invitations consisted of recycled paper tetrahedrons with air plants inside. The idea was to send something useful, interactive, and beneficial that the recipient would want to keep. The tetrahedron shape was inspired by Buckminster Fuller's map of the world. Air plants have always been a favorite of mine and fit with the venue we'd chosen, the Horticultural Society.
\"Ten days before the show, 300 air plants arrived at my apartment. I was told by the nursery that they'd need some TLC after their traumatic journey, so I gently laid them out, one by one.Left: Bath time! Air plants are members of the pineapple family and survive without soil by absorbing water and nutrients through the air. They need to be soaked every couple of days. (Yes, I have the smallest bathroom in New York City.) Right:We spent several days\u2014and very late nights\u2014casting models (here I am with the lovely casting director Clare Rhodes), choosing looks, and generally causing a ruckus in Refinery's offices.