Posts Tagged ‘ Vibiana ’

L’Une Fall 2012 Presentation – A Collection of Avante-Garde Pieces with a Healing Purpose

L’Une Fall 2012 Presentation – A Collection of Avante-Garde Pieces with a Healing Purpose

The Fall 2012 L’Une Presentation was displayed outside in the courtyard of Vibiana during Style Fashion Week LA. This presentation was the Mid-Summer’s Night Dream of the fashion lineup for that evening.



Madison Park Collective Fall 2012 Runway Review

Madison Park Collective Fall 2012 Runway Review

Since runway shows for men’s collections are so few and far between, the Madison Park Collective show was a welcomed departure from the usual. The collection, designed by a showroom owner Trey Alligood III, whose experience and direct contact with retail buyers undoubtedly gives the market what it needs, did not overwhelm.



XCVI Fall 2012 – Not Your Average Mainstream, Casual Line

XCVI Fall 2012 – Not Your Average Mainstream, Casual Line

For a mainstream casual line distributed in many of the major retailers, most of the XCVI knits, jersey separates, and accessories had just enough of that little detail that managed to push them across the line from basic & boring to interesting.



Furne One Fall 2012- Modern Day Impressionist Creating “Sci-Hi” Glam

Furne One Fall 2012- Modern Day Impressionist Creating “Sci-Hi” Glam

There is only one word that can describe Dubai–based designer Furne One’s Fall 2012 collection, “c-r-a-z-y!” I was transported, along with a packed house at Vibiana during Style Fashion Week LA. It was wild being backstage watching the laborious work that went into getting those costumes on those models.



Stop Staring Fall 2012: Making the Vintage-Inspired New Again!

Stop Staring Fall 2012: Making the Vintage-Inspired New Again!

During Style Fashion Week LA, Alicia Estrada’s fall 2012 collection was one of vintage-inspired dresses. This line continues to channel vintage into easy, ready-to-wear pieces that would turn any tomboy surfer chick into a 40’s hourglass-curved vixen, without breaking a girl’s piggy-bank.



Skingraft Fall 2012 Runway Review During LA Fashion Week at the Vibiana

Skingraft Fall 2012 Runway Review During LA Fashion Week at the Vibiana

Johnny Cota successfully delivered another installment of his own special brand of chic that artfully blends tailored leather with knits, stretch fabrics, fur, and softer, gauzy materials, for a “future is here and now” look that has become Skingraft’s trademark.  The mesh-like head-pieces and crisp tailoring brought to mind fencing gear, but only for a quick second, before we were transported into the futuristic rock-and-roll moto chic world of Skingraft.  Black was still the dominant color, in all its textures.  However, this collection was softened […]



Coco Johnsen Spring 2012 Collection Highlights

Coco Johnsen Spring 2012 Collection Highlights

Designer Coco Johnsen showcased her Spring 2012 collection at Vibiana during Style Fashion Week LA. As expected, her clothes consisted of beautifully constructed designs and a breathtaking array of rich colors with high-end fabrics poised for the red carpet.



Octavio Carlin’s Spring 2012 Collection Runway Review

Octavio Carlin’s Spring 2012 Collection Runway Review

Octavio Carlin showcased an elegant yet simplistic collection during Style Fashion Week LA at Vibiana. He presented a collection that showed a variation on cocktail dresses consisting of jersey, slinky, hip hugging skirts with horizontal striped tops . . . a play on the athletic influenced trend for spring.



Furne One of Amato Haute Couture Spring 2012 Collection – Haute Couture or Ouch Couture, Costumer or Couturier

Furne One of Amato Haute Couture Spring 2012 Collection – Haute Couture or Ouch Couture, Costumer or Couturier

Furne One’s Spring 2012 collection made its way un-chaperoned to Los Angeles at Vibiana during Style Fashion Week LA. That’s right. The designer was home in Dubai while his collection received mixed reviews here. The collection left some raving and others ranting; and some of those rants turned into raised voices literally on the media riser.



Style Fashion Week LA at the Vibiana: Gypsy 05 Spring 2012 Collection Runway Review

Style Fashion Week LA at the Vibiana:  Gypsy 05 Spring 2012 Collection Runway Review

Rear projected cinematic, interchanging backgrounds of nature and the outdoors created the scene for the Gypsy 05 2012 collection at Vibiana during Style Fashion Week LA. The fashion show opened with eclectic music and ritualistic choreography in the form of modern dance: our dancer’s face had white war paint, and she wore a loose fitting tunic. She put on a convincing performance and set the bohemian stage for what was to become a very enjoyable runway experience.