Circle 5 Showroom
California Market CenterSuite B-536 (213) 622-6922
The Circle 5 Showroom is a new showroom in the California Market Center with a long list of contemporary collections, including Derek Green, Sheri Bodel, Built By Wendy, FRX Jeans, Deesh T-shirts, Lilly Chung, Relic, Rhyme, Momo and My-T.
The collections were all brought in based on their ability to complement the entire offering, according to Chanita Harris, a rep for Circle 5.
“We have been in this location since the March market, and recently we added a few more lines,” said Harris, who opened the showroom with partner Christine Simek. Harris said the showroom’s most recently acquired labels are Built By Wendy, Momo, Deesh T-shirts and Derek Green.
“Derek Green has a whole masculine-tough-girl approach with a feminine feel in chiffons and cottons,” she continued. “Built By Wendy is a cute, fun group with lots of cotton twills, seersucker and some terry cloth, and Momo is a leisurewear line that is updated. We just picked up Deesh. She does T-shirts with ribbing down the front, which put her on the map. She offers something new every delivery.”
The initial “funky” lines repped by Circle 5 include Sheri Bodell, which has fur jackets with leather treatments; FRX, a denim line, which has added sweaters, T-shirts and miniskirts; Rhyme, a “layered” collection, with capri pants under dresses; Lilly Chung, which features cords with rhinestones; Relic, which has T-shirts inspired by vintage cars and denim jeans with unusual treatments; and My-T, which has T-shirts with pinup girls inspired by the 1950s. —Darryl James
