Everyone Into the POOL Party
More than 100 POOL trade show exhibitors, buyers and guests, lounged on the Downtown Standard Hotel’s rooftop waterbeds and club chairs or just stood around to reflect on two days of hectic wheeling and dealing at the event’s Nov. 4 party. Designers like Rami Kashou stopped by to catch a twin-bill fashion show featuring Elena La Bua and Shawn’s Yohanna Logan while POOL producer Ronda Walker was everywhere at once. La Bua showed an assortment of man-tailored looks with feminine halters and tube tops along with the ever-present low-cut trousers. Logan went retro with vintage 70s stewardess dresses featuring diagonol stripes along with more punkish looks for her modern girl customers. There were plenty of industry personalities taking in the L.A. skyline including designer Rami Kashou, Elena La Bua’s Tristin Brando, who was accompanied by her Maltese George, American Rag’s Carly Willis and others. —Claudia Figueroa
