Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall I 2003: California Market Center
The California Market Center fashion show, held April 4 at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, displayed the latest looks for Fall 2003. Trends included military looks, satin baseball jackets, suede pencil skirts, ponchos in fall colors, novelty T-shirts with rhinestone and hardware embellishments, knit sweaters with novelty trims, and tweed coats in vintage silhouettes.
Some of the favorites on the runway were Mona Li’s velvet-lace camisole worn with a pink wool sweater and Asian-print cigarette pants, Ecko Unlimited’s fur-trimmed bomber jacket worn with a camel-colored miniskirt and a black snap-front top, JLO’s pink corduroy jumpsuit, Stop Staring’s vintage-inspired red polka-dot dress, Sue Wong’s purple spaghetti-strap party dress with tulle, Corey Lynn Calter’s beige shortsleeved, lace dress, Geek Boutique’s gray puffed-sleeve jacket paired with a matching ankle-length skirt, and Katie Meehan’s black suede cape with Spanish flowers worn with corduroy cargo pants. —Claudia Figueroa
