L.A. Fashion Weekend Fall '10: Civil Society, Division E, Zanerobe and Buffalo by David Bit
For its final night, L.A. Fashion Weekend showed men’s and women’s contemporary fashions from Civil Society, Division E, Zanerobe and Buffalo by David Bitton. Held March 21 at the Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, the quartet of brands showed their Fall 2010 collections to a sold-out crowd that included designers, fashion buyers and press.
Civil Society, a menswear line, showed preppy-meets-military collection that bounced between argyle sweaters and bowties and epaulets and M65 jackets cut from coated cotton.
Division E sent out a collection of varied and wearable pieces for men and women. Guys got garment-washed hoodies, slim-fit jeans and complicated cargo pants. Girls got motorcycle jackets, leather shorts and slinky knits. Long, neo-hippie sweaters cut from whisper-thin knits added another dose of pretty tough-girl style.
Perfect for those who’ve graduated from Abercrombie & Fitch but still want a little collegiate flavor in their hipster gear, Zanerobe’s Fall 2010 collection is one part plaid, one part geek-chic staple, one part sports jock and one part preppy must-have. Girls got striped T-shirts and cardigan sweaters, crisp shirt dresses and cuffed boyfriend chinos. Guys get faded T-shirts, skinny sweats, leather bomber jackets and all manner of fitted plaid shirts.
Lingerie details, skinny jeans and body-conscious mini-dresses for girls by Buffalo by David Bitton were tempered by more conservative menswear styles on the runway. Men’s buffalo plaids, worn jeans and lumberjack jackets softened up the women’s stone washed jeggings, shiny pleather tube dresses and skin-flashing tops.—Erin Barajas
