Runway Blackout at Concept L.A. Fashion Week

By Rhea Cortado | Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Fremont at Concept L.A. Fashion Week. Photo by Volker Corell

The brands that showed on the runway last night during Concept’s L.A. Fashion Week event—Chelsea Rebelle, B:Scott and Fremont—had color tunnel vision, rarely wandering from the gray- and black-hued chapters of the Pantone swatch book. In a mostly monotone palette, the clothes were about design, surface texture, opacity and tailoring.

Chelsea Rebelle photo by Volker Corell

Originally from New Zealand, Chelsea Rebelle designer Sarah Brannon was inspired by the Gothic outcasts that owned their uniqueness in the blah-blah land of suburbia. The result was Gothic and Lolita as spider web-like fabrics, leather and spike details collided in fairy tale Alice in Wonderland details such as Peter Pan collars, Little Red Riding hooded capes, aprons and puffy sleeves.

B:Scott photo by Volker Corell

B:Scott designer opened up his show with a T-shirt that read “I The American Struggle.” What followed was a luxe take on street style in double-breasted knit cardigans, peacoats and boxy jackets worn with waxed jeans and trousers.

Fremont photo by Volker Corell

This was the first time Fremont owner Devin Carlson designed both the men’s and women’s lines. Carlson’s menswear approach to women’s clothing made for structured dresses, tailored bottoms and jackets in fabrics that overlapped with the men’s collection.