L.A. Fashion Weekend, Night One
KTLA News cameras documented the event to be shown on its T.G.I.Fashion segment, and L.A. Fashion Week impresario Mikey Koffman, who also is the T.G.I.Fashion host, presided over a quickly paced show that featured Southern California brands Laguna Beach Jean Co., Denim of Virtue, XCVI, Doctrine and the West Coast debut of St. Louis–based label Adiktion.
Los Angeles–based Denim of Virtue showed 15 women’s denim looks for its Fall 2011 season. The 5-year-old line offered colored denim in forest green and burgundy red. It also showed denim pants featuring corduroy side panels and knee panels reminiscent of riding pants. Another new look was the super-flare cut. These jeans were body fitting from the waist to the knee, then flared out from knee to ankle.
Laguna Beach Jean Co. debuted its track-suit line at LAFW. The Los Angeles–headquartered premium-denim line debuted women’s track suits made from velour, fleece and French terry, according to designer Bobby Abraham. Some looks featured track tops with a biker-jacket silhouette, others had unique zip pulls, and many featured patches and appliqueacute;s inspired by motor-sports culture.
Doctrine debuted its women’s denim line at LAFW. It featured 15 looks of denim constructed out of Egyptian cotton, which, designer Teresa Song said, made Doctrine’s jeans softer than many jeans on the market. The season’s signature looks featured slim jeans, gaucho pants and capris.
LAFW also marked the first runway show for 5-year-old XCVI. The Los Angeles–based company showed its Fall 2011 line, which was inspired by early-20th-century aviator Amelia Earhart. New to XCVI this season are faux fur and sherpa. One signature piece was the Elevation poncho, which featured a cape on the back and cutouts for sleeves.
Adiktion designer Sherrell Hall debuted her Fall 2011 looks, which featured a high-collared leotard with a tiger-skin pattern. Other cocktail dresses were inspired by 1980s-styles, what with some of the metallic purple and silver fabric that Hall used in the dresses. —Andrew Asch
