Fashion Week LA Is Here Again!

We are getting ready again to start our journey into the realm of Los Angeles during Fashion Week. Its my time to check out the fashion for the upcoming season, and it's the closet we west coasters can get to Fashion Week in the big apple.

The first round of designers we will see will be at the ever cool and hip Concept LA venue. This season we will see Mike Vensel, Camila X Castillo, Elaine Marie, Jen Awad and Camilia Skikos.

Mike Vensel, who is also Concept's co-founder is a  fashion designer, an artist, and a photographer. His designs are known for having a sleek and sexy minimalist aesthetics,  which I am sure being an artist and photographer gives him a different perspective in creating a collection. Vensel 's FW2015 collection "Power" will be revealed this Saturday. www.mikevensel.com

Art Heart Fashion

Venue: Taglyan Complex
Producers: Art Heart Fashion
Fashion Designers: M the Movement, Sachika, R.Michel'le, MT Costello & Michael Costello

Season: Spring/Summer 2015  

 Staff Writer 

Hailed as the premiere art and fashion event in the nation, Art Hearts Fashion launched a groundbreaking two day event in Los Angeles at the beautiful Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles this past  October featured popular designers back to back on the runway.  The two day event designers including Michael Costello, MT Costello, M the Movement, Tumbler and Tipsy, Maya Hansen, Jun Escario, Zhang JingJing, Sachika and Mister Triple X will showcase their latest collections to LA's fashion elite and media.

Art Hearts Fashion welcomed a new location as it launched its greatest season yet, bringing art, fashion and music together in an immersing entertainment experience that will left guests in awe.

Founded in 2011 by designer Erik Rosete, Art Hearts Fashion provides designers a platform to showcase their work in a unique art-fashion inspired environment while still maintaining the integrity and elegance of a traditional fashion week runway show.

Art Hearts Fashion recently made headlines at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York as the most highly attended show of the entire week, with over 1500 guests. The show was deemed the coolest and edgiest of the season by CBS and named in the 7 highest quality shows of all fashion week by Examiner. The esteemed event has taken place coast to coast at the most prestigious fashion weeks in the country. It is here that the strongest most talented designers and renowned artists come together to debut their latest pieces and current collections.
The Art Hearts Fashion Art Gallery boasts a lineup of influential artists from around the world showcasing their pieces throughout the garden courtyard of the Taglyan.

Fashion Week LA Spring/Summer 2014- LA Fashion Weekend Day 2

Venue: Sunset Gower Studios
 Producers: LA Fashion Weekend
 Fashion Designers: Le MaLi Designs, Shail K, Unique Vintage 
Season: Spring/Summer 2014   

DAY TWO (Sunday)
This season by the time this venue took place I was totally wiped out from driving back and forth from Ventura County to Los Angeles during this fashion week and decided not to go.  Don't worry we still sent our crew over to cover the runway shows. 

Unique Vintage

Katie Echeverry's nostalgic eye definitely paid off when her spring/summer collection

of 2014 had its debut. These theatrical yet casual designs pay homage to the styles

of the forties, fifties, and even as far back as the roaring '20s. Although they may not

be entirely new, Katie's take on these vintage styles is refreshing. I could totally see

younger generations of women yearning to have this collection in their closet!

 

Fashion Week LA Spring/Summer 2014- LA Fashion Weekend-Day 1

Venue: Sunset Gower Studios
 Producers: LA Fashion Weekend
 Fashion Designers: Nathanaelle Couture,  Aamber Aleyna, Nicole Lee, Chole Evangeline, Piper Gore
Season: Spring/Summer 2014   

DAY ONE (Saturday)
This season by the time this venue took place I was totally wiped out from driving back and forth from Ventura County to Los Angeles during this fashion week and decided not to go.  Don't worry we still sent our crew over to cover the runway shows. 
Nathanaelle Couture 
First to grace the runway was Danemark born Nathanaelle Couture, this is our second time seeing this designer on the runway. I see she has a love for lace, I notice that she used lace in her last spring/summer collection too. This collection seems more grown up than the last time. I loved the sophistication of the beige lace dresses, definitely something that I can see in local boutiques.  She also had some vintage inspired pieces in this collection, my three favorites are pictured below.

Gen Art: Fresh Faces

Guest Writer: Stacy Ellen
Genart is known for discovering new and up and coming fashion designers. I was a little perplexed by the fact that 2 out of the 4 designers presented at their SS14 LAFW event

were designers that I consider to already be established not only in Los Angeles, but nationally? Despite this conversion the overall trend that was shown in ALL collections was the sporty high fashion look. Traditional sports uniform cuts made with traditionally high fashion fabrics. A trend that I feel is very prevalent not only in fashion but the way that we live our daily lives. With most of us rushing from our child's soccer game (or other daytime activities) to a colleagues dinner party, this style melds well with our busy lifestyles. 

 

Unexpected Surprises

Last Tuesday after the Men's Fashion Week Show, I had two unexpected surprises, I was invited to an independent fashion show in Hollywood for Celebrity Fashion Stylist and Designer Ashton Michael. 

Ashton presented his "Black Cross" Spring/Summer 2014 Collection, all in black & white, on a gray stage right off Hollywood Blvd.  It was a wicked collection of leather, silk chiffon, organza and PU coated denim for both men & women. Perfect outfits to add a little spice to your wardrobe. For more on Ashton Michael please visit http://www.ashtonmichael.com/

Fashion Week LA Spring/Summer 2014-Los Angeles Fashion Council

Venue: The Grove
Producers: Los Angeles Fashion Council
Fashion Designers: stella proseyn, Linden, ISM Mode Odylyne, Amabelle Aguiluz, Rose La Grua, Bohemian Society & Katherine Kidd
Season: Spring/Summer 2014

 DAY TWO

All of the designers featured at the Los Angeles Fashion Council Spring 2014 Collections this season were designed and manufactured in Los Angeles.

Katharine Kidd

Headlining for the Spring 2014 Collections was Katharine Kidd. This celebrity favorite

has been seen on many actresses like Rooney Mara, Vanessa Hudgens and Kate Beckinsale, to name a few. Katherine's Spring Collection was inspired by the secret garden, featuring custom produced floral prints on custom fabrics

Videos from Fashion Week LA Spring/Summer 2014

Please enjoy videos from LA Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014 Collections

Fashion Week LA Spring/Summer 2014-Driven By Designs LA

Venue: LA Mart
Producers: Driven By Designs LA
Fashion Designers: Dena Burton, BK Phillips, Dominique Siby creator of FELIO SIBY & Thai Nguyen
Season: Spring/Summer 2014
The Driven By Design producing team consisting of Alumni from the Fashion Institute of Fashion Design & Merchandising (FIDM), produced an ULTRA GLAM design consortium experience, the designer runway presentations intertwined with emerging designer installations. We all know that the fashion industry does not have enough diversity on the runway, well this team off to a good start to address that issue, diversity behind the scenes, diversity on the runway and diversity with the vendors.

Thai Nguyen

Designer Thai Nguyen who most came to see did not disappoint with a collection for the Modern Princess. Thai Nguyen is a Fashion Designer & Stylist who graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in 2002. After graduating he earned the title of associate designer for BCBG Max Azria, until 2004.  Thai garner a reputation for his convertible evening gown creations on the TV show  Bravos Launch My Line  as a finalist.  Thai was also a fashion designer & contributor on RuPauls Drag Race Season 2 and is currently working with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Adrienne Maloof and Brandi Glanville.  

Fashion Week LA -Our First Night @ Driven By Design

This was the first show for the Driven By Design team, Lela Christine and Lori A. Neal and hopefully the first of many seasons to come. It was a very good start for these two forces.  

They were able to pull this event off in literally just a few months, a job well done.  Check back in the a day or two to see the marvelous collections from The Dena Burton Collection, BK Phillips, Dominique Siby and the fabulous Thai Nguyen.

Also look for two interviews with designers Dena Burton and BK Phillips.

Designer Installations @Driven By Designs

Three Designers Installations- Paula Bennett, Sarah Horne & Karlrita Lopez

Paula Bennett's Cochet Fashion By Design

Front Row Seating

Fashion Week Los Angeles Spring/Summer 2014

It's that time of year again, another season of Fashion Week Los Angeles. We are at our first event of the season, Driven By Design LA. Thus far the set up is "simply gorgeous". This is one producing team that knows how to take care of the their media, hats off to them for that. Let me start with the no hassle check in, NO HASSLE. Then imagine the delight to see that they even provided hostesses to take you to your seats, already they are setting themselves apart from other producers. Lunch was also provided as well for the media. 

Los Angeles Fashion Council

Wednesday March 6,2013 
Day 1
 ISM Mode

Photo Credit: Feliz Salzman: Lookbook LA

For Inka, of ISM Mode, designing a collection is an organic process. She starts with a feel and shapes that she wants to create, then looks into fabrics might to satisfy her vision whilst letting the fabric inspire her. Every season she experiments with shapes on the mannequin and comes up with unique dye techniques to add color and patterns. ISM Mode is a sustainable and eco driven line.

STYLE FASHION WEEK LA presents

The Grand Finale Night of Style Fashion Week LA

Friday October 19th, 2012

Furne One

Now this is how you do a Grand Finale, Dubai designer Furne One, closed the season  for Style Fashion Week LA and what a way to close! This designer is known for his fantastical style and unbridled imagination.   His provocative images of fantasy, mortality and power mesmerizes on the runway and transforms the environment around them. His Spring collection 2013 "Confessions of Mata Hari", a tribute to Alexander McQueen. We can see why so many celebrities want to work with him, celebrities like Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj just to name a few. 

Concept Los Angeles @Siren Studies - Informal Presentations

Concept Los Angeles first fashion week at their new home Siren Studios on Sunset Blvd, across from Sunset Gower Studios, and yes it was air-conditioned.

 Paul Redmond

Did you ever dream about playing with life size dolls when you were a little girl?  Paul Redmond's informal presentation with his use neoprene rubber to make really cool outfits with paper-dolls cuts with tabs. A very visual presentation, our favorite was the piece with monitor in the dress, unfortunately my Samsung Galaxy decided to take a break, so there is no image of it turned on.

A life size paper doll