LA Fashion Week’s Grand Finale
Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood was the location for the traveling show finale of Los Angeles Fashion Week. Officially dubbed LA Fashion Weekend, a slew of locally-based designers took over a soundstage on Friday and Saturday night to showcase their lines for fall. A party atmosphere reigned on the red carpet and in the lobby as Stella Artois, Moreno California champagne and vodka were served up to the fashionable crowd waiting to...
It’s the Year of Royalty: Designer Sue Wong’s Fall Collection Features Edwardian Embellishments
The inimitable Sue Wong eschewed runways again and presented her Fall 2011 collection, “My Fair Lady,” in a spectacular setting—her 1920s-era Los Feliz home known as the Cedars, which has a storied history. Built for an executive of MGM—which is why lions are a theme in the décor–it was once home to actress Norma Talmadge and temporary digs for Jimi Hendrix. Wong, who is known for her ultra-feminine beaded gowns, says the...
LA Fashion Week: Art, Religion and Post-Production
Fall/Winter Fashion Week in Los Angeles doesn’t have a home any more– it has several, ranging from an ultra-hip mid-Wilshire art gallery to a former cathedral downtown to a well-known postproduction facility in Hollywood. Gone are the days when most of the runway shows were at Smashbox Studios in Culver City. Whether you liked that place or not, and we did, it was centrally located and pretty much one-stop shopping to see...
$20 Million Worth of Glittering Jewels
A sparkling, sensational selection of jewels offered by StyleLab at its Academy Awards Suite Color and sparkle, in stunning gems from black diamonds to aquamarine, tourmaline, sapphires, emeralds and zultanite set in a variety of precious metals were the must-haves on the Academy Awards red carpet. About $20 million worth of precious jewelry was on loan from StyleLab and its arbiter of Oscar taste, celebrity stylist Michael...
Oscar Gowns and Gaffes
When it comes to the Academy Awards, the ultra white-hot impact red carpet photographs have a shelf life of years, if not decades. One false fashion move can follow you forever, and we’re afraid Melissa Leo made it. The best supporting actress winner has actually come up in our estimation for breaking the mold during the highly political awards season campaigning. Let’s not forget no one had really heard of her until a few years ago...
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