L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: Voom by Joy Han
Los Angeles designer Joy Han is taking a break from her playful silk baby dolls and moving into more-streamlined silhouettes and even bolder prints featuring eye-popping colors and graphics gleaned from Roy Lichtenstein’s pop art as well as ’60s mod and ’80s funk for Spring ’08. Han’s Voom by Joy Han fashion show was presented Oct. 17 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios in Culver City, Calif.
The designer’s line has steadily evolved, and the Spring collection is more runway-friendly and tailored than ever before.
High waistlines and collars blended with more-traditional silhouettes for a ranging yet focused collection. Han’s graphic checkerboard prints on silk pieces coupled with stark yellows, fuschias and purples on patent leather were offset by more neutral plaids, stripes and polka dots on woven materials.
Featured pieces included bolero jackets, puff-sleeve tops, and long and cropped patent jackets along with tube and bikini tops and kimonos. —Robert McAllister
