L.A. Fashion Week Spring '09: Post'age
Menswear label Post’age showed its debut collection of low-key casual menswear with intriguing details on Oct. 18 at BoxEight in Los Angeles. The new collection featured premium denim in clean finishes and narrow but slouchy silhouettes. Some styles had a waxed finished; others came in engineer-style pin stripes. The denim was topped with woven shirts and knits that were a hybrid between a Henley and a hoodie. Kangaroo pockets turned up on both knit Henley styles and woven button-downs and cargo pockets turned up on pants with a papery finish. A color-blocked tee had curving seams but was offered in masculine shades of navy and gray. Indeed, the whole collection was rendered in somber traditional hues accented with a vibrant red. Pima cotton was pigment-dyed to achieve the saturated colors, and the jeans were made from European and Japanese denim.
The audience was in for a surprise when several models walked off the runway to a stage set up in a corner of the room. Each picked up an instrument and began to play. The walkout was part of the show, explained Marketing Executive A.J. Jacobson, who said the musicians were members of Los Angeles band Dynamite Walls.
Founded by designer Rich Yu, Post’age maintains its headquarters near the BoxEight space. For its debut season, Yu said he wanted to showcase the line locally.
“We wanted to be part of something home grown,” Yu said. —Alison A. Nieder
