West Coast Gets Some Love From Elle.com
BCBG Max Azria at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (Photo: IMAXTREE/ELLE)
New York Fashion Week kicked off yesterday and West Coast designers got a shout out from the editors of Elle.
Los Angeles designer Max Azria landed the No. 1 position of Elle Market Director Joann Pailey’s “Top Five from N.Y. Fashion Week” with his floral-print and black bandage mini from the BCBG Max Azria collection, which showed on the runway at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park.
Pailey dubbed the look “Perfect for a surfer girl's night on the town,” a timely critique, since Azria recently appeared as a judge on the current season of “Project Runway.” The challenge: Create a surfer-girl look and a more avant-garde ensemble that ties back to the original piece.
You can see more from the BCBG show at Elle.com and at ApparelNews.net.
Another Los Angeles brand, William Rast, got the Twitter treatment from Elle Creative Director Joe Zee, who had a private preview of the Spring collection with William Rast creators Justin Timberlake and Trace Ayala at their hotel.
His review: “They're such cool, classy Southern gentlemen with such a strong vision for the WR girl: kickass tough and sexy as hell. Highlights: the new 'biker bondage' jkt according to Trace, a skinny black cropped jean with zip and yellow silk sweat with the WR flag.”
Zee then headed over to the Erin Wasson X RVCA show, where he "tweeted" this intriguing item: “Mayhem at Erin Wasson's show already.”
Can’t wait to get the scoop!
