L.A. Fashion Week Spring '03: FBI
Fashion Business inc. (FBI) presented its Emerging Designers Fashion Show on Nov. 2 in the California Market Center atrium lobby. The Saturday afternoon show was designed to showcase FBI members—small to midsize apparel manufacturing companies based in Los Angeles.
The show opened with the debut of American Apparel’s expanded infants’ and childrenswear line, Classic Baby, designed by Sandra Martinez. (The Los Angelesbased T-shirt manufacturer was one of the sponsors of the show.) Models carrying babies dressed in the designs were clad in American Apparel fashions as well.
Highlights of the show included the insectinspired designs and wrinkled effects on skirts and hoodies by Carol Young for [UN]Designed; Rigged Tee Shirt Couture, by Barbra Horowitz, who presented an entire collection designed from men’s T-shirts, including skirts, dresses and tops in solid colors with such stark adornments as brown tails on bright yellow skirts; and the decidedly feminine fashions from DRC by Darcie Emmerson, with floral prints, pastel colors and lightweight fabrics.
The show included the designs of actorturned- fashion-executive Ace Ross, whose Ace Ross Studios collection included novelty denim, linen and cotton tops with tie-dyed and crystal washes. The show also featured the work of designer Anne Richardson, who began her knitwear company in 1989, but recently moved to Los Angeles from San Diego to relaunch her self-titled collection of day and evening knitwear in mostly black and brown with angled cuts and circular designs. Included in the show as well were newcomers such as Randa Allen, whose Notice contemporary designs included tanks in pinks and blues paired with denim, and Isabella Bleu, designed by Linda Krikorian, which featured flowing dresses with layered bottoms and bold colors on tops and bottoms for contemporary women. —Darryl James
