L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: Brian Lichtenberg
As many designers zig toward eco-friendly themes and natural inspiration this season, Brian Lichtenberg zagged in the other direction and was inspired by toxic waste and slime. Pattern pieces of green goo, inspired by childhood pop-culture references including the film “Ghostbusters,” dripped from the collars of his “futuristic sportswear” collection, shown on Oct. 19 at the Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles.
Lichtenberg elaborated that the collection was about “taking something that’s humorous and turning it into something that’s modern.”
Drooping armholes held by stringy straps added a lazy comfort quality to a simple black knit tent dress. On a romper in a 1980s Laura Ashley–type floral print with a motorcycle-jacket collar, the stiff shape of elongated armholes took a futuristic turn as the shoulders jutted out like a space cadet’s.
Lichtenberg introduced swimwear for the first time, with men’s mini briefs and an asymmetrical women’s one-piece. —Rhea Cortado
