We love Sharlene Durfey, the East Side graphic designer and photographer who counts our Style Section L.A. logo among her past work (she’s also shot musician Ariana Delawari and designed textiles for Mossimo, but obviously our logo ranks among her most notable achievements).
And now, the Bay Area native has launched a line of graphical printed tops and tees called Secession. The line is all about art, gaining its name from the Austrian Secession movement from the late 1800s (of which Gustav Klimt was a member) and borrowing geometric flavors from Vorticism, a “rebel” art and literary movement founded in England in 1914.
The women’s line consists of twelve drapey T-shirts, tank tops and one cotton dress, most stamped with non-offensive shapes, photographs and modern art-esque abstracts. While a men’s collection features thirteen tees — some of them with the same trippy circular and triangular shapes on the ladies gear. Prices start at $65 and will be available on Seccession’s website and at Live on Sunset.
And this Thursday, Durfey will be celebrating her collection with a party at Harvard & Stone, where local nail art co. NCLA will be stamping guest’s talons with their signature designs and Silversun Pickup’s keyboardist Joe Lester will be “curating” tunes (we think that might just be a fancy word for “DJing”). And of course we can’t forget the most important part of this fiesta — an open bar from 7 to 10 p.m..
All sounds groovy — good clothing line, good bar, good times.
Seccession launch party: Thursday, September 1. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Harvard & Stone, 5221 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles. RSVP with full name to info@seccessioninc.com.
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More pictures of the line, after the jump.
