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GenArt‘s Fresh Faces in Fashion show at Vibiana this past weekend introduced us to Dear Creatures, a whimsical line that weaves modern sensibilities and vintage attitude into one pretty little package. We chatted with Bianca Benitez and Rob Sinclair, the brand’s designing duo and husband-and-wife-to-be, about their Spring 2012 collection, thoughts on designing in L.A. [...]
Some of L.A.’s best designers took over the Tropicana bar at the Roosevelt Hotel last night for Gen Art‘s “Reunion Party,” meant to kick off the L.A. Fashion Week festivities.
Hosted by Amber Rose – Kanye West‘s perma-shorn former flame — the event’s organizer’s asked 20 of their alums (designers who had passed through their annual “Fresh Faces in Fashion” runway show), to show up with a model wearing one of their latest designs.
Designers in attendance included Brigid Catiis, Eduardo Lucero, Jonny Day and Colin Pilsupher from Elmer Ave., Endovanera’s David Hershberger, Erik Hart, Freddie Rojas, Geren Lockhart of Geren Ford, Melissa Coker of Wren, Jared Gold, Jeffrey Sebelia, Kit Scarbo, Rami Kashou and Society for Rational Dress’ Corinne Grassini.
Scarbo, a.k.a. Kit Pistol, from Project Runway, had her model in a dark-and-lovely asymmetrical dress featuring a dramatic shoulder swag. “My fall line is all about looking casual-shock every day,” said the multi-blonded designer.
Kashou, another Runway grad, dressed his model in a classic red carpet gown — black, strapless and lots of frills. The Elmer Ave. boys outfitted their model in a complicated pants get-up that somehow recalled Edward Scissorhands.
Hershberger from Endovanera went typically low-key (and fab) with his model’s look, showing structured, low-slung menswear-inspired pants and a black jersey top that draped in cool ways. “I guess it’s a vest-dress,” he explained.
Corinne Grassini, designer for Society for Rational Dress, chose a beautiful cream-colored maxi dress featuring an asymmetrical neckline punctuated by a belt-like accent, while Kashou went old Hollywood in a strapless black frilly red-carpet gown.
The party itself was mellow — but it was nice to see so many of L.A.’s top designers in one place.
Photos, from top: Jeffrey Sebelia with model (left) and Amber Rose (right) (Um, can you believe this picture??); Kit Scarbo, a.k.a. Kit Pistol, with model. Courtesy of Wireimage.
