To culminate October, fashion industry VIPs, media and celebrities came out to Rock Fashion Week Los Angeles – a two-day event joining fashion, art and entertainment at the Peterson Automotive Museum.
Opening night was Gen Art’s 12th annual legendary “Fresh Faces in Fashion” presented by Plastics Make it Possible and hosted by CBS’s Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco. Celebrities sitting front row included: Monet Mazur (Castle), Ashley Palmer (Paranormal Activity), director Rupert Wainwright, Hayley McFarland (Lie to Me), Meagan Martin (10 Things I Hate About You), Kirsten Prout (Kyle XY), Sofia Vassilieva (Medium), Alistair Tober (Universal Recording Artist) and Amanda Lutrell Garrigus (E!).
Plastic exhibits filled one side of the tent and reality shows were filming in every corner. Models pranced throughout. Very LA.
The runway presentation showcased five emerging talents including womenswear designers Leyendecker, Valerj Pobega, Seneca Rising and Rory Beca, as well as menswear designer MG Black.
A new collection has just hit the streets of LA, and well, it just couldn’t be more “LA.” Limited quantities of statement-adorned tees make up this casually dramatic Alp-n-Rock debut collection. The tees are warm, perhaps even a bit too warm for many of our So Cal days, but the cool eco-friendly material is reason enough for us to ignore a little shvitzing.
The tees proclaim personal messages of everything from “Heart Broken,” “Damaged” and “Temptation” to “Don’t Fall in Love with Me” and “Give Back”. Messages are also translated in hand-stitched German, Italian, and the like. About 10 different designs make up the edgy and reversible collection – plus a few mens’ styles as well.
The small line screams (almost literally) of laidback luxury… and isn’t that what Los Angeles is all about anyway?
Check out http://www.alpnrock.com or Jakin & Boaz – 323.735.1777.
What’s the ideal way to celebrate a successful day of boutique shopping? How about a crisp Cabernet or a refreshing Riesling with your girls at a swanky lounge? Finding such a spot in L.A. can be tricky, especially finding somewhere that isn’t overly crowded or hyped. That’s why I was ecstatic to find Morry’s of Naples, a chic but not too well known wine bar in Long Beach.
Experienced wine coinsurers, new wine drinkers, and self-proclaimed winos will all find something to love about the freshly reinvented, hip wine bar at Morry’s of Naples. Unassuming from the outside, Morry’s appears to be simply a trendy wine shop/boutique but once inside, patrons will find their hidden gem, The Backroom. Offering nightly wine tastings from 5-10pm, special Thursday beer tastings, and themed Sunday afternoon/evening tastings, the exquisite wine bar at The Backroom serves up a flavorful, intoxicating adventure for every palette.
We may be three months into 2007, but the Chinese New Year is just beginning. The celebration kicks off with a parade in Hollywood and will be followed by a spectacular show at Universal Studios Hollywood.
Nearly 200 Beijing-based dancers, acrobats, stilt walkers, singers, and other performers will put on a spectacular two-hour show to ring in the Year of the Pig. This show is like no other! You can take the entire family to see colorful and intricately designed costumes, listen to a performance by the Beijing Opera Troupe, and watch the traditional Chinese folk dance that uses symbolic red ribbons to ward off evil spirits that may appear during the New Year’s Eve celebration.
The cost of the event is included in the price of admission to Universal Studios Hollywood. You can get more information and purchase tickets online at www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com.
When: March 3rd
Time: 4 – 6pm
Where: Universal Studios Hollywood
If you’ve watched the SciFi Channel lately, then you’ve probably noticed one of their commercials about a dress that sprouts quills when a man gets too close to the woman wearing it. Guess what—it really does exist! See the real thing at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) where J. Meejin Yoon’s Defensible Dress contains a motion detector that makes the dress’s quills rise when someone gets too close.
The current show is about the intersection of architecture and clothing. It has ten main sections, and four of them are thematic: clothing/buildings reflecting “Identity,” “Shelter,” “Geometry,” and “Creative Process.” How the items in each section fit the theme is up to the viewer to decide. I personally felt the section called “Creative Process” worked well when it featured the methods of architect Frank Gehry along with fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez.
