TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.Byline: Jenny Peters SO HOT ... AND SO NOT: Smashbox Studios in Culver City was the place to be all week if you are a fashionista. The Mercedes-Benz Fall Fashion Week kicked off there a week ago with both a bang and a whimper. Sue Wong led the way with an inspired group of mod '60s-influenced dresses, from hot-hued, spangly span·gle n. 1. A small, often circular piece of sparkling metal or plastic sewn especially on garments for decoration. 2. A small sparkling object, drop, or spot: spangles of sunlight. minis to hippie-patterned long maxis, then added her signature hand-embroidered and beaded gowns. Charlotte Solnicki joined in with her colorful line. Joy Han followed with Voom, a show that also went mod with decidedly less success -- and the bigger sin of any L.A. runway show: No celebs in the front row. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of import (and hot ticket) Imitation of Christ came complete with skulls and bones on the runway and goth-inspired Smashbox-brand black lipstick to go with Tara Subkoff's mostly black and very East Coast-vibed line. Alvin Valley, whose line featured his signature menswear slacks with looks reminiscent of Katharine Hepburn and Marlene Dietrich, drew a horde of heiresses on Tuesday, both on the runway (Lydia Hearst) and in the audience. Kevan Hall closed out the week, making the rest of the designers look like rank amateurs. His impeccable tailoring of wool suits, slacks, and gorgeous gowns in jewel tones and jet black had the audience (including Garcelle Beauvais, Sofia Milos and Tischa Campbell) cheering. So what are the best trends for fall, according to L.A. Fashion Week? Brights, geometrics ge·o·met·rics n. (used with a pl. verb) 1. Geometric qualities or properties. 2. A pattern or design characterized by the use of geometric figures: and mod styles in dresses and tops; tailored slacks or leggings leg·ging n. 1. A leg covering usually extending from the ankle to the knee and often made of material such as leather or canvas, worn especially by soldiers and workers. 2. leggings a. worn under tunics, taking the place of jeans; '30s-influenced menswear styles and '50s-reminiscent skirt suits; and a little Hollywood gown glamour thrown in. Worst? Sky-high stilettos that make walking almost impossible, as well as baggy, shapeless shape·less adj. 1. Lacking a definite shape. 2. Lacking symmetrical or attractive form; not shapely. shape dresses and jumpers that made the models look like warthogs -- which does not bode well for the rest of us (abuse) for The Rest Of Us - (From the Macintosh slogan "The computer for the rest of us") 1. Used to describe a spiffy product whose affordability shames other comparable products, or (more often) used sarcastically to describe spiffy but very overpriced products. 2. . CAPTION(S): 7 photos Photo: (1 -- 3 -- color) The worst fall trends included sky-high stilettos such as Christian Audigier's boot, above, and baggy, shapeless dresses and jumpers, as seen in the Imitation of Christ design, left, and in the Audigier piece, top. (4 -- 7 -- color) The best of L.A. Fashion Week featured jewel-tone designs such as Kevan Hall's turquoise gown, right, and Charlotte Solnicki's fuchsia fuchsia: see evening primrose. fuchsia Any of about 100 species of flowering shrubs and trees in the genus Fuchsia (family Onagraceae), native to tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America and to New Zealand and Tahiti. halter halter the simplest form of restraint for the head of farm animals. Comprises a poll strap, a nose band and a halter shank that brings the ends of the nose band together under the mandible. Made of leather or cotton or manila rope. , top, as well as Alvin Valley's menswear slacks, center, and Joy Han's mod '60s look, above. Getty Images AP |
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