you're weird

shredded cowl neck tee, downward vest & diagonal shorts, thomas; leggings, american apparel.

wool tabard, complex geometries; shorts, raf by raf simons; leggings, american apparel.

photos: leigh farrell

styling: drew & mikey thomas

hair: blake arsenault

mua: rachael meckling

model: damien kim (elmer olsen)

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where's my beer?

LG fashion week - day 3

day three... definitely the best of the three days. we made it just in time to see evan biddell's spring 2010 collection (we had to stand near the media pit...) and we stayed for rudsak afterwards. being hungry, we skipped out on the nada show and went to java house for salad and beer. later we after partied with evan biddell at the drake followed by the usual thursday hotspot, brooklynn. it was a long night... i didn't make it to the tents the next day.

highlights

evan's show was definitely my favourite of the seven shows i saw this week. i loved the geometric space-age statement necklaces and the overall structure of each piece in the collection. i especially liked the one piece cut-out bathing suit.

rudsak was a bit banal for me. it featured leather safari/military jackets and lots of neutral colours. they played it safe and were definitely on point when it comes to hitting their target market. it was a smart, but not innovative or exciting collection.

shadowplay

later on day 2 of LG fashion week, we went to carte blanche for the shadowplay event.

the concept was the same as show|off at upc boutique with the thomas clothing line...

stylists and photographers had to style a photoshoot using carte blanche's in house clothing line, pink cobra. we had arrived late after seeing the joe fresh show, so the bar was dry. mark the cobrasnake was sneaking around the crowd snapping photos. the photos were all great, though i didn't stay long - fashion week is tiring...

www.shopcarteblanche.com

LG fashion week - day 2

day two of lg fashion week was even better than day one. i saw the pink tartan and joe fresh shows, which needless to say, were packed. we were backstage with the models between shows and had such a hard time finding seats for joe fresh when we came back out to the runway room...

highlights

i loved the bustier-style silk form-fitting dresses and the use of clean black and white stripes done in basic jersey knits as well as sequined pieces. leather garments in tan (think wang s/s10), beige and black made appearances as well. my favourite aspect about the collection was how shoulderpads were placed on top of the garment, rather than inside. this created an interesting focal point and added more structure to the pieces.

joe fresh started with a bang when model, theodora, had difficulties walking in her shoes (one fell off and then she preceded to kick the other off her foot). midway through the show, this happened again with another model. joe fresh showcased yellows, pinks and blues, ginham, underwear as outerwear and clogs (blah). my favourite part of the collection were the trench coats and the use of bodyshapers. to top it off, a price list was included on each seat, noting the looks and the [inexpensive] price-points of the garments.

ali and i backstage at joe fresh

joe fresh

rick mercer

this is rick mercer modeling in the bustle show on tuesday.

photo by steve a (from facebook)