Posts tagged San Francisco
Chan.nel Karama LTD at San Francisco Fashion Week 2010
14 years ago
Chan.nel Karama LTD is a mouthful of a brand. Designer, LC Skinner is the talented, San Francisco native behind Chan.nel Karama Limited and Karama Denim Luxe Brands.
Last Saturday, during SFFW, Skinner presented her Chan.nel Karama Limited collection. As the show began, it was obvious that Skinner wasn’t new to fashion shows (and after doing some research, I’ve learned that Skinner’s brands participated in Full Figured Fashion Week 2010 in NYC). The presentation at SFFW was definitely avant garde, and the models certainly helped execute the presentation through their intense and determined walks and expressions. I got the sense that this collection is for the “tough woman”, “bad ass” type. I really appreciated the simple darkness of the collection as well as the construction details. Some pieces had chains sewn into the them, while other pieces were adorned with obscure accessories. Here are some images from the SFFW show. I expect there will be more of Chan.nel Karama LTD on Style Bust and across the news in coming months!
Photographs by Steven Han.
Alyssa Nicole at San Francisco Fashion Week 2010
14 years ago
Owen Geronimo of the San Francisco Fashion and Merchants Alliance is a friend of mine, and as of this year he is also the man behind San Francisco Fashion Week. Lucky for me, this means I have access to some very saucy San Francisco fashion events throughout the year and San Francisco Fashion Week made the start to a new fashion season a lot sweeter!
Aside from Alexandria von Bromssen, I wasn’t aware of any of the designers on the SF Fashion Week schedule this year. Now, you have to understand how small and disconnected the fashion scene is here in SF; and that the majority of the San Francisco based trend setters and fashion bloggers totally overlook the talent we have in our backyard to go straight to NYC based designers – and most of the time, not even by way of LA. That said, it’s hard to get good, honest data on what the designers here is SF are doing, and how we can see their collections.
This first collection I saw was self titled, Alyssa Nicole. The show started with very upbeat, dance music and cute girly models adorned in high tea type dresses. The collection was loosely tied together by two strings, 1) all items were dresses, and 2) it was entirely pink. As you can imagine this collection could go one of two ways….really, really good, or awfully bad. As you can see by the pieces below, I think most of us would agree that the collection fell into “good, with shades of gray”.
Pros: The silhouettes are flattering. The dress styles are current. The models all seemed comfortable, flirty and maybe even happy coming down the runway. I bet we all can imagine ourselves or closest girlfriends wearing one of these pieces.
Cons: Too much pink. Too many ruffles, layers, and frill for most urban girls.
The designer Alyssa Nicole is photographed in this last image.
Photographs by Steven Han.
Tie-Dye Lite
14 years ago
Jessi is constantly sewing herself the trendiest new dresses, shirts and pants (you can imagine how excited I get to receive presents from her). Just today, she completed this number, I call it Tie-Dye Lite. It’s made of gray bamboo. The draping is excellent, creating a very flattering silhouette, for an already slim gal. After the dress was completed, she added peach paint to a spray can and sprayed the dress to give it this nice Tie-Dye effect.
I’m hoping she makes me something similar for my up-coming birthday!
4/10: SOMArts hosts Catwalk 2010
14 years ago
SOMArts hosts Catwalk for the third year in a row. This glamorous runway competition helps empower the transgender community. An international slate of transgender models will compete to be the winner and spokesperson of Catwalk 2010. If you haven’t attended this event in the past, and/or haven’t been to SOMArts Gallery, I encourage you to come and check it out, its a greay show that you won’t want to miss!
We have an exclusive discount for Style Bust readers: Get Your Advance Tickets for $30 (General Admission Tickets are $35 in advance, or $40 at the door.) To purchase the discounted tickets, go to Brown Paper Tickets and enter promotion code “STYLEBUST” at checkout.
Partial proceeds go to benefit the AIDS Housing Alliance of San Francisco.
Event Details:
When: Saturday, April 10, 7:00 p.m
Where: SOMArts Gallery, 934 Brannan Street (between 8th & 9th Streets)
Purchase Discounted Tickets: Brown Paper Tickets
4/8 Marie Claire & MANGO SF Shopping Night
14 years ago
Come out to MANGO Thursday night for some treats, drinks, clothes and networking.
Everything in the store is 30% off, including their new collections spring and summer. Further enticement comes in the form of snacks, sparkling wine, free Mango military bags for the first attendees and tunes from DJ Sonny Phono.
During the event, Marie Claire Merchandising Director Mary Filar will be playing personal shopper, so it’s a great chance to get style advice on spring and summer looks from an expert source.
Event Details:
When: Thursday, April 8, 5-8:30 p.m.
Where: Mango Westfield, San Francisco Centre, 865 Market St, SF.
RSVP to [email protected]
Shin Pop-Up Shop at Acrimony
14 years ago
If you live in the best city ever, yeah I’m talkin SF, swing over to Acrimony (333 Hayes Street SF)for a special showcase of Shin’s Spring 2010 collection, which includes asymmetrical dresses and slashed leggings with hand-painted finishes. Shin is known for designing your not-so-basic black and whites. The collection is available for sale at Acrimony through May 8th, so hurry on in before the pieces sell out!