These days, fashion shows are turning into boring little affairs, with clothes hanging on racks or models, and there’s very little hair, makeup or model artistry going on because of costs – let alone, food and wine. But L.A.’S own Corey Lynn Calter, whose clothes are sold at Anthropologie and Hilary Rush, held an actual sit down dinner on Tuesday night on Melrose Place. She was lucky enough to procure an empty space on Melrose Place that’s handled by gallerist/book dealer and art dealer Jonathan Brown (of Lead Apron, across the street, in the Rose Tarlow building near Marni), and it was all table clothes, white candles, champagne and cod for a dinner that included Shiva Rose, L.A. Magazine’s Laurie Pike, stylists George Kotsiopolous and Jessica Paster, Cameron Silver, Rose Apodoca, Magda and Alex Berliner, and Corey’s fab pr and production gals, Jen Green and Shana Honeyman of Genevieve Productions. To show the collection first, Corey, with the help of her techie husband Glenn Kaino, shot a film that was projected on three screens, of the models in her colorful spring 2010 outfits walking, with the miracle of film, from one wall to the next, and answering silly questions – while looking great. It’s so imaginative to show clothes on a film – and then the designer can pop it straight onto their website!
We hate to say this, but we’d just come from the Jason Wu spring trunk show at Neiman’s – and we found some looks in Corey’s MUCH less expensive collection that looked just as good! That draped purple skirt is killing us! And we loved the pink tiered gown Corey herself was wearing. After much revelry and hilarious conversation, much of the group retired to Jonathan Brown’s groovy book store and art gallery across the street on Melrose Place, Lead Apron. It’s very Paris in L.A., and so is he, for that matter. A genuine L.A. eccentric – and there aren’t many of those. Kudos to Corey, Glenn, Jen and Shana for such a beautiful and generous evening.
