Lots of New York and European brands do constant events in Los Angeles, but Calvin Klein womenswear designer Francisco Costa and menswear designer Italo Zucchelli came to L.A. and had their rare fashion event. And they went cultural and unique, combining it with an art event last night, Thursday 1/28. It was partially in celebration of L.A. Arts Month and Art Los Angeles Contemporary, and there were art project collaborations with artworld names like Jean Shin, Neville Wakefield and Jennifer West. It was held in a new mult-level space on Melrose near LaCienega, and was an interesting merger of the art world and the fashion world – and of course, this being L.A. – the celebrity world. Of course, the big names like Penelope Cruz, Kate Bosworth, Ryan Phillippe, Jared Leto, Ginnifer Goodwin, Abbie Cornish, Michelle Monaghan, Greg Kinnear, Ali Larter, Melissa George, Molly Sims, Milla Jovovich, Kellan Lutz, Rosetta Getty, Rachel Griffiths, China Chow, Coco Rocha, Elise Crombez, Jordana Brewster, Jean Shin, Neville Wakefield, Monet Mazur, Peter Facinelli and Stavros Niarchos all wore Calvin Klein Collection. That’s a lot of work for the CK stafg! Not only that – Penelope Cruz did NOT wear black: stop the presses! Each of the women’s looks were designed by Mr. Costa, the Women’s Creative Director and each of the men’s looks were designed by Mr. Zucchelli, the Men’s Creative Director. This amount of fashion people, art people and celebrities mixing was icing on the cake, after the last few weeks of Globe parties, SAG parties, and designers descending on Los Angeles. And those Calvin Klein clothes sure work well in Los Angeles – those natural colored minimalistic designs are perfect for the L.A. light and weather.
