Buffalo by David Bitton — Fashion Week LA, March 2006
A Los Angeles fashion week record from March 2006 — the Buffalo by David Bitton denim collection shown at Fashion Week LA in March 2006, kept as the historical record.
Buffalo by David Bitton showed on March 21, 2006, one of three reports the West Coast team filed that day. The review below, by Debra Stevenson, covers the Canadian denim brand's second season in Los Angeles — a lifestyle-driven collection built on low-slung, slouchy denim styled with sheepskin vests, knit beanies and construction boots, under a woodland-alpine theme.
Denim was Los Angeles fashion week's commercial engine in the mid-2000s, and Buffalo's show represents the category at its most merchandised: a complete weekend wardrobe (weekend bags, an oilcloth parka, layered knits) sold as a look rather than as separate jeans. The review also preserves a short post-show exchange with designer David Bitton himself.
Illustrative image created for this guide — an artistic impression, not photographs from this show.
A Lifestyle Collection, Styled Head to Toe
Where the week's couture show was judged on finishing, Buffalo is judged on styling coherence: every look tucked into construction boots, topped with a beanie, covered with a sheepskin vest, in a neutral autumn palette of olive, khaki, gold and red pepper that worked for both the men's and women's lines, with Tyrolean-inspired embroidery and faded fauna (animal) graphics carrying the alpine theme onto the garments. "Well-merchandised" was the review's verdict word — in trade terms, a compliment about how completely the collection could be bought and worn as presented.
The Designer After the Show
The report closes backstage: David Bitton, excited and happy to be participating in LA again, albeit visibly tired, and committed — in his own self-proclaimed mission statement, quoted by the reviewer — to delivering young, sexy and butt-lifting separates to a loyal global following. Small human details like that are why these dated show reports are kept: the collection photographs show the clothes, but only the written record keeps the mood of the room.
The Review
This funky Canadian denim brand showed for the second season in LA, presenting a well-merchandised lifestyle-driven collection. Pack your Ghurka weekend bags, urban scenesters, and don't forget the oilcloth parka, because Buffalo's super stars this season seem to be sexy woods-women and their muscular arm candy. Everything was low-slung, slouchy, tucked into construction boots, topped off with a knit beanie and covered in a sheepskin vest.
A neutral autumn palette of olive, khaki, gold and red pepper worked equally well for the alpine guys and gals, as well as Tyrolean-inspired embroidery and faded fauna graphics.
Speaking with designer David Bitton after the show, he seemed excited and happy to be participating in LA again, albeit visibly tired. Perhaps his self-proclaimed mission of delivering young, sexy and butt-lifting separates to his loyal global following leaves him, well, a little deflated. — Design Studio review by Debra Stevenson.
Common Questions
What did Buffalo by David Bitton show in March 2006?
A lifestyle-driven denim collection: low-slung, slouchy jeans tucked into construction boots, with knit beanies and sheepskin vests, Tyrolean-inspired embroidery and faded fauna graphics, in olive, khaki, gold and red pepper.
Was this Buffalo's first Los Angeles show?
No — the review notes the Canadian brand was showing for the second season in LA.
What did David Bitton say after the show?
He seemed excited and happy to be participating in LA again, while his stated mission remained delivering young, sexy and butt-lifting separates to his loyal global following.