Lady Enyce — LA Fashion Week October 2004
A Los Angeles fashion week record from Monday, 25 October 2004 — the Lady Enyce runway show, kept as the historical record.
Lady Enyce showed on Monday, 25 October 2004, during LA Fashion Week, with a collection the review frames as a chartered flight to Miami, West Hampton and Saint Tropez. The review carried below, written by Debra Stevenson with photographs by Carlos Alberto, records juicy citrus brights, white silk blazers and his-and-hers summer looks — and the show's runway photograph is carried in the Photos section.
Illustrative image created for this guide — an artistic impression, not photographs from this show.
Beach-Friendly Prep
The review sorts the collection into three audiences: beach-friendly Pucci-style for juniors, unstuffy prepster gear for urbanites and summer wear for the next generation. For women — the review's Baby Girl — white silk fitted blazers with matching trim pants carry bright multicolored piping, and casual separates include drop-waist tennis dresses, a mesh zip-up hoodie and Capri jogging pants. The men's side answers with all-white pique polos with fleece sweatpants and a relaxed-fit lime linen suit.
Logos and Licenses
Two details date the collection precisely: customized Nintendo tees, a licensed-logo moment from the height of the logo era, and Angel Blue logo jeans among the abstract floral his-and-hers tops. Together with the citrus palette, they place Lady Enyce squarely inside 2004's big color trend, which the review says ruled this flight.
Streetwear's Charter Flight
The flight conceit does real work in this review: it sorts a juniors' streetwear collection into luggage — what a Baby Girl packs, what the fellahs pack, what gets grabbed before disembarking. Under the jokes sits a precise merchandising read of 2004 urban fashion, where a licensed Nintendo tee and a logo jean carried the same weight as a silk blazer, and citrus brights were the season's boarding call across the industry.
The Record
Monday, 25 October 2004 What would happen if Marc Jacobs bumped his head, fell in love with a teenaged Nubian princess and got a little soul?! Well, he'd pack a retro flight bag, wax his rippling six-pack and board the next chartered plane out of LA for destinations like Miami, West Hampton and Saint Tropez. If you fly like that, then the Lady ENYCE collection is for you. Following this season's big color trend, juicy citrus Brights ruled on this flight. For your Baby Girl, white silk fitted blazers with matching trim pants serve notice with bright multicolored piping. Casual separates like sexy drop-waist tennis dresses, a mesh zip-up hoodie and Capri jogging pants are cut for high altitude appeal.
For the fellahs, all white all borough pique polos with fleece sweatpants easily hold their own, as does the relaxed-fit lime linen suit. Before disembarking, grab a bundle of customized Nintendo tees, Angel Blue logo jeans and abstract floral his-and hers tops. This is beach-friendly Pucci-style for juniors, unstuffy prepster-gear for urbanites and hella-sexy summer wear for the next funky generation.
Photos
Common Questions
What did Lady Enyce show in October 2004?
A citrus-bright summer collection: white silk fitted blazers with multicolored piping, drop-waist tennis dresses, a mesh zip-up hoodie, Capri jogging pants, pique polos, a lime linen suit, Nintendo tees and Angel Blue logo jeans.
What was the show's theme?
A jet-set flight to destinations like Miami, West Hampton and Saint Tropez — beach-friendly Pucci-style for juniors and unstuffy prepster gear for urbanites, as the review describes it.
When did Lady Enyce show?
On Monday, 25 October 2004, during LA Fashion Week, as the date line carried with the review records.