Chan Luu — LA Fashion Week October 2005
A Los Angeles fashion week record from October 2005 — the Chan Luu runway show, kept as the historical record.
Chan Luu showed during LA Fashion Week in October 2005, describing her Spring 2006 collection as feminine, romantic and unstructured. The short review carried below, by Lynn Simmons, Guest Editor, records layered tone-on-tone textures, raised yarn embroidery and a dusty color story of oatmeal and beige — kept complete as the record of the show.
Illustrative image created for this guide — an artistic impression, not photographs from this show.
Texture as the Collection
The review's attention goes to surface rather than silhouette: textures layered tone on tone, lavish but simple embellishment in the form of raised yarn embroidery, and fabrics paired to perfect proportion. In a week of denim and evening spectacle, Chan Luu's show was the quiet one — a collection whose argument was made by hand-finished surfaces and restrained color.
An Ease of Accomplishment
The color story — dusty shades of oatmeal and beige — is described as encompassing the designer's simple ease of accomplishment. That phrase is the review's whole verdict: a designer so fluent in her materials that layering, embroidery and pairing read as ease. The press contact carried at the foot of the review is part of its record.
The Record
Chan Luu described her collection as feminine, romantic and instructured. The solid reflection of textures layered tone on tone, lavish simple embellishment in the form of raised yarn embroidery and the pairing of fabrics were to perfect proportion. The colorstory was described as dusty shades of oatmeal and beige, encompasing Luu's simple ease of accomplishment.
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Common Questions
How did Chan Luu describe her collection?
As feminine, romantic and instructured — a solid reflection of textures layered tone on tone, with raised yarn embroidery as lavish simple embellishment, per the review.
What was the color story?
Dusty shades of oatmeal and beige, encompassing the designer's simple ease of accomplishment, as the review describes it.
Who reviewed the show?
Lynn Simmons of LynnEyestyle, LLC, Guest Editor, reviewed the October 2005 shows for the Design Studio.