Karanina — LA Fashion Week October 2005
A Los Angeles fashion week record from October 2005 — the Karanina runway show, kept as the historical record.
Karanina showed during LA Fashion Week in October 2005, presenting designers Kara Smith and Nina Firestone's Mercedes-Benz fashion show for Spring 2006. The review carried below, by Lynn Simmons, Guest Editor, records feminine, relaxed casual looks built on denim — shorts, overalls and premier denim pants styled with the show's staple belts and boots.
Illustrative image created for this guide — an artistic impression, not photographs from this show.
Denim, Softened
Where Antik Denim's covered show went western, Karanina's went feminine: denim as a relaxed casual base, freshened with shades of lavender and periwinkle blue with lace insets, and flower prints in muted colors highlighting the show's vintage flair. The addition of yellow jackets gave the denim its strongest contrast, in the review's judgment.
Belts and Boots
The review names the styling staples plainly — belts and boots — paired across the denim looks. That pairing is the collection's repeatable formula: one denim base, one leather accent at the waist, one boot below. It is the kind of formula a buyer can order against, which is what a trade review of this brevity exists to record.
The Record
designers Kara Smith and Nina Firestone's Mercedes Benz Fashion Show for spring 2006 included feminine, relaxed casual looks. The shows staple-belts and boots-were paired with denim looks shown as shorts, overalls, and premier denim pants. The addition of yellow jackets was the denim was strong . Additional colors had a fresh beauty with shades of lavendar, perriwinkle blue with lace insets. Flower prints in muted colors highlighted the shows vintage flair.
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Common Questions
Who designs Karanina?
Kara Smith and Nina Firestone, whose Mercedes-Benz fashion show for Spring 2006 presented feminine, relaxed casual looks, as the review records.
What did the collection show?
Denim looks — shorts, overalls and premier denim pants — paired with the show's staple belts and boots, yellow jackets, and shades of lavender and periwinkle blue with lace insets.
What gave the show its vintage flair?
Flower prints in muted colors, which the review says highlighted the show's vintage flair.