Sue Wong — LA Fashion Week October 2005
A Los Angeles fashion week record from October 2005 — the Sue Wong runway show, kept as the historical record.
Sue Wong showed during LA Fashion Week in October 2005, presenting the special occasion collection the review calls her finest presentation. The review carried below, by Lynn Simmons, Guest Editor, records a thousand nights of dresses and big ball gowns in rose silk — from a designer whose retail business the review puts at a staggering 60 million dollars.
Illustrative image created for this guide — an artistic impression, not photographs from this show.
A Thousand Nights of Dresses
The phrase is the collection's scale claim: special occasion dressing as a complete wardrobe of nights. The ball gowns the review details — rose silk with a drop waist, beading and a chiffon covered skirt — are the Wong formula at full strength: feminine, novel designs crossing cultures, always imaginative in theme, in the review's summary of her career.
Sue Wong in This Archive
Wong appears in each of this archive's Los Angeles seasons: the Venetian Carnival collection of March 2005, with its French Deco dresses and hand-dyed chiffons, and this October 2005 presentation judged her finest. The two records bookend a designer at commercial height — the March review luxuriating in detail, the October review reaching for superlatives about the business behind the dresses.
The Record
Special occasion designer Sue Wong has always captured her audience with her feminine, novel designs. Reaching a staggering 60 Million dollar retail business, Sue Wong is in top form crossing cultures, always imaginative in theme. Showcasing "a thousand nights of dresses" and big ball gowns in rose silk with a drop waist, beading and a chiffon covered skirt, this was Wongs finest presentation.
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Common Questions
What did Sue Wong show in October 2005?
A special occasion collection the review calls a thousand nights of dresses: big ball gowns in rose silk with a drop waist, beading and a chiffon covered skirt — her finest presentation, per the review.
How large was Sue Wong's business?
The review puts her retail business at a staggering 60 million dollars, with the designer in top form crossing cultures and always imaginative in theme.
Where else does Sue Wong appear in this archive?
In the March 2005 season, where her Venetian Carnival-inspired collection of French Deco dresses, Spanish embellished gowns and hand-dyed chiffons is reviewed.