LA Fashion Week: Hollywood Glamour Via Decades

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The Location: Downtown LA Fashion Week at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary

The Skinny: To close the DLAFW festivities, Cameron Silver was enlisted to organize a showing of vintage couture from the Decades collection. We liked this idea from the beginning—vintage evening wear is a huge part of Hollywood style past and present, yet it's hardly ever spotlighted during Fashion Week.

Celebs Spotted: Marisa Tomei chatting with Liz Goldwyn; Rose McGowan beside Rose Apodaca; Nicky Hilton looking bored; Lisa Rinna in leopard print and feathers; 90210's Shenae Grimes pretending to be Lindsay Lohan.

The Takeaway: '70s Yves Saint Laurent. Fuchsia fringe. '80s Valentino. Seafoam Chiffon. '60s Christian Dior. Paillettes. '50s Pierre Cardin. Purple Taffeta. If only we saw this much pizzaz on the red carpet...
· LA Fashion Week AW09 [Racked Archives]