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LNA

LNA clothing was founded in 2007 by two California girls, Lauren Alexander and April Leight. The story goes like this: they were looking for the perfect t-shirt. With a focus on color, cut and material, the line naturally evolved.

Colors: Bright orange, cobalt blue, white, gray, black

Material: Cotton

Looks Loved

This season of LNA was much more back to basics and brighter than Fall's attempt at goth and over the top styling.  Since the company is founded on their staples such as tees, it was a smart decision to again present it in simple form. My favorite was the white cowl/drape neck tee paired with the long skirt. Its effortless, yet stylish. I also loved the easy gray long t-shirt dress.

Unloved Looks

Love the tee dress. The second model's pants though, not so much.

I thought one model was wearing a cod piece. I'm not trying to be snarky. I really did do a double take, zoned in and studied her crotch only to find out that it was a pair of those strange harem hybrid sweats. Designers, we can stop with those any time now.

Music

Confession time. I hit the LNA presentation on the tail end when it was winding down and most guest were upstairs ready for the after party. I was also winding down as it was my last show of the day. I forgot to even give the music a listen.

People and Scene

LNA presentations are usually a low key and anti-snobbery crowd which makes it easy to walk around, snap pictures and see the new lines. It was at Milks Studios, minus last season's structural prom-esque back drops. Just plain old white studio walls, but it went well with the basics vibe. On the back wall, three screens hung where a video installation of LNA looks filled the screen.

To Gift or Not To Gift

Guests stood around with a signature LNA tote. I arrived to late and they were all gone. Last season's bag included a gray v-neck that I lived in ever since. I would be insanely bummed to find out that there was another awesomely comfy tee in there. I still have two t-shirts from my days at In Style magazine market appointments. One has been washed so much that i re-stitched the collar.

New York Fashion Week: Fall 2010

Designer: LNA

About two years ago, an editor at a magazine gave me an LNA scoop neck tee. It was the softest, slinkiest, most comfortable t-shirt I've ever worn. I was hooked.

The line was founded by California natives Lauren Alexander and April Leight on quest to design the perfect t-shirt that fit, in versatile colors and of course quality cotton.  They succeeded.  Since then, they've been expanding their line to bottoms, jackets and even dresses.

Colors

Basic Black, Heather Gray and White

Looks Loved

I loved the basic black and white stripe dress with a a leather jacket thrown over top as seen on the blond model. The gray tee dress looked so comfortable that I wanted to steal it off the model and run.The guys hoodie and black biker jacket, tough but not too involved which is how I like men to dress.

Unloved Looks

Can we please end this trend of MC hammer, carrying a load style  pants?  Love the jacket, hate the pants.  Im also not a fan of the black crop garbage bag looking top over the gray dress in the pic above. It looks strange, but not in a good way.

Music

The Fall collection was inspired by the music industry's bad ass front women like Alison Mosshart of The Kills & The Dead, io of Lo Echo, Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes and of course, the original unisex rock n' roll uniform creator, Ms. Patti Smith.

LNA held an after-party at Milk Studios with a live performance by Smith.  I was invited. My name was on the list, however, when I got to the studio, the line  just to check in stretched almost a block.  About  10 people cut in front of me in line "to meet their friends" after I've been waiting about 15 minutes. I decided with the temperature being 20 degrees that I would call it a night.  I'd been out all day at shows. Though, I'm a Patti Smith fan and would've loved to check it out, I'm not big into scenes that seem like a velvet rope event --though there were metal police barracades rather than rope. Still.  That's just me, personally. Thats how it goes at these things and thanks for the invite!

People and Scene

The presentation was held in a studio at Milk.  It was easy come, easy go which I prefer over nutty huge productions.  There were some fashion types standing around chatting, then there were some people who just came in, snapped some shots and left.

The "stages" reminded me of decorations put up by the high school prom committee: cardboard, tissue paper and metal, made to seem goth?  I think this was probably the intention of the art crew.  I think?  Rock, rock, rock n' roll high school!

To Gift or Not to Gift

I'm voting this gift bag the best yet! The black cotton LNA bag was stuffed with Bumble and Bumble donated shampoo and conditioner in full size bottles, a cd from a band called Metric (which I haven't listened to yet) a product called Inodorous that is fabric refresher with no scent, and last, one of my favorite v-neck LNA heather gray t-shirts.