Saturday, August 7, 2010

ICONS Fashion: Fantasy and Fun

ICONS, an art, fashion, music, and film extravaganza created by WestCoastClubLife and Jon Block, took place at the Horton Plaza Event Center on Sat, July 24, 2010. Several fashion shows took to the runway throughout the day well into the night, featuring some of San Diego’s hottest fashion lines. Costumes, comics, and creativity were the theme of the day in honor of the concurring Comic-Con, taking place right down the street. Barnett Superstore paid tribute to the comic concept with its sexy costumes, including Supergirl with thigh-high fishnets, a red and blue bikini bottom, and small inverted pyramid red top and cape. Models wearing a yellow top with a tiger design, black, ruffled gauzy skirt with yellow trim, and a ballerina with a multicolored pastel corset and thigh-high stocking with pink satin bows stood out.
Jinx, a clothing line for men, displayed its upscale t-shirts with eye catching designs to include comic book characters and sci-fi images. The t-shirts were in black, white, and eye-popping pinks and purples, worn over jeans, black slacks, high-top sneakers, and dressed up with casual jackets, some hooded. Colorful plaids were also matched with base colors. X-Kittens’ ultra-sexy bikinis really upped their originality with their upscale material, two toned fabric, and ruffled trims all in basic blacks, whites and reds with unique details. Its metallic two-toned grey bikini with slanted, angular cuts alluded to modern art and its black satin bikini with tiny red trim and a red heart on the top was Las Vegas hot.
Britboy Fashions, San Diego’s up and coming fashion line bringing pretty and original pieces from England designers hits the mark across the spectrum with its clothes. At times edgy and sophisticated, sexy and elegant, hip and sweet, it seems to be a little of both at all times. Mini-dresses rule with sexy prints, white ruffles, hot pink with side-button designs, and a two-toned grey with an animal print front. One of the prettiest is a velvety black multi-textured dress with flared shoulders and ruffled sides. An iconic British flag jacket stands out, and the mens’ line includes comfy classic v-necked tees featuring the Britboy original logo, with casual white jackets.
Pretty Is got pretty sexy and nerdy with its short pencil skirts, cute shirts and tank tops and big geeky glasses. Hot secretaries and schoolgirl looks walked the runway, to a mix and match short, black, polka-dot skirt with lacy top over a white tee. The Marinello School of Beauty students put their hard-earned knowledge to use in truly creative costumes one featuring a navy blue American Revolution style jacket for women with a broad red and gold trim on the sleeves and front over a satin, short ballerina style dress and white fishnets. They went for some ancient chic with a gladiator long purple skirt with golden, faux metal ornamets around neck and chest, and the students demonstrated that the use of hats, multicolored layers of gauze, and make-up can turn a little black dress into a fantasy outfit.

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