Bebe Collection

Above is a shot of the runway pre-Spring 2007 collection debut at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in LA. Below is what the runway looked like once the guests and celebrities like Mischa Barton had filtered in and taken their seats.

While I was still distressed to see that the models were strutting their stuff in slutty hooker shoes, I was at least comforted by the fact that they could actually walk in them unlike the previous shows I had seen. Kudos to stylist Paula Bradley, who normally styles Kelis, gave this David Cardona debut collection a touch of her spunk. Satin visors tilted just so, and yes the slutty hooker shoes. Somehow it all seemed to work.

While the collection appeared to hail from the tomes of Balenciaga, Cristobal not Nicolas, and Dior 'New Look', it was far from typical LA fashion. So why was it shown here? Many people like Cameron Silver, owner of Decades boutique and writer for style.com, Merle Ginsberg, we all know who she is, and Lawren Howell, West Coast Editor of Vogue, all praised the freshness of the collection for the esteemed house of Bebe. No accent needed.

However there was one West Coast Editor who shall remained unnamed both for his sweetness and his commentary, who said his eyes were still bleeding as he drove home and that specifically women should never wear see-through lace, least of all shitty see-through lace.

Mixed reviews then from the front rows at Smashbox studios.