David Lawrence Ushers In Bellevue Fashion Week in 2005!

For each of the five years, David Lawrence anchored the weekend with its own show in the event space the night before the big Collective Show. The David Lawrence show was a big draw and always sold out quickly because everyone could count on us to present an absolutely fun, sexy show and go where no one else could, should or would.

Partnering with the Bellevue Collection and TCM Models and Talent we were able to mount productions we could only dream of on our own. The show venues were immense and built out with professional lighting, sound, video and pre-show lounges.

The brands supported us by providing samples from their most recent markets, none of which had been produced for sale yet, so we could present their collection exclusively in one scene as a preview of the next season. It was a fashionista's fever dream come true.  Men's and women's Dsquared2, D&G Dolce & Gabbana, Gianfranco Ferre, Just Cavalli, Versace and the hottest LA premium denim brands such as 7 for All Mankind, Rock & Republic and True Religion, served up on the hottest models, accompanied by ridiculous music, amazing lighting, video and some eyebrow raising fun!  

The after parties back at the store at center court became the stuff of legend.  Our landlord, Kemper Freeman, loved to share the tale of two competitive men hotly contesting who would purchase the only $4000 D&G fur coat in our stock for their girlfriend and the bidding war that followed. The story got even better when it was later discovered that the ultimate owners of the fur managed to somehow set it on fire at a subsequent "after-after" party.  That D&G fur really was "fire!"

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