Pop star Justin Timberlake isn't your typical fashion designer. So the runway debut of his William Rast line wasn't a typical fashion show. Rather than show the collection at the official Los Angeles Fashion Week site, Culver City's Smashbox Studios, Timberlake took over one of Hollywood's hottest nightspots, Social Hollywood, last week.
When the show got started, David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" blared as models with their hair styled into pompadours and makeshift mohawks previewed the spring 2007 collection dubbed Street Sexy. Timberlake started William Rast less than a year ago with his childhood friend Trace Ayala. They named the brand after their grandfathers.
On the runway, there were skinny jeans for men and women, topped with tanks or muscle shirts. There were also country-inspired checkered shirts for men decorated with ruffles or leather details. Women's styles included cropped cardigans, shrunken sweater dresses and puffy-sleeved blouses with bows at the neck.
Later, dressier attire had a soundtrack of Nine Inch Nails
D. Men wore plaid blazers with attached leather vests over slacks. Accessories were key as each outfit was adorned with oversize belt buckles or chunky pendants.
Party dresses for women were funky and flirty. One ice-blue shift was dangerously low cut, and strands of pearls served as safety straps. Another featured a shredded scoop neck bedazzled with tiny rhinestones.
Then, suddenly, the show became a dance-off. Six women turned the runway into a disco and gyrated to a racy Prince tune. Then the guys took their turn, and they stole the show.
They were pop-locking and head-spinning as if it were 1984, proving that Timberlake's new duds are disco-ready.
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