It's not every day that Berkeley becomes the epicenter of fashion. Sure, we have a few gnarly alumni, but a crowd of fashion-crazed San Franciscans is a weird sight even for us. Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck, with his tongue-in-cheek menswear designs, made a rare debut at the Berkeley Art Museum this Sunday. Here are a few photos of the guests in attendance.
Left: BARE Events Coordinator Seika Iwao and Creative Director Jordan Silver.
The casting for the presentation was notable. With the influx of "normal" models on runways and magazines these past seasons, Beirendonck had a different body type in mind. His models aren't fragile nor ripped, but a certain genre of gay men known as the "bear." Clearly, yelling "Go Bears!" at this event would not have the same meaning as in Haas Pavilion.
Right: The designer himself, Walter Van Beirendonck.
At the end of the show, the models walked out in Walter underwear. All photography by Brittany Curran.
Here's a BARETV video of the end of the show.
The BAM became a gathering space for craftsmen, Castro bears, gay activists, and press (that's us!), all with the common love for Walter's hilarious clothes and models. We can only hope that more fabulous events like these make it across the bridge.
Walter Van Beirendonck is sold exclusively at MAC Modern Appealing Clothing in San Francisco.
John Kim
Editor-in-Chief
this post is rad... the scene is captured perfectly, and the attendees are looking ravishing in unique duds.
ReplyDeleteLove it. Wish we were in town to make it.
Love from San Francisco.
Amy and Alex
http://refusestolabel.blogspot.com
What an amoshing event! We were so lucky to have Walter Van Beirendonck in San Francisco and Berkely! Thank you very RosenMuch for documenting the whole sha-bang!
ReplyDeletethanks for documenting and for taking our picture. i'm not often on this side of the camera.
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Thank you all! It was a great event and great seeing so many well-dressed people in one place.
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