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Thank you Amy Alkon for attending our opening party and for the keen eye on art and fashion!

August 5, 2010

“Wearable” And “Art” Don’t Usually Go Together.

People pretend they do, and you always see “wearable art” advertised in one of those glossy mags you get in a hotel, but the truth is, clothing is usually either wearable or sculptural/artistic, and not both. And if it is truly sculptural, that usually means it makes you look like you’re wearing a big, expensive garbage bag.

This dress — and other designs — by LA-based Sarajevan emigré, Naida Begeta, are exceptions.

From her line Kao Pao Shu:


Last night, I went to a party at Begeta’s design studio in Santa Monica. My friend Laurie Pike, fashion editor of LA Magazine, wrote about Begeta’s line, Kung Pao Shu a few months ago. I was so struck by the jacket in the photo that I did something I haven’t done in years — tore the page out of the magazine, and ended up sending the designer a fan letter (via e-mail), which is probably how I ended up getting invited to the party. (Parties I go to typically have people yelling at each other about politics at them.)

The designer is very un-LA, really sweet, and even admired my outfit. (I was just wearing my usual — evening dress skirt, cropped leather jacket bought for $19.99 off eBay, huge tacky glass “gem” earrings in chartreuse and a matching scarf with a little bit of sculpture to it…how I dress every day to go out and write in a cafe, pick up the mail, etc.)

I’m working like mad on my next two books, and when I get an advance for my next one, I’m going to get one of her jackets, and one of her extraordinary ribbon-sculpture bags. Here are a few jackets on her site. Like the one Naida is wearing in the LA Mag shot, I like the ribbon’yones that fit close to the body. In satin, especially. Yum.

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AMY ALKON

nationally syndicated columnist and author of I SEE RUDE PEOPLE

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Amy Alkon

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