Gwen Stefani won t let a little last-minute emergency—as in, half of the Fall collection getting stuck in transit due to the blizzard—get her down. "We ve had to scrape together what we can," she said in a preview the day before her L.A.M.B. presentation, "but it s actually forced us to be even more creative." Case in point: a "vest" she strung together on the fly by linking up several leather belts.
Explaining the mood this season, she ticked off a checklist of tried-and-true Gwen references: "vintage, boudoir, military, fifties, sexy, and futuristic." Making it all work might sound like a tall order, but the mash-up was signature Stefani, right down to the models pinup hair and scarlet lips. Among the more successful looks was a tailored military jacket worn with skinny houndstooth jeans, a twill and boiled-wool trenchcoat, and a chic black Ponte-and-leather body-con dress. If the collection wasn t exactly concise, the variety and uniqueness of many of the pieces will get them noticed on the sales floor. And, no, you don t have to be a ska punk to pull them off.
