NAMI's Invite to Fans; What a Generous Gesture!

I thought it was a generous gesture for  Sarah Nami Ahn to invite fans to her new FW 2012 presentation for  Concept LosAngelesFashionWeek at Ace Gallery last night.  I was surprised but rather delighted to see such an invitation on a public platform such as facebook, considering these events are  ALL INVITE ONLY. 

As a fashion design student it was inspiring and helpful to see how a real collection is presented to the media, buyers and public, now thanks to NAMI.  Attending the Theatre in Fashion exhibit, Rudi Gernreich exhibit at MOCA and fashion shows alike are essential to  the learning process for design students.  

I am eternally grateful to leading designers like Sarah who really think about their customers.  Hopefully other designers will follow suit especially considering how the internet is changing the industry to be fashion-fan-friendly. 

After reading Joah Spearman's article for HuffingtonPost (that named Sarah Nami Ahn one of the new Fashion Leaders for following her passions) I was determined to attend the event last night.  

 "Life is ephemeral, delicate, and beautiful... all things were startlingly made aware to me with my brother's near-death (motorcycle) accident; I couldn't spend another moment not doing what I felt passionate about in life, to create art," said Sarah Nami Ahn, who left her Ph.D. in neurosciences behind to launch NAMI.

Overall the collection was full of luxurious lace detail and whimsical wearable dresses in beautiful blues, champagnes, rose wine colors.  Not to mention the coat dresses and the cocoon-like sweater vest paired with lace chiffon dresses.  

Below are pictures of my absolute favorite piece from the NAMI FW2012 collection. As you can see, the movement, color and detail of this dress mesmerized us all to a fantasy- like dream.