WestHollywoodToday: Art Hearts Fashion Fall 2016: Merline Labissiere, Joey Galon, Ccuoco, Czarina & Walter Mendez

By Karen Ostlund

Art Hearts Fashion Week, are the shows of record in Los Angeles, which this season brought designers, performers, and artists to showcase at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, March 14^th-17^{th 2016.}.

The fashion team of Art Heart Fashion partnered once again with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation as the title sponsor to help raise awareness for HIV/AIDS and to support the mission to put 20 million HIV patients on medication by the year 2020.

The March 15th evening runway shows featured preview fall fashion 2016 by: Joey Galon Atelier, Czarina, and House of Ccuoco, Merline Labissiere and Walter Mendez.

Well-known faces who came out to celebrate the talented artists and designers included Jon Lovitz, NFL Player James Anderson, Cory Feldman and Peter Madrigal.

Merline Labissiere fall 2016,
architectural details

Merline Labissiere opened the evening show with a collection inspired by the traveled roads in Haiti. Each architectural detail and geographic image inspired the new silhouettes and shapes that both accent and contour the female form appropriately for both work and play.

Merline Labissiere jacket

Merline Labissiere: "I design for the creative woman working in a professional, business environment. My brand is all about my quest to combine architecture and fashion. This season, my collection tells the story of the road which people in Haiti commute from one location to the next. The combinations of these roads create new, unexplored shapes and spaces. Looking through satellite lens at the road map running across the island of Haiti and combining these lines with contemporary architectural floor plans create the vision of this collection. Each architectural detail and geographic image inspired the new silhouettes and shapes that both accent and contour the female form appropriately for both work and play". www.merlinelabissiere.com @mlabissiere

Joey Galon Atelier swimsuit wraps

Joey Galon, ATELIER : Reality TV Personality, Joey Galon launched for his is very first time at fashion week. Joey Galon, ATELIER featured "Once Upon a Dream" , a themed collection of regal evening gowns and swimsuit wraps for a royal experience of exquisite fashions. www.joeygalon.com

Twitter: @JoeyGalon IG: @JoeyGalon

Czarina silks and viscose eye-catching resort wear

Czarina:

An Autralian collection of jewel encrusted silk resort wear and silk-kaftans.

Eye-catching vibrant colors and black/white, delicate/bold patterns, stylish graphic prints blended with a contemporary "twist" to attract attention. The creations come in a combination of fabrics including silks and viscose and highly versatile.Designer Nikki for Czarina showcased a collection reverberate with detailing and hand made embellishments of semi precious stones, beads and silk threads.

Headpieces by 'What a Betty' accessorized the runway show. www.czarinakaftans.com.au

House of Ccuoco fall
2016, studs and lace pants

House of Ccuoco fall 2016, leather and lace embroidery

Designer Candice Cuoco said of her final collection for Project Runway Season 14: “My collection is a true reflection of who I am as a woman and designer. Project Runway has launched me into a dream that has quickly became a reality. In just the short time on the show I have grown exponentially & this collection is my testimony to that". www.ccuoco.com

Walter Mendez Fall 2016 Bridal dress

Walter Mendez closed the show with an epic collection transitioning from never seen before bridal looks, to evening gowns in black w/gold black. seductive tops and lace pants. The collection remained darkly seductive in navy yet youthful with impeccable embellishment and lace detailing.

Walter Mendez Couture Fall 2016

Walter's work is regularly featured on celebrities, television, editorials and red carpets, and is honored to count the world's leading ladies as clients such as Jennifer Lopez, Ciara, Selena Gomez, and has also been featured in publications as Vogue, People Magazine, Women's Wear Daily and Apparel News. waltercollection.com, Social Media: @wltrcollection

FHI Brands returned as Official Hair Sponsor of Art Hearts Fashion, working behind the scenes to create the diverse and innovative looks seen on the runway. Cadillac Concierge joined Art Hearts Fashion this season as official car Sponsor.

A special thanks to AIDS Healthcare Foundation, April Love Pro Makeup Academy, SoyJoy, Monster Energy, FHI Brands, Lunabar, Whole Foods Market, Nescafe, Hint Water, Cadillac Concierge, Fotopod, Mosaic floral.event.design, Portraits of Hope, Make a Wish, The Daily Front Row, Illy Issimo, Skinny Pop, Santa Monica Healing, Skintech Studios, Jessie Liu, Exhale Spa, For the Stars Showroom, Creativ PR Showroom and VH1 Save the Music Foundation.
Runway photos by Arun Nevader, red carpet photos by Karen Ostlund