In the Santa Ana’s historic Yost Theater, about 200 guests stuck to the conventional Orange County uniform, which referred to jeans and sport coats for men and tight and short fashion dresses and staggering heels for women.
The 20-year-old girls were in flannel shirts and the guys in T-shirts and black Converses. The spotlight was on OC with the launch of Orange County Fashion week for four days. From November 17 to 23, the Orange County Fashion Association celebrated local designers and the style that sets Orange County apart on the runway.

It was worthy to mention that the culmination of the week was the presentation of the designer collections Nov. 19 at the historic Yost Theater in downtown Santa Ana. When the red carpet event and the cocktail party was over, guests were shuttled into the theater and led to their seats as dance music pumped through the air.
Although guests waited long, all of them were very happy. There is a full bar at the back of the theater. Many acquaintances chatted with each other there. Finally, after the lights dimmed, an actress Joelle Posey, who was the host of the event, stepped on the stage, welcomed the audience and introduced the first designer of that evening.
Bedi’s resort collection opened with a beautiful baby-pink, sheer polyester sari that was draped on the model almost like a kimono floating around her frame.

The collection took a twist on the classic Indian sari and commercialized them by pairing all the looks with black leggings; she injected a wearable quality into her clothes and refused to compromise the wow-factor of her pieces. Each look, dotted with beautiful embroideries and constructed from sumptuous chiffons and wovens in devastatingly beautiful fabrics, was breathtaking.
The next three shows, two runway presentations by International Citizen and District and one Elden Black fashion short video, were less show-stopping. The two runway presentations primarily featured sportswear. Although they captured an authentic Orange County vibe, several of the attendees in the audience questioned whether or not they were worth presenting on the runway.