Inside The Room Vancouver’s first designer cocktail fêting Jason Wu

By Joy Pecknold | November 15th, 2011 | 3:00 pm

Photography by Georgia Esporlas

Jason Wu returned to Vancouver, his childhood home and the place he first learned to sew, to woo the waists of many a grown woman with his Kaws-inspired Spring 2012 collection. The Thursday night preview and cocktail party at The Room drew a mix of fashion folk and moneyed madams. Models in Wu’s punchy frocks worked the room, as did Wu himself, snapping photos with his fans. A few even paused to notice the Kaws-drawn pink paws worked into some of the floral prints.

What are the designer’s recollections of the city? “I had a tutor here named Muriel, she taught me English through reading fashion magazines, because that was a subject I was interested in,” says Wu. “That’s how I got bit by the fashion bug.” It’s safe to say the Wu bug infected more than a few at the bash—the only cure, a cascading gown of neon green.

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: Photography by Georgia Esporlas

: Photography by Georgia Esporlas

: Photography by Georgia Esporlas

: Photography by Georgia Esporlas

: Photography by Georgia Esporlas

: Photography by Georgia Esporlas

: Photography by Georgia Esporlas

: Photography by Georgia Esporlas

: Photography by Georgia Esporlas

: Photography by Georgia Esporlas

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