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Sue Wong's runway is always sure to be fun since many of her designs fall into the evening category. Her Fall 2007 collection, which she showed for the Mercede-Benz IMG Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios was like an enormous box of sparkling gel pens (you know, those gel pens that 'tween girls use that have glitter in them) exploded all over Austin Powers' Fembots' evening wear wardrobe. The dresses definitely had a '60s feel in both silhouette and the use of large geometric floral patterns. I'm not too fond of the bright, colorful matching top hats with the dresses, particularly one that made a short green dress look like a leprechaun's outfit, but I couldn't help, of course, to fall head over heels with a hot pink shift with sparkle. There were, of course, more subdued looks, like a sparkling black mini-dress with deep cutaways at the shoulder and collar that wrapped around the neck, but how much fun is that?

Still, pretty fun.

Hands down, my favorite show from Los Angeles fashion week was the Sue Wong show. Wong's embroidered fantasy gowns are the stuff that couture dreams are made of. The show began with a harp player and cycled through a variety of different fashion scenes starting with Edwardian Romance continuing through the brightly colored Mexican folkloric dresses of the Fiesta collection, the exotic silk panels of the Arabesque collection and finishing with a series of over-the-top bridal gowns. The styling wasn't particularly innovative but the overall effect was stunning. We also received the cute little beaded and embroidered purse shown here as a gift. Want to win my swag? Check out the pictures and video from the show and let me know your favorite moment from the show. My favorite comment wins the prize.