Luca Luca Fall 2011 Best Looks

This native Californian, Raul Melgoza send down all the shades of the earth from his childhood memories of trips to Yosemite to come up with this take on the women who travels. “I thought about where I go to relax,” the designer said backstage before his show. “And I thought about a woman traveling through the woods. What would she wear?”

If you are anywhere near Mercedes Benz Fashion week in New York City heels are a must on the run way and off and at Luca Luca there is no difference. Another trend that still sticks is fur and leather. Raul listens to what ladies want and we want functionality in a pair of streamlined pants, a cross between jodhpurs and cigarettes, worn with a leather utility belt—"like a detachable cummerbund," Melgoza explained.

The collection spoke to the Robin Hood in you, the woodsy feel with print and a little embellishment. The classic pencil skirt in a orange bark color, and the fine strands of jet black beading on the bodice of a closing gown resembled a strand of seeds, or what gave the illusion of fine veins that run through leaves.