8th Annual Pet Days: Learn about caring for pets; receive information on procedures like spaying, neutering and microchipping; and maybe find your next best friend. 9 a.m.-3 Sunday, Jan. 21. Orange County Marketplace at the Orange County Fair & Expo Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. $2 admission will be waived with a donation of items to help animals and get free admission. Items include paper towels, bleach, cat litter, potty pads, gift cards, cash and fresh, new pet food (nothing opened or human). ocmarketplace.com
Dine and donate: Help shelter pets at spcaLA while enjoying a meal. Thursday, Feb. 8: Twenty percent of your bill will be donated to the shelter. Show flyer (available at spcaLA.com) electronically or printed.
Valentine at Subaru Loves Pets Valentine Adoption: Find your next best friend at this event presented by 95.5 KLOS and hosted by spcaLA. Frosty’s Dogs Rock Walk is a fun, 1.5-mile stroll through the shelter and El Dorado Park, just across Spring Street. Following that are pet adoptions, fun booths, prizes, giveaways and more! Register for Frosty’s Dogs Rock at spcala.com. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 (walk, 9 a.m.; adoptions, 10 a.m.), P.D. Pitchford Companion Animal Village and Education Center, 7700 E. Spring St., Long Beach
Order a tile, help a pet (or several): Buy a tile that will be installed at one of spcaLA’s shelters (P.D. Pitchford Companion Animal Village and Education Center, 7700 E. Spring St., Long Beach; and the South Bay Pet Adoption Center, 12910 Yukon Ave., Hawthorne). Proceeds from tile sales help the shelter’s animals. If you’d like a tile that will be installed in 2018, your order must be placed by Wednesday, Jan. 31. Tiles can honor a loved one, a beloved pet or given as gifts. Prices range from $50 to $500. Order at spcala.com.
Andrew Cogliano returned from his 2-game suspension as the Ducks beat the Kings 2-1. Cogliano had an assist while Adam Henrique and Ryan Kesler scored the winning goals.
Video by Jonathan Khamis, for the Orange County Register.
Melanie’s story: Oh, the betrayal … to be an older gal, left abandoned by the only family you;ve ever known, at a high-kill shelter. Melanie had no idea what happened. One day she woke up and there she was. Melanie is a sweet girl who deserved better, and Labradors and Friends volunteers promised her they would make that happen. Melanie doesn’t see as well as she used to, and her body has slowed down a bit, but she still has lots of love and pep in her step! Melanie loves her walks and hanging out on her bed, giving her the best of both worlds. Easygoing, low-key, house-trained, she does well with older dogs (although she doesn’t like young ones jumping all over her; who can blame her?). If you are looking for a companion to share your days, look no further than Melanie. She is ready to meet you and head to your home.
Adoption donation: Melanie’s adoption donation is $200. She is fully vaccinated, spayed, has had blood work done, and been checked by a veteriarian and microchipped
Adoption procedure: Contact Labradors and Friends at dogs@ labradorsandfriends.org for more information or visit labradorsandfriends.org to fill out an adoption application.
Crean Lutheran players and Coach Matt Bowman join hands after Thursday’s game with Aquinas at Irvine Stadium. Photo courtesy Ted Rigoni
Crean Lutheran coach Matt Bowman encourages offensive lineman Tom St. George after in a game this year at Irvine Stadium. Photo courtesy Ted Rigoni
Crean Lutheran head football coach Matt Bowman talks to his players during a skills challenge last month. Photo courtesy Ted Rigoni
Crean Lutheran head football coach Matt Bowman (left) and assistant coach Chris Conlin (right) instruct players during Saturday’s passing league tournament at Crean Lutheran. Conlin, the former head University baseball coach and former Uni football assistant coach, has joined the Crean staff. Photo courtesy Ted Rigoni
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Crean Lutheran officials issued a statement Thursday afternoon indicating that Matt Bowman would not return for his third year as Saints varsity head football coach but declined to give reasons for the change.
Bowman, who had a 6-5 record this past season, led Crean Lutheran into the CIF Division 11 playoffs. The Saints lost to eventual Division 11 champion Katella 35-21 in the opening round.
Crean Lutheran was 7-3 in Bowman’s first year in 2016 but did not advance to the CIF playoffs because there were no at-large berths available in its playoff division.
Bowman, who replaced Brett Mertens as head coach, said in a text on Friday that he had no comment for the Irvine World News regarding the decision to remove him as football coach.
Eric Olson, Crean Lutheran’s athletic director, was asked Thursday why Bowman was being removed as head coach, but in an email he declined to say, referring to the release sent out by Crean Lutheran.
Olson said he is not allowed by employment law to talk specifically about the reason for the change, but said:
“Coach Bowman is in good standing at CLHS and we love and respect him and after careful thought and prayer we are going in a new leadership direction for Saints Football.”
The statement from Crean Lutheran on Thursday said in part:
“Through careful evaluation and prayer, Crean Lutheran High School administration has decided to move in a new direction with Coach Matt Bowman and seek new head coaching leadership for the Saints football program. We respect and value Coach Bowman’s knowledge of the game, love for our boys, and commitment to the Crean Lutheran Ministry.
“Coach Bowman has prayerfully accepted this decision and desires to continue to serve at Crean Lutheran as a teacher and as a possible coach in the program. Please join in giving thanks to God for the faithful service that Coach Matt Bowman has given to Crean Lutheran High School over the past two years.
“Crean Lutheran Administration is in prayer about the future planning and decisions and we continue to trust in the Lord. We will identify and announce a new head coach in the coming weeks.”
Bowman and the Saints, despite the loss of several key offensive starters this season, were able to have a successful season.
One of the highlights for Crean Lutheran came in the fourth week when the Saints defeated Beckman 28-21. It was Crean Lutheran’s first game against an Irvine public school team and after the game, Bowman said, it was a, “great night to be a Saint.”
Crean Lutheran football coach Matt Bowman was thrilled after his team’s 28-21 victory over Beckman Thursday night. Here are some comments. pic.twitter.com/GvGcMsBuO3
— Tim Burt (@TimBurtIrvine) September 15, 2017
Before the season, Bowman talked about goals for the season but said other factors were important too.
“Regardless of the effort, we want to continue to give a Colossions 3:23 effort every single day because that is something that is going to take our kids a lot farther in life than how many football games they won,” Bowman said.
Crean Lutheran faces an uphill battle next year when it moves from the Academy League to the Empire League with the likes of Tustin, Pacifica and Cypress, all established football powers as part of the CIF realignment.
It is believed that Bowman was excited about the challenge, but it’s not known what went into the school administration’s decision to remove him.
Former University assistant Chris Conlin, who worked at Crean Lutheran this past year with Bowman as linebackers coach, praised Bowman.
“He’s a young, knowledgeable, good person,” Conlin said. “I’m only a first year coach (at Crean). We went 6-5 with a lot of our offensive weapons not available and lost to the CIF champions (Katella) in the first round and we were down by a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
“Being a football coach and an athletic director for 42 years, I would say that the team was able to succeed although there were some major obstacles and struggles with losing our players. The (starting) quarterback only played two games. He is an energetic, committed and knowledgeable young coach who is learning the ropes and he is is going to land on his feet and he’s going to be fine.”
It’s not known whether Bowman will remain at Crean Lutheran or pursue other opportunities.
For fall, Bill Gaytten wove touches of Asia into a sleek and fanciful offering for a cosmopolitan crowd.
“It’s a little bit Asian, but not literally so,” said Gaytten, pointing to details like modified versions of cheongsam fastenings. From the past, he borrowed mainstays like the snug, quilted coat relied on for generations and reinterpreted it for modern city life — in silky orange with flower-print panels. Suit jackets were double-breasted, with blanket stitching to soften the look.
Noble fabrics included a tapestry jacquard in bronze and black, which he used to make a series of ultrachic overcoats, jackets and even cargo pants. For woman’s pre-fall, he embellished one jacket with a row of long, black tassels. Kimono references in pieces for women came in multiple forms, with a thick, camel cashmere coat serving as lush outerwear, while a flowing, black jacket in a turquoise, pale pink and orange flower motif offered a sensual alternative to the tuxedo blazer.
Inspiration came from the craftsmanship of the Tibetan plateau as well as Anna May Wong, the glamorous Hollywood actress who recast the image of Chinese Americans in the Thirties.
Gaytten lifted a chunky, knit cardigan in black and white, with pockets the perfect size to
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Sarah Burton lets fantasy take flight like few designers working today, but for her fall collection for Alexander McQueen, she drew inspiration from closer to home: the many faces of the British male.
The designer conjured an eclectic mental collage: Savile Row tailoring; Perry Ogden’s photographs of Irish pony kids; East End boys and Samuel Beckett. Then there was founder Lee Alexander McQueen himself, who she recalled was fond of camel coats, shearling jackets and Crombie coats.
It translated into a savvy mix of archetypes, expressed via everything from a pinstriped suit and a distressed mohair sweater to a bounty of deconstructed outerwear.
“It was taking this very classic British wardrobe and subverting it, turning it on its head,” she explained backstage. “It was almost like making each garment of the wardrobe very, very McQueen, so it wasn’t so much about a fantasy journey, it was more about something very grounded in reality.”
Hence, suit jackets were nipped in at the waist to explode the shoulders. Featherweight slim trenchcoats came tied around the waist like long skirts. Bomber jackets, pea coats and an oversized patchwork leather duffle coat featured trompe-l’oeil double zips that created the illusion of layering.
There was plenty of the house’s signature
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For the first collection under Gaby Day’s tenure as head of men’s wear, Pringle focused on its Scottish homeland — particularly the Shetland Isles — for a fall collection that borrowed from its land and traditions.
The palette reached for earth neutrals provided by the environment, from mossy, olive and sage greens, to the brash yellow of gorse — a painfully prickly springtime shrub — and natural variations of wool itself.
Shetland wool, with its coarser hand, resulted in chunkier pieces, like a fisherman’s cardigan fastened by metal clips, or a sweater bisected down the middle and featuring inverted black-and-white and white-on-black patterns.
But the isles also lent their traditions, and the achievements of its star produce. One handmade jumper featured a patch that looked like two halves of geometric Taatit rugs — a Nordic import found from Finland to Ireland — had been knitted together, as they were at weddings, while a thinner gauge allowed those geometric patterns to become a jumble of graphic ribbons. Elsewhere still, they became a textural loose knit pattern.
Climbing references, in graphic patches or in the handful of mountaineering-inspired outerwear, weren’t to Ben Nevis — Scotland’s highest summit, culminating at 1,345 meters above sea level — but a
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The elves in the Loewe atelier had been hard at work, with a range of handiwork-intensive goodies, from the house’s new hand-stitched boat shoe made from a single piece of leather to white shirts covered in sailor’s knots.
“It’s about refocusing on the craft and the details,” said Jonathan Anderson, who continued to push the boundaries of skin with a multitude of propositions. Case in point: Using the pockets on a cargo pant to showcase the results of the latest experimentations, like a leather corduroy with hand-scraped grooves, and a range of washes.
Needlepoint-style nature designs on bags were made by laser-cutting holes in the leather. The house’s popular jester-style Dino sneakers with curved toes had also been added to the men’s offer, available in regular low-top but also high-top versions. He also added messenger bags in tan leather and shearling, chiming with the season’s Nineties obsession.
Takeaways included a striped fleece jogger, cropped workwear-inspired denim, a Seventies-flavored patchwork shearling and a supercool caramel puffer bomber.
Looks came tricked with fresh updates on the designer’s cute till-ringer accessories like mini sheepskin cross-body purses and squirrel-shaped key rings, with the childish sensibility extending to details like oversized buttons on coats.
Tartans and wooly blanket fabrics underscored
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Jason Basmajian reined in the silhouettes this season, sending out a collection of tailored pieces that gently relayed a message of back-to-work.
The designer cast a wide net in the inspiration department, citing post-punk, military and streetwear looks as influences but managed to bring them together, partly through a series of cinched waists that recurred throughout the collection.
Trousers were slimmed down, while the waists rose higher. Belts were knotted, most of them, creating pleats in the back — on a fleece-lined bomber jacket, a lengthy puffer coat in black and shiny brown overcoats in waxed leather. Pouch belts also played a role in the belt-tightening exercise.
The logo made a few appearances, running neatly across the front of a plum top in one instance.
Working the soft autumn hues in khaki, plum, mustard and black, Basmajian also sent a graphic, Bauhaus-style motif down the runway, pairing jackets in the rich fabric with cropped pants.
The show’s looser side came in the form of oversized coats in various check motifs, a nod to the Eighties, as the label continues its push to bring the swinging Nino Cerruti aesthetic to a new generation.
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