A 35-year-old Los Alamitos man was facing felony charges on Friday for allegedly posing as a police officer and kidnapping a woman.

Sean Michael Vasquez was charged with felonies including kidnapping to commit a sex offense, false imprisonment, assault and forcible oral copulation, and one misdemeanor count impersonating a police officer, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said.

If convicted, he faces 31 years to life in prison.

On May 13, prosecutors said, Vasquez posed online as a modeling agent and met a 22-year-old woman. The two communicated for several weeks before agreeing to meet for a “role-play” date: The woman would pretend to be a prostitute and meet Vasquez in a parking lot., prosecutors said.

When the woman arrived for the date in Anaheim, prosecutors said, Vasquez told her he was an undercover cop, showing her a badge. He handcuffed her and put her in the backseat where he demanded that she orally copulate him, but the woman refused, authorities said.

Prosecutors said he then kidnapped the woman and drove her to an area known for prostitution in Santa Ana, where he tried to make her rob potential sex purchasers.

Vasquez then drove the woman to a secluded location where he forced her to orally copulate him, authorities said. The woman went to Anaheim police.

Anyone with additional information on the case was asked to contact Supervising Investigator Eric Wiseman of the District Attorney’s Office at 714-347-8794.

For resort, Alena Akhmadullina continued her sartorial interpretation of Russian folklore with her most practical collection yet. Resort was also a smart continuation displaying tweaks on selections shown in Russia versus New York. A color palette inspired by Seventies nightlife glamour also elevated the collection.
Resort was a bit of a departure from Akhmadullina’s typically mystical interpretation and more of a focus on reference to nature. For example, a great, long floral coat with seafoam green mink lining the interior. Details from the season’s folklore, “Vasilisa the Wise,” a Cinderella-like tale, flowed throughout: bird claw feet on bags, brightly colored birds and ducks, set against crisscrossing tree branches. Regal silhouettes, such as previous Victorian high necks, were refreshingly paired down for easy wearability. Akhmadullina didn’t change everything though — her stellar fur coats remained.
A standout emerald kimono-inspired skirt and overcoat displayed Akhmadullina’s newest technique, incorporating a three-dimensional look to her designs through quilted embroidery.
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Jeffrey Dodd’s vibrant, debut resort collection was inspired by the bird of paradise flower. “I took the saturated colors of the flower that kind of clash and go,” he explained. A terrific long red tank paired with embellished pants embodied this contrast well. 
“Our red carpet dressing has gone up a lot in the past couple of months, so we’re expanding cocktail dresses, evening gowns, but it’s also important to have daywear,” he noted. Standouts included chic bias-cut dress with chiffon overlay, a design element that has become a signature for Dodd, as well as hand-embellished dresses and jumpsuits.
The designer presented his first collection of shoes — each pump as vibrant and sleek as his collection.
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Rubin Singer approached resort both pragmatically and sequentially, with a focus on holiday dressing referencing Sixties Neo-noir. Delivery windows to stores are quite vast, after all – from October until spring – so everything has got to be either trans-seasonal or touch on varying weather conditions to remain relevant to customers. His designs lean on structural, manipulated occasionwear, so transitional for him meant varying skirt lengths, softer evening blouses, elegant little capelets, and an air of softness with ruffle-adorned sleeves and soft colors drawn from spring flowers. Standouts included a black and gold embroidery grouping that spoke to a retro ladylike sophistication, an architecturally draped metallic shimmery gown, and new plays on proportion like the dramatic structured sleeves on a coat and the big box pleating on the back of a coatdress. The majority of the collection could be worn by women of any age, but the sexy curve-hugging crocodile, broadtail, or beaded corsets were definitely aimed at a younger clientele looking to spice up their holiday outfits.
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Set against the exquisite backdrop of the Ironmongers’ Hall with its heraldic wood paneling, crystal chandeliers and stained glass windows, Edward Crutchley summoned a regal mood for spring.
The designer employed a plethora of lush fabrics, from metallic poplin to floral silk jacquards, to construct his grand silhouettes. Taking cues from Mantuan robes and Edo-period wedding gowns, Crutchley, a textile consultant who also collaborates with Louis Vuitton’s Kim Jones, dressed men in Elizabethan corsets, long and belted shirtdresses and full-length skirts boasting giant side hoops at the hips.
Surely, this was a theatrical proposal — though Crutchley preferred the term “manly pomp” (dipped in “irreverence of gender”). This overtly unisex lineup still had plenty of contemporary zing. Matched with supersized suit jackets nonchalantly thrown over the models’ shoulders, the corset numbers, especially, oozed a surprisingly modern flair. Large, fluid tunic shirts and languid, high-waisted trousers worn over cut-off tops looked like something Henry VIII would have sported to bed. But when matched with a pair of Converse sneakers, they didn’t seem so out of touch — or time — with the whimsies of East London’s daring fashion set.
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Johanna Ortiz had her first official presentation this season. “I’ve done market for a year in New York but this is my first formal presentation. I feel ready to be here, I have met so many people from New York — and also, I think that my clothes appeal more on models rather than hangers so it was important for me to show it like this,” said the designer at her event in the garden of Ladurée in SoHo.
Fashionwise, Ortiz said that she tried to give her signature Latin flair a Southwestern vibe, while also keeping in mind that the garments ship during the winter, so layering and heavier materials were integrated. The result? Her signature volume-sleeve shirts were layered under short-sleeve striped knits, plaid flirtatious skirts were paired with denim and feather jackets, a one-shoulder ruffled sweater and, for those holiday evenings, candy-striped sequence dresses and skirts.
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Fans of the Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale” had to say goodbye to the eerily topical dystopia of Gilead Wednesday after the show’s season finale aired. But Vaquera codesigners David Moses, Patric DiCaprio, Bryn Taubensee and Claire Sully gave fans in New York a little extra fix of white bonnets and red robes with a “Handmaid”-inspired fashion show/performance art piece Thursday that rivaled the show/Margaret Atwood’s book’s plot line for riveting weirdness. Shown at the Angel Orensanz Foundation, the show featured a lineup of handmaids — male and female, all ages, sizes and ethnicities — in deconstructed versions of the show’s red robe/white bonnet uniform. One wore a white robe draped in cone bras; another held an umbrella shrouded in white gauze. Another wore what looked like red couch cushions. One by one they aggressively stomped around the square white stage, eventually standing in the center and giving a little personal performance. “We wanted people to come into the middle and express themselves in different characters,” said Sully. “It was taking the forced identity of the handmaid and subverting it,” said Moses.
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Pierre Hardy has had an illustrious career as an accessories designer, holding creative leadership over shoes and fine jewelry at Hermès since 1990 and 2001, respectively — including the launch of the Hermès Apple watch — and notable shoe collaborations with Balenciaga during Nicolas Ghesquiere’s tenure. He launched his own label in 1999 with pieces often described as architectural, graphic and geometric, with pops of vivid color — pushing the limits of form and structure beyond seasonal trends.
He had atypical, albeit very much artistic, beginnings that didn’t lend to a career path as a designer. Hardy trained as a self-proclaimed “very good amateur” dancer for 15 years, illustrated fashion reports for Vogue International and Italian Vanity Fair, worked as a stylist at Christian Dior, and taught fine arts in an academic setting up until four years ago.
On Thursday night, the designer sat down with journalist Melissa Ceria to close out the Art de Vivre program at the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF). The two talked about Hardy’s career trajectory, including his 27 years of working at Hermès, thoughts on Ghesquiere, his first Pierre Hardy shoes, and the current state of fashion (and how he likes it).
Here, highlights from the conversation:
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The French Tennis Federation toasted “Roland-Garros in the City” Thursday night at a cocktail party at the Consulate of France in New York.
With key sponsors such as Lacoste, Longines and BNP Paribas, Roland-Garros aims to bring the excitement of the French Open to the Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place this weekend, where it has built a temporary full-size red clay court and will be sponsoring kids’ tournaments and clinics today through Sunday, said Lucas Dubourg, head of international development at the French Tennis Federation.
There is also a viewing screen where it will be showing the men’s semifinal (Friday), women’s final (Saturday) and men’s final (Sunday).
“The French Consulate is very proud to be part of this opportunity to bring to life the Roland-Garros ambience in the U.S. for the very first time,” said Anne-Claire Legendre, consul general of France in New York. She said they were proud to show everything the French Open stands for, which, besides clay courts, are sportsmanship, bravery, elegance and gracefulness. “Roland Garros would be very proud today to see the French Open exported overseas,” she said.
Among those who attended Thursday night’s event were Miss Universe Iris Mittenaere; stars of “Real Housewives of New York” Ramona Singer

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Frenzy. The name says it all.
Shopify’s flash sales app on Saturday marks its first drop zone event in the U.S. with the release of an exclusive sweatshirt from Antisocial Social Club at Elysian Park. The item will retail for $88.88.
The app in March launched its first drop zone in Canada — a shopping event available only to consumers within a certain geographic location — with the Yeezy Boost 350 Zebra, which drew about 500 people. Frenzy has since worked with brands such as Love Your Melon, Raised by Wolves and Off the Hook. Friday marks the first time the app is trying its hand at the U.S. market.
Consumers who want to purchase something will need the app and Apple Pay. They’ll have to follow Frenzy on social media to see the specifics on the drop zone. The sale then unlocks in the app and the shopper’s thumbprint is used to make a purchase.
The exclusivity factor of how Frenzy works — the requirement of being somewhere physically in order to nab a piece of product — lends itself well to fashion streetwear brands, a hot market segment at the moment that’s managed to oftentimes command lines out the door at the

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