LA fashion is synonymous with American Apparel, Ed Hardy, and a bevy or actors-turned-designer ... not heels with horns and black leather waistcoats topped off with motorcycle helmets. But that's exactly the style of Michel Berandi, the LA-based designer responsible for a namesake men's and women's wear collection that's drastically darker and more conceptual than one would expect to find in the City of Angels. His Monday-night SS10 presentation took place at the Geffen Contemporary MOCA. Style Section LA, a newly launched West Coast style porthole which I've mentioned in the past, took a look around the eccentric designer's studio in honor of his then-upcoming LA Fashion Week installation, "etLUXOR."