Has L.A. managed to flip the script and become a fashion show city at long last?
Independently of one other, a handful of designers who normally show at New York Fashion Week elected to mount events here instead, shining an even brighter spotlight on the City of Angels during an already buzzy time, with the Grammy Awards this weekend and the Oscars around the corner.
Certainly, five events over five days — Rebecca Minkoff on Saturday, Raquel Allegra and Rachel Zoe on Monday, Rachel Comey on Tuesday and the grand finale of Tommy Hilfiger tonight — are a mere drop in the New York bucket of more than 150 official shows. But the micro trend ensures that they’re each getting maximum attention before the New York Fashion Week onslaught.
“I think the cluster of designers showing in L.A. is a nice coincidence that puts another spotlight on L.A. and the interest fashion has in what’s happening in the city in terms of art and culture. That has been something we’ve seen for a while now,” said Steven Kolb, chief executive officer of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Rebecca Minkoff and Aimee Song at the close of her L.A. runway show at The
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