Los Angeles Fashion Week announces its new edition

Held in Hollywood, at the newly renovated W Hollywood, the third edition of Los Angeles Fashion Week produced by N4XT Experiences will be held this year for three days, from November 13 to 15, a shorter format than the one proposed in 2023.

With the theme of fashion, innovation, technology, sustainability and inclusion, this new edition will feature six fashion shows with presentations, several exhibitions, projections and panels.

Among the highlights of Los Angeles Fashion Week, the Blue Jacket Show will be on stage on Wednesday, November 13. Founded by fashion designer Frederick Anderson, along with Laura Miller, this event, which supports prostate cancer awareness, has already hosted eight annual shows. in New York City. In its first appearance on the West Coast, the event will feature artists and models in blue jackets.

Also on the calendar is a show organized that same night by Río Uribe and his new brand Rio World. Known for his commitment to inclusive fashion and body diversity through his former brand Gipsy Sport, the designer returns this year with a new brand name, after several criticisms that denounced the racist nature of the word “gipsy”, in reference to to the ethnic minority that describes gypsies. people. The show will be followed by a party in collaboration with Galore magazine.

Los Angeles Fashion Week regulars, twin brothers Bruce and Glen Proctor and their label BruceGlen, will present their Spring 2025 'Out of the Blue' collection on Thursday, November 14. The same day will also see the New York-based genderless brand's runway show. Private Policy, founded by creative directors Haoran Li and Siying Qu, both from China and graduates of Parsons School of Design.

Scheduled for the evening of November 14, the Ed Hardy show will mark the return of the brand founded by French designer Christian Audigier in the early 2000s. Iconic, the brand that once had more than 70 stores around the world and totaled more than $700 million in sales in 2009, it was purchased in 2011 by tattoo artist Ed Hardy in a joint venture with Iconix Brand Management Group, which produces Jay Z's Rocawear, ZooYork, Joe Boxer and Candy. Since 2020, former Project Runway contestant Kevin Christiana has taken on the role of creative director of the Hardy brand.

Closing fashion week on Friday, November 15, the show of New York brand The Blonds will present its latest collection of decadent and very Hollywood luxury. The once-rumored Vivienne Westwood show won't happen.

Other brands present on the fashion week calendar in presentation format are Tribute Brand, a digital fashion company founded in 2020 in Croatia, the designer Sergio Hudson, the emerging Canadian brand Borden created by Eugene Marshall, already presented at the latest New York Fashion Week, and Lost Daze, an American luxury and urban clothing brand run by a collective of designers.

Two other brands that directly reference African culture in fashion, notably Head of State (HOS), founded by Taofeek Abijako, which will showcase its representation of current post-colonial youth culture. House of Aama, founded by mother-daughter duo Rebecca Henry and Akua Shabaka, explores the customs of the Black experience by designing timeless garments with nostalgic references based on historical research, archival analysis and storytelling.

The event will also feature a series of screenings, including a documentary dedicated to costume designer Bob Mackie, best known for his sequin dresses and for dressing singer Cher throughout her career. Another screening will be dedicated to legendary fashion photographer Bill Cunningham, followed by the signing of 'The Battle of Versailles', a book that chronicles the historic gala held at Versailles in 1973, which brought together French and American fashion designers. The event marked the emergence of ready-to-wear and international fashion.

Finally, designer Christian Siriano, whose 'People Are People' exhibition just wrapped in Memphis, will also be present for the book signing on Friday, November 15.

Nike, main sponsor of this new edition of LAFW, will also host various events, including morning workouts and DIY workshops. Last but not least, brands Theophilio, Tombogo, The Blonds, Rio World and Maisie Wilen will host various parties.