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Is L.A. Fashion Week over?
L.A. Fashion Week has long been the redheaded stepchild of every other fashion week in the world. So it was only a matter of time before those involved (IMG and Smashbox Studios) decided to cut their losses. According to Los Angeles magazine’s Chic Leak blog, “Several people involved with the shows say the partnership between IMG and Culver City’s Smashbox Studios, which has lasted five years, will end after a last round of presentations this October.” IMG released the following statement in response: “The focus of IMG and Smashbox continues to be the October shows and we won’t comment further on what is currently only rumor and speculation.”
Julia Clancey's show opening look
Although it’s known for choosing to showcase mediocre celebrity lines over groundbreaking big-name designers, L.A. Fashion Week plays an important part in our local economy; the garment industry in Los Angeles is on par with the film industry. Also, the amount of exposure a designer receives for showing there is big enough to create a small buzz but small enough to mitigate a big fumble. But really, the best part of L.A. Fashion Week—as of last spring, anyway—is that everything happens in one central location. I hope for the sake of my carbon footprint that if IMG and Smashbox do part ways, the remains of the Week will be unified in some way—because there’s no way I’m getting from Downtown to Santa Monica in 20 minutes during rush hour, not even for Karl Lagerfeld.
—Marcos Luevanos
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