In a place that is so big, where many of the movers and shakers of entertainment reside, and so many creative people live, it's amazing that so little is done regarding fashion.
I don't know if it's because people think the money shoppers have Rodeo Drive so why bother. But in a place where there are so many people living, fashion creators seem so insulated and sell in such a small percentage of real estate here it's no wonder that most of Los Angeles and the rest of the county is no man's land.
Interesting to read this article in the Los Angeles Times.
http://www.latimes.com/features/image/la-ig-lafw-20100314,0,2476400.story
Really, if they want to get people interested, invite more than just the usual suspects. While people are crying over bloggers and others showing up at the New York and Paris shows, out here it's insiders only. Even the shows open to the public want us to pay to see unknown designers.
I don't understand because there are enough fashion designers here that have work space that they could easily open to show their work. I know there are bloggers and photographers that live here. It's like a huge untapped potential for so many buyers in this basin on the West Coast and no one seems to care. I mean reading about the Rodarte warehouse sale after it happened, and that they didn't have many people there? Why? Well, lack of advertisement and heck, most people don't live in Downtown Los Angeles. It's a pain to get there and even more so to park.
I can say that I personally have bought from the few local fashion designers I have found. Sadly the only way I found them was accidently finding their shops while there for other stores. Now I live in an area where there are many people with money, yet there aren't any independent fashion boutiques or creators to be found. Maybe there are but looking on line and while I'm out has resulted in finding nothing.
Sorry if this seems a bit disjointed. I've been thinking about this for a while now, and have to agree with Adam Tschorn's article. There is huge untapped potential here and the only ones who seem to have made something of it were those that sold to sports-minded youth.
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ReplyDeleteyou have a good point, i never thought too mcuh about it though, but i really liked the article
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Thanks Mariam. It's true, we have a lot of great designers here on the West Coast but we don't get to see much of it in person unless we make a lot of effort to do so. It's odd that there is such a black-out to having shows here.
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