FASHION
Mallorca Calls Catherine Gee to Spain for Spring/Summer ’26
By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | December 11, 2025
Mallorca provided the canvas and Catherine Gee’s “greatest hits” the inspiration for the designer’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection. The print that still sings to her is the paint swirl and the silhouette of the Daria Blouse. A sketch of the ocean with palm tree led to the introduction of a sweatshirt.
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How Fashion Week in Los Angeles Has Turned Into a Name Game
Inside his spare office, located in a 1920s-era historic brick building in the heart of Hollywood, Arthur Chipman is just letting the dust settle after five days of back-to-back fashion shows produced by his company, LA Fashion Week.
Otis Fashion Design School Saying Goodbye to Downtown LA
After some 20 years of holding classes at the California Market Center, the fashion design department of the Otis College of Art and Design is leaving the large showroom building in the heart of the LA Fashion District and moving to Otis’ main campus near the Los Angeles International Airport
AS by DF Honored at Fifth Annual FBI All Aboard Fashion Week Show
Denise Focil, designer of the AS by DF and ASTARS collections, received the Moss Adams Fashion Innovator award on Oct. 13 at Fashion Business Inc.’s All Aboard LA’s Fashion Platform runway show and fundraiser for the nonprofit business organization.
Showroom Profile: Citizens of Humanity
Los Angeles–based premium-denim lifestyle line Citizens of Humanity recently unveiled a dramatic new look for its 4,000-square-foot West Coast showroom at the Lady Liberty building in downtown Los Angeles.
Showroom Profile: The Hanger showroom, Dakota Showroom
Sharing the same space, Selena Slogar’s The Hanger showroom and Christie Danielson’s Dakota showroom each has its own aesthetic. The Hanger primarily carries Australian lines, and many of Dakota’s collections are from the United Kingdom.
Showroom Profile: Hatch
After more a decade in The New Mart, the Hatch showroom has moved to the Cooper Design Space.
Showroom Profile: HyFve
For years, HyFve has had a large showroom at 10th and Crocker streets in the Los Angeles Fashion District, where it sold Immediate goods to store buyers.
Showroom Profile: Blankslate Showroom
From London to Los Angeles … with a pit stop in West Palm Beach, Fla. That is part of the business plan of the Blankslate Showroom, which opened at The New Mart for the Spring ’16 LA Fashion Market.
LA Fashion Market Spring 2016 New Lines
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Barbara Fields Spring Summer 2016 Trends: Hippie, White Fabrics, and Sports
The 1970s hippie has come back.
Directives West Outlines Major Trends for Spring 2016 in Runway Show
Store buyers packed the Fashion Theater in the California Market Center to see the semiannual trend show presented by buying office Directives West.
Spring ’16—Relaxed, Feminine Chic
From ’70s glam to loungewear chic, this Spring will be a decidedly feminine affair.
New York Fashion Week: Spring ‘16
California brands and designers were among the lineup showing Spring 2016 collections at New York Fashion Week.
Jake Wall of ‘Project Runway’ Shows His Line in San Francisco With a Surprise Guest
A Sept. 4 fashion show marked an end to a month-long series of talks and events held by Jake Wall, a San Francisco fashion designer who this year appeared on the reality TV series “Project Runway.”
Banana Republic and CFDA Supporting Emerging Designers Who Produce in the U.S.
Banana Republic and the Council of Fashion Designers of America are ramping up a program that supports emerging designers in the United States who create and manufacture their collections in their local cities.
