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The Economic Department of the French Embassy in Los Angeles and the California Fashion Association will present a breakfast and roundtable at the California Mart on April 16 to discuss Southern California’s fashion industry.

Several French ready-to-wear apparel makers will be attending the event as part of a national tour to view apparel manufacturing in the United States.

The roundtable will discuss how foreign manufacturers can expand their business in Los Angeles’ apparel market. It will include speakers from many sectors of Los Angeles’ apparel industry, including California Fashion Association president Ilse Metchek.

The discussion will take place at 8:30 a.m. at Moda Restaurant on the Cal Mart’s ground floor. For more information, call (213) 688-6288. —Claudia Figueroa