Downtown Fashion Walk at Art Walk Thursday Feb. 10th, 2011

PE LOFTS Fashion, Art, Jewelry & More!

The starting point for this month’s Historic
Downtown Fashion Walk at the Downtown
Art Walk is at 600 S. Main at 6th St.

We will be featuring the perfect Valentine’s Day gifts -
Affordable Jewelry, Fashion, Art and Accessories from
6 PM - 10 or 11 PM Thursday February 10th, 2011.

Among the designers showing will be Morph Jewelry,
Nikki Michelle Jewelry, Suite 11,  Tina Summers Fashion,
Tasha Monique Carter and several vintage vendors.

Also featured will be unique bikes from the Downtown LA Bike Store.

Other Stores and Events that are Open until at least 9 and up to 10 or 11 include:

1-Man’s Trash Shoes
http://www.1mtclothing.com/
614 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
New Showcase for Shoes across
Street from Original Store

Gather
http://gatherla.com/
http://www.facebook.com/GatherLA
630 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Fashion, furniture, design, jewelry

Arty
634 S. Main Street
Los Angeles CA 90014
Fine art gallery
martinMARTIN
http://www.martinMARTIN.net
713 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(closes early tonight)

Consignment
http://www.consignmentla.com
On Main Street at 111 W. 7th
Los Angeles CA 90014
Men’s and Women’s Vintage
Fine Collectibles

1-Man's Trash
http://www.1mtclothing.com/
111 W. 7th St. #106 (store on Main)
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Vintage inspired custom clothes
+ hard to find vintage

Fremont
www.Fremontapparelco.com
111 W. 7th St. # R1
Los Angeles CA, 90014
Four designer sample sale! Fremont,
B:Scott, Chambers and Minor Variety.
40% - 70% Off!

600 S. Spring Boutique
http://www.sixhundredla.com/
600 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Great upcoming LA Designers

Stanton James
150 W.6th Street at Spring Street

Crack Gallery
http://www.crackgallery.com/
204 W. 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Clothing Art Accessories

Bliss
http://www.iheartbliss.com/
204 ½ 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Upcoming Designers

Lexander Gallery
http://www.lexander.com
215 W. 6th St. Unit 113
LA CA 90013
Fine Art Gallery

Dialect
http://www.downtowndialect.com/
215 W. 6th #113
Los Angeles, CA 90013

ZLB
http://ww.examiner.com/affordable-fashion-in-los-angeles/denim-never-dies
215 W. 6the St. #108
Los Angeles, CA 90013
KAPSOUL
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kapsoul-los-angeles
548 S. Spring St. (store on 6th) #110
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Flea
http://www.thefleastore.com
548 Spring #112 (store on 6th St.)
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Apliiq
www.apliiq.com
548 S. Spring St. #114 (store fronts 6th St.)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Customized Fashion

Pussy & Pooch
www.pussyandpooch.com
564 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

SUB(URBAN)
http://www.suburban-la.com/
101 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Designer furniture and accessories

Bolt Barbers
http://boltbarbers.com/
460 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

CB1 Art Gallery
Spring Arts Tower
207 W. 5th Street at Spring
Los Angeles CA 90013

Elmer Ave.
www.Elmerave.Com
120 W. 4th St.
Los Angeles CA 90013

Skingraft
http://www.skingraftdesigns.com
125 W. 4th St. #102
Los Angeles CA 90013
Special in-house sale Up To 70% Off
New under $100 rack!
Just arrived Spring 2011 Collection

Blends
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blends-Los-Angeles/231553478571#!/pages/Blends-Los-Angeles/231553478571?v=info
125 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Nike Extravaganza!

Stelladottir
www.stelladottir.com
430 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
LA Weekly & Downtown News Clothing
Store of the Year winner!

Local Tourist
http://localtourist.biz/
450 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Latest Local Tourist Designs
and many other designers

Fashion Walk on Art Walk Thursday Feb. 10th 6 - 10 PM - SUPER SALES!

Latter tonight we will have a complete list of what the best places to find fashion, design - and art on the Historic Downtown ART AND FASHION WALK this Thursday February 10th, 2011 - but for now - here is the sample sale just announced by Fremont, B:Scott, Chambers and Minor Variety!  Sale is at Fremont Store at 111 W. 7th St. # R1 at 7th and Main.

Apparel News Announces CONCEPT Fashion Week's New York and Los Angeles Fashion Week Shows

Concept Announces Change of Venue, N.Y. Edition

February 04, 2011

Concept Los Angeles Fashion Week has announced a change in venue for its upcoming March 11–13 run. Held for the past two seasons at the Spring Arts Tower in downtown Los Angeles’ Fashion District, the three-day event will now be held at the ACE Gallery in the city’s Mid-Wilshire area. Co-founded by Mike Vensel and Brady Westwater, the fashion week has showcased the work of designers such as MartinMartin, MB999, Elmer Ave and Jen Awad.

The move was sparked by a need for more space. “Having access to 15,000 square feet [of] space at the ACE Gallery will give designers the opportunity to create custom runway shows in pristine museum-sized galleries; develop collaborations with major contemporary visual, video or musical artists; or design a strikingly simple elegant installation—all at affordable fees due to ACE’s generosity,” Westwater said in a statement.

In addition to hosting Concept Los Angeles Fashion Week, the ACE Gallery will open a permanent project space dedicated to innovations in contemporary fashion design with a Wilshire Boulevard storefront space dedicated to showcasing emerging and established local and international designers, the statement said. The storefront is expected to be the site of ongoing exhibitions and collaborations between contemporary artists and fashion designers in its attached gallery space, creating a unique fusion of art and design.

Beyond expanding their West Coast reach, Vensel and Westwater are taking their show on the road with a one-day event in New York on Feb. 14. The event, Concept New York Fashion Week at the Audi Forum, includes runway shows from MartinMartin; Vensel’s eponymous line, Mike Vensel; andThe Muscovites, a label out of Russia.

(Clock on above link for the rest of the story)

CONCEPT FASHION WEEK Does Both Los Angeles and New York Fashion Weeks for Fall/Winter 2011 - 2012 Collections!

CONCEPT debuts at New York Fashion Week February 14th, 2011 at the Audi Forum presented by TONI&GUY & announces 3rd season of Los Angeles Fashion Week at ACE Gallery Los Angeles, March 11th - 13th

CONCEPT makes New York Fashion Week debut February 14th, 2011 at the Audi Forum presented by TONI&GUY and announces third season of Los Angeles Fashion Week to be hosted with ACE Gallery Los Angeles, March 11th-13th, 2011.

For its third season, CONCEPT Fashion Week will showcase more than 30 designers over five days at two new venues provided by two new sponsors. The Fall/Winter 2011 – 2012 runway shows and designer installations will be hosted firstly at the prestigious Audi Forum on Park Avenue in Manhattan, followed by the Los Angeles presentation at the internationally renowned ACE Gallery.

“Our decision to expand to New York comes at a time when Los Angeles designers are looking to reach new markets and want to showcase their collections to larger audiences. With the generous support of Audi and TONI&GUY we have taken a formula that we have developed here in Los Angeles and can now apply it in New York for the world to see.” -Mike Vensel (CONCEPT founder)

CONCEPT Los Angeles also continues its Los Angeles expansion and proudly announces its new sponsor – ACE Gallery – an institution in the contemporary art world for 50 years that has shown legendary artists from Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg to emerging contemporary artists, as well as exhibitions by fashion icons Comme des Garçons and Issey Miyake, and has also hosted major couture fashion shows at Ace Gallery New York during New York fashion week. Ace Gallery’s mid-Wilshire location will host international designers alongside local southern California innovators converting the galleries into fashion runways day into evening.

“Having access to 15,000 square feet space at the ACE Gallery will give designers the opportunity to create custom runway shows in pristine museum-sized galleries, develop collaborations with major contemporary visual, video or musical artists or design a strikingly simple elegant installation – all at affordable fees due to ACE’s generosity.”-Brady Westwater (CONCEPT founder)

This comes at a time when Los Angeles is going through a revolution in the art world with artists designing clothes and designers making art and Museum of Contemporary Art director Jeffrey Deitch announcing an exhibition of Rodarte’s “State of Matter” at MOCA’s Pacific Design Center while the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Michael Govan and Costume Council are dramatically expanding LACMA’s fashion collection.

In addition to hosting CONCEPT LA Fashion Week, Ace Gallery will open a permanent project space dedicated to innovations in contemporary fashion design with a Wilshire Boulevard storefront space dedicated to showcasing emerging and established local and international designers. The storefront will also host ongoing exhibitions and collaborations between contemporary artists and fashion designers in its attached gallery space creating a unique fusion of art and design.

For more information please visit:

http://www.conceptfw.com
http://www.toniandguy.com
http://www.audiusa.com
http://www.acegallery.net

TONI&GUY Presents CONCEPT New York Fashion Week at the Audi Forum
February 14th
Audi Forum New York City
250 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
http://www.conceptfw.com

CONCEPT Los Angeles Fashion Week at ACE Gallery
March 11th – 13th
Ace Gallery Los Angeles
5514 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
http://www.conceptfw.com

Fashion Walk and Art Walk Thursday January 13, 2011 6 PM - 10 PM

FASHION WALK/ART WALK THURSDAY

January 13, 2011 6 pm - 10 pm

This Thursday’s January 13^th ART WALK with have an increased FASHION WALK presence and it will also be the final time the large space 600 S. Main at 6^th Street in the Pacific Electric Building will be used.  By next month pre-development will have started for the next new exciting addition to Historic Downtown.

This a milestone for Downtown since the Pacific Electric Lofts space  has shown over 20 designers or store owners who have since opened their own stores, or moved their offices, studios and/or production to Downtown or have opened full time showrooms Downtown or have shown at Downtown’s CONCEPT Fashion Week.  

Among those showing tonight – and selling at wholesale prices - will be several vintage clothing dealers, a number of jewelry dealers, and upcoming designers Tascha Monique Carter, Tina Summers, Jiping Chen,  and artist/designer Marco Rached.

And only half-a-block away – in the other special event of the night - the 600 boutique at 600 S. Spring will feature a special show by local brand – The Bohemian Society. 

From 7-10pm designer Victor Wilde and his crew will be shooting models live on the street
while the DJ insights the crowd to dance in frenzy reminiscent of a New York City block party.

FINALLY – below there will be - by tonight - a complete list of the over 20 fashion stores that will also be open this Thursday January 13, 2011.

Two Sales Today - Vintage clothing, Fine Jewelry and Designer Consignment Fashion at 5th and Spring Streets

Spring Arts Tower has two fashion sales today - Saturday Dec. 11th!  The first sale is for vintage dresses and consignment designer clothing and the second sale has 50% off designer jewelry.  First - the clothes, shoes, handbags and sunglasses:

Bleu Vintage and April Joy are having our huge grand opening sale for our new downtown LA showroom Saturday December 11th from 10- 4 pm. 

We have a large selections of vintage women's clothes and jewelry. All women's vintage dresses are $15 each or two for $25. There is also a great selection of vintage shoes, handbags, sunglasses, and accessories.

 Did we mention that we also have designer consignment? 

Currently on consignment are items by Gucci, Marc Jacobs, YSL, and Tory Burch. Many more items available and you will be sure to find the perfect Christmas gift.

Spring Arts Tower   453 S Spring St. #533   Los Angeles, Ca 90013    323-384-6323

Next - the 50% off jewelry sale:

ZOE CHICCO & SMITH  will have a 50% off sale today only - Saturday December 11th from 11 AM - 4 PM for all their remaining stock of fine jewelry from 11 - 4 in Suite 366 of the Spring Arts Tower 453 S. Spring #366 Los Angeles  CA  90013.

FInal Map and List of TONIGHT's - Friday Sept 10th - Downtown Fashion's Night Out Stores!

Map for Friday Sept, 10th Fashion's Night Out Events

Twenty-three Downtown fashion stores within walking distance of each other on Main, Spring and LA Streets between 4th and 7th, 20 vintage vendors at the Cooper Building and contemporary designers and vintage pop-ups at the PE Building at 6th & Main will all be open from 6 - 10 PM tonight - Sept. 10th -  in Downtown. And there will also be a special appearance by the Cynthia Rowley Fashion truck filled with special sale items on Main between 6th and 7th!  See map for locations.

Many of the local designers will also have one night sales such as Fremont's 75% off of their entire Spring Line at 7th and Main and Skingraft's 20% sale on everything in the store or on-line near 4th & Main.

Katie Kay will also continue her 'soft opening' of her new boutique GATHER at 630 S. Main and only a block away martinMARTIN will have its first unveiling of its flagship store at 713 S. Los Angeles next to the The Cooper Store.

1-Man's Trash http://www.1mtclothing.com/
111 W. 7th St. #106 (store on Main)
Los Angeles, CA 90014

1-Man’s Trash Shoes http://www.1mtclothing.com/
614 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Apliiq www.apliiq.com
548 S. Spring St. #114 (store fronts 6th St.)
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Blends http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blends-Los-Angeles/231553478571#!/pages/Blends-Los-Angeles/231553478571?v=info
125 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Bliss http://www.iheartbliss.com/
204 ½ 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Bolt Barbers http://boltbarbers.com/
460 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Crack Gallery http://www.crackgallery.com/
204 W. 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Dialect http://www.downtowndialect.com/
215 W. 6th #113
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Elmer Ave. www.Elmerave.Com
120 W. 4th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Flea http://www.thefleastore.com
548 Spring #112 (store on 6th St.)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(closes early tonight)

Fremont www.Fremontapparelco.Com
111 W. 7th St. # R1
Los Angeles CA, 90014

Gas’D Station http://www.facebook.com/pages/GASD/187716221116
600 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Gather http://gatherla.com/
630 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

KAPSOUL http://www.yelp.com/biz/kapsoul-los-angeles
548 S. Spring St. (store on 6th) #110
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Local Tourist http://localtourist.biz/
450 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

martinMARTIN http://www.martinMARTIN.net/
713 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Pussy & Pooch www.pussyandpooch.com
564 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

SK8Cafe http://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-Angeles-CA/Sk8-Cafe/118550961510229
111 W. 7th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Skin.Graft www.skingraftdesigns.Com
125 W. 4TH St. #102
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Stelladottir www.stelladottir.com
430 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

SUB(URBAN) http://www.suburban-la.com/
101 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

The Cooper Store http://twitter.com/thecooperstore
721 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

ZLB http://ww.examiner.com/affordable-fashion-in-los-angeles/denim-never-dies
215 W. 6the St. #108
Los Angeles, CA 90013