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

Great Sales on Thursday Feb. 10th Art And Fashion Walk

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.

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

CONCEPT Fashion Week Goes Bi-Coastal! Audi Forum on Park Avenue in New York - and ACE Gallery Los Angeles on Wilshire in LA!

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.

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