One of the most inspired events of the week is a benefit for the A+D Museum with CELEBRATE THE WEARABLE as the gala theme on Saturday, March 10. A runway show at 8pm and live auction of wearable creations by 40+ designers, architects, artists and creators including KARIM RASHID, RICHARD MEIER, TRINA TURK, JONATHAN ADLER, STEWART + BROWN, JOHN BALDESSARI, DIANA ENG, FITZU, LOUISE GREEN MILLINERY, JEAN-CHARLES DE CASTELBAJAC, VALERJ POBEGA and L.A. EYEWORKS make this a must-see for the design-inclined.

On Monday March 12, Style Fashion Week will pick up the ball with a series of runway shows through Friday at Vibiana, one of the most beautiful venues in Los Angeles. Collections on the runway this season include SKINGRAFT, MILA HERMANOVSKI, L’UNE COLLECTION, STOP STARING!, INA SOLTANI, XCVI, FURNE ONE and OCTAVIO CARLIN. The week concludes on Friday with GO RED for Women Celebrity Red Dress Fashion Show for the American Heart Association. These events coincide with Market Week in the showrooms and trade shows (Coeur, Designers & Agents, Focus and more) in the wholesale showroom buildings clustered near the intersection of 9th & Los Angeles streets in the Fashion District.

Peppered throughout the week are the individualists and the pioneers, those who don’t conform to a traditional presentation style or collective venue. Among these is PROJECT ETHOS which has — for many seasons now — inspired both club-goers and the press with presentations of multi-faceted creative talent in Hollywood and now broadcasting on the internet. New this season is an ECOCOUTURE event at the W Hotel, and returning with individual presentations are designers SUE WONG (at her atelier) and LAUREN ELAINE (at the W Hotel.) Plus more emerging designers and fashion happenings populating the fashion calendar daily.

Fashion Week closes with LA Fashion Weekend March 16th-18th, the tented extravaganza at Sunset Gower Studios captained by Mikey Koffman, a fashion industry professional and showroom owner turned reality TV personality and LA Fashion Week impresario. On Friday BETSEY JOHNSON, DINA BAR-EL and VILORIJA will take the runway. Featured brands on Saturday include ASHLEE BROOKS, SARAHI HOUSE OF FASHION, LAHA THE GLAMOROUS GIRL and SKINEEZ SKINCAREWEAR. LA Fashion Weekend has corralled the support of local news KTLA 5 to broadcast the Sunday presentations which have an appropriate reality-celeby-TV bent: GOSSIP GIRL BY ROMEO & JULIET COUTURE inspired by CW’s Gossip Girl, LIZZIE PARKER from the new Fashion Star TV show, and ALEXIS BY TAL SHEYN, designed with Alexis from Real Housewives of Orange County Season 6.

For details, check the Calendar. Please note that most events are INVITE ONLY and not open to the public. Several events DO sell tickets so it is a great way to access the Fashion Week experience if you’re not yet an insider. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news and additions to the schedule.

Each venue, runway show and fashion event remains a unique presentation organized by a passionate production team committed to delivering a distinct design vision and experience to its invited guests: a mix of journalists, editors, retail store buyers, bloggers and high-profile celebrity fans from Los Angeles and around the globe.

Though we have offered a registration service for press in the past, it isn’t something we’ll offer this season, simply because we cannot guarantee a consistent and quality experience at all events. Instead, we organize the schedule and provide contact details for those who wish to share it. We continue to look forward to an opportunity to help solve marketplace issues in the future, so that registration is easier and coverage is simpler. Until then we invite you to enjoy the eclectic individualism that has become a hallmark of our inspirational and aspirational fashion community. Calendar updates will begin next week on the Calendar page. All events are OPEN TO THE TRADE ONLY unless otherwise noted.

Highlights:

Style Fashion Week – March 12-16 at Vibiana in Downtown Los Angeles.

LA Fashion Market – March 12-15 at California Market Center, Cooper Design Space, New Mart in the Fashion District.

Coeur Accessories Show – March 12-14 at Cooper Design Space in the Fashion District.

Designers & Agents Show – March 12-14 at the New Mart in the Fashion District.

LA Fashion Weekend – March 16-18 at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood

Watch the Calendar page for weekly updates beginning later this month. Follow us on Twitter for breaking news.

Save the date for Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2012 collections March 9-16, 2012.

Oct 11: Fashion blogger community Two Point OH! LA will gather for its seasonal pre-fashion week kick-off party

Oct 10-12: The fabric, trim and technology behind fashion is the focus of the Textile Show at the California Market Center with the essential ingredients of Fall/Winter 2012-13

Oct 13: Heralded fashion designer Sue Wong presents Spring 2012 “Lady or Vamp” at a private venue

Oct 13-17: Concept Fashion Week installations and presentations takes place at Ace Gallery

Oct 14: The peerless Project Ethos fashion/music/art jam returns to the House of Blues

Oct 17-19: The British Fashion Council presents LONDON show ROOMS at Ace Gallery

Oct 17-21: Relative newcomer Style Fashion Week to present its second season at Vibiana

Oct 17: LA Fashion Corner and World Networks Inc present Caring with Style in Hollywood.

Oct 17: F2 Runway Show at noon at the California Market Center puts designers in the spotlight for Market Week

Oct 17-19: Coeur Trade Show debuts at The Cooper Design Space downtown with a handpicked selection of fashion accessories

Oct 17-21: It’s Market Week at California Market Center and other showroom buildings downtown

Oct 20: Moss Adams LLP presents its Fashion Innovator Award at a runway event featuring emerging designers affiliated with the education non-profit Fashion Business Inc at Vibiana.

Oct 20: Project Ethos Private Label presents Marialia at private venue in Hollywood.

Oct 21: Fashion Minga presents its spirited take on the season at Boulevard 3.

Oct 22: Gen Art Fresh Faces in Fashion Los Angeles edition at Vibiana.

Oct 23: Rodeo Drive Walk of Style honors Italian fashion house Missoni and supermodel Iman in a special ceremony

Oct 21-23: Closing Market Week is LA Fashion Weekend at Sunset Gower Studios

Oct 26-27: The definitive pop-up showroom Simply Stylist for editorial and celebrity stylists returns

Oct 28: Designs for the Cure hosted by David Meister in affiliation with Otis College of Art & Design to benefit Susan G Komen for the Cure

More to be announced. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for daily tweets of all the latest.

Oct 11: Fashion blogger community Two Point OH! LA will gather for its seasonal pre-fashion week kick-off party

Oct 13-17: Concept Fashion Week installations and presentations takes place at Ace Gallery with designers to be announced

Oct 14: The peerless Project Ethos fashion/music/art jam returns to the House of Blues

Oct 17-21: Relative newcomer Style Fashion Week to present its second season at Vibiana

Oct 17-21: It’s Market Week at California Market Center and other showroom buildings downtown

Oct 20: Moss Adams LLP presents its Fashion Innovator Award at a runway event featuring emerging designers affiliated with the education non-profit Fashion Business Inc at Vibiana.

Oct 22: Gen Art Fresh Faces in Fashion Los Angeles edition at Vibiana.

Oct 21-23: Closing Market Week is LA Fashion Weekend at Sunset Gower Studios

Oct 26-27: The definitive pop-up showroom Simply Stylist for editorial and celebrity stylists returns

Oct 28: Designs for the Cure hosted by David Meister in affiliation with Otis College of Art & Design to benefit Susan G Komen for the Cure.

More to be announced. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for daily tweets of all the latest.

Concept Fashion Week at Ace Gallery, Los Angeles,  March 11-13

Project Ethos at Avalon, Hollywood, March 12

Market Week in the LA Fashion District, downtown L.A., March 14-17

Hope in the City fashion gala benefit at Skirball Cultural Center, March 14

Lauren Elaine “Unmasked” at a private venue, March 14

THV PR Fashion Night at The Supperclub LA, Vogue Theater, Hollywood, March 16

Style Fashion Week at Vibiana, downtown, March 15-18

The GAP Project at The Blackstone, downtown, March 18

Simply Stylist SEMINAR at a private venue, Hollywood, March 18

Sue Wong at a private venue, March 18

Fashion Minga at Boulevard3 in Hollywood, March 18

L.A. Fashion Weekend at Sunset Gower Studios, Hollywood, March 18-20

Simply Stylist at a private venue, Hollywood, March 22-23

The comprehensive calendar of designer presentations will be updated weekly through showtime.

Concept Fashion Week at Ace Gallery, Los Angeles,  March 11-13

Project Ethos at Avalon, Hollywood, March 12

The Gallery LA Los Angeles Fashion Week at Sunset Gower Studios, Hollywood, March 13-19

Market Week in the LA Fashion District, downtown L.A., March 14-17

THV Fashion Week / Supper Club LA, Vogue Theater, Hollywood, March 14-18

Style Fashion Week at Vibiana, downtown, March 15-19

Simply Stylist at a private venue, Hollywood, March 22-23

The comprehensive calendar of designer presentations will post in February.

Several producers will organize collective venues for the presentation of collections at several locations across Los Angeles from March 12 to March 23 to complement Market Week in the showrooms and trade shows in downtown Los Angeles. In addition to the collective event venues, we expect to see several designers show independently in environments that reflect most closely their vision for the collection this season. The calendar will be updated starting in February. Highlights:

Project Ethos at Avalon, Hollywood, March 12

The Gallery LA Los Angeles Fashion Week at Sunset Gower Studios, Hollywood, March 13-19

Market Week in the LA Fashion District, downtown, March 14-17

Style Fashion Week at Vibiana, downtown, March 15-19

Concept Fashion Week at Spring Arts Tower, downtown, dates tbd

Simply Stylist at a private venue, Hollywood, March 22-23

Registration for events will be handled separately by each venue producer or individual designer event. While our test of a collective registration process has concluded, Fashion Week LA remains the most comprehensive calendar of events.  Our principal, Jennifer Üner, is proud to have been selected to participate on the planning committee of urban developer AECOM for LA Fashion District’s “Design for Development” spearheaded by the CRA/LA (Community Redevelopment Agency for the City of Los Angeles). Your thoughts and insights are valuable to planning process. Please share them here or contact Jen directly via info (at) fashionweekla.com.