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FASHION

O Pioneer! Asia Hall’s Neon Cowboys Transforms Western Wear Using LED Details

By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | January 9, 2025

With her Neon Cowboys brand, Asia Hall is leading the pack in fashion-tech innovation, showing how lights can be integrated into daily life for personalization or celebration.

NEWS

Vegan Fashion Week Returns to Los Angeles Event Roster

Vegan Fashion Week Returns to Los Angeles Event Roster

With the rising popularity of vegan and cruelty-free products over the last few years and greater emphasis on these goods during the past 18 months, Vegan Fashion Week produced its autumn show in downtown Los Angeles. Following a COVID-19–induced hiatus, which impacted most on-site fashion events around the world, Vegan Fashion Week hosted two days of runway shows and produced a marketplace showcasing cruelty-free items.

Silent Panda Gives a Designer’s Voice to Samuel Taylor

Silent Panda Gives a Designer’s Voice to Samuel Taylor

The road to fashion greatness was a winding path for Samuel Taylor, founder of the elevated luxury streetwear and wearable-technology brand Silent Panda.

Art Hearts Fashion Showcases Design Love From California and Beyond

Art Hearts Fashion Showcases Design Love From California and Beyond

Returning to The Majestic Downtown, Art Hearts Fashion celebrated fashion week in Los Angeles with a full roster of international and California designers including Willfredo Gerardo.

H&M Launches PETA-Approved Animal-Friendly Fashion Collection

H&M Launches PETA-Approved Animal-Friendly Fashion Collection

H&M has announced the launch of Co-Exist Story, an animal-friendly collection that is entirely approved by the animal-rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Housing Works’ Annual ‘Fashion for Action’ Benefit Returns as Four-Day Event

Housing Works’ Annual ‘Fashion for Action’ Benefit Returns as Four-Day Event

Housing Works, the New York City–based nonprofit organization that provides advocacy, support and life-saving services to those impacted by homelessness and HIV/AIDs, will hold its 18th annual Fashion for Action fundraiser Nov. 10–13.

Beverly Hills Lingerie’s Unabashed Approach to Streetwear-Inspired Intimates

Beverly Hills Lingerie’s Unabashed Approach to Streetwear-Inspired Intimates

In 2017, Los Angeles-born and -raised sisters Celine and Joline Nehoray began developing a brand that would allow women to feel sexy and bold while also living these characteristics out loud and with no reservations.

LAFW Marks Return to Petersen With Lineup of Global Designers

LAFW Marks Return to Petersen With Lineup of Global Designers

During its Oct. 7–10 return, LAFW provided a platform to global and California-based designers, such as Nicholas Mayfield, at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

Supreme and True Religion Collaborate for Fall 2021

Supreme and True Religion Collaborate for Fall 2021

Streetwear brand Supreme and the iconic American apparel brand True Religion have teamed up for a collaboration available for fall.

Dresses Are Back

Dresses Are Back

Unveiling the Autumn/Winter ’21/’22 RNCH collection, Heidi Merrick hosted a ranch-inspired fashion event at The Alisal in California’s Santa Ynez Valley.

Heidi Merrick Shows Ranch-Inspired Autumn/Winter ’21/22 Collection

Heidi Merrick Shows Ranch-Inspired Autumn/Winter ’21/22 Collection

Unveiling the Autumn/Winter ’21/’22 RNCH collection, Heidi Merrick hosted a ranch-inspired fashion event at The Alisal in California’s Santa Ynez Valley.

Gabrielle Union’s Fashion Line Relaunched by New York & Company's New Owners

Gabrielle Union’s Fashion Line Relaunched by New York & Company's New Owners

Gabrielle Union announced the relaunch of her fashion line with New York & Company under the Saadia Group, a multi-category product manufacturing, wholesale, and retailing company.

Roberto Cavalli to Launch Cavalli Tower in Dubai

Roberto Cavalli to Launch Cavalli Tower in Dubai

Roberto Cavalli has announced the launch of Cavalli Tower, a 70-story skyscraper in Dubai, in a collaboration with Dubai-based global real estate developer DAMAC Properties.

LFW Includes Adaptive Fashion Show Through Faduma’s Fellowship Program

LFW Includes Adaptive Fashion Show Through Faduma’s Fellowship Program

As the style industry continues to make efforts to shed its notoriously exclusionary reputation, an adaptive-fashion initiative took to the runway during London Fashion Week.

Heading East, California Designers Shine During NYFW

Heading East, California Designers Shine During NYFW

As the fashionable set returned to the runway for New York Fashion Week’s Spring 2022 hybrid on-site and virtual events, California designers shone through with Golden State style during in-person shows and filmed presentations.

Tiffany Brown Designs Bring Purple to NYFW

Tiffany Brown Designs Bring Purple to NYFW

In a return to in-person runway shows, Tiffany Brown Designs debuted its Spring/Summer ’22 collection at New York Fashion Week showcasing a menswear and womenswear collection in 50 different shades of purple.