Fashion in LA

New York, London, Milan, Paris ... and now, Los Angeles. Thanks to its unique blend of cultural influences and artistic industry, the City of Angels has earned its place alongside these traditional creative capitals - and FASHION IN LA goes beyond the red carpet to profile more than 40 designers instrumental to its success. It's a who's-who of talent, a true insider's guide to the men and women who have put twenty-first century Los Angeles on the world's fashion map.

“"This gorgeous coffee-table book... Tracks L.A.'s ascension through the talents who put it on the map."-- EnRoute”

"This gorgeous coffee-table book... Tracks L.A.'s ascension through the talents who put it on the map."—EnRoute

"The book makes a compelling argument for the City of Angels as the newest fashion epicenter."—Modern Luxury Angeleno

"Steeped in California cool."—Vanity Fair

"Beyond red carpets and boardwalks, Los Angeles has exploded as a capital on the global map."—Vanity Fair

"Cali-girl your style. Phaidon's new fashion bible spotlights LA designers."—Grazia

"Your new favourite coffee-table read is a joyous study into transatlantic apparel. Fashion in LA reads like a smooth road trip through the states. It accelerates your history knowledge, maintains speed with informative brand memoirs and shifts things up a gear with striking photography. A non-fiction hardback bursting with local pride... Upon unboxing the book one can marvel at its cover, decorated with a vibrant font and graphic photo collage... Its inch-thick spine is inscribed with a list of brands that feature inside, demonstrating the efforts Fares and Smith have gone to in order to curate this behemoth fashion bible."—_Shift magazine

"Published by preternatural maker of beautiful tomes, Phaidon, [and] digs deep into the roots of Los Angeles style, from its cache of design talent... [A] gorgeous, technicolor book."—PaperCity Dallas

"A lush tome profiling 41 L.A.-based designers."—Vogue Online

Tania Fares is a contributing editor to British Vogue. In 2013 she partnered with the British Fashion Council to found the Fashion Trust, which mentors and supports young designers. In 2018 she founded the CFDA Fashion Trust, which provides business support to US-based designers. She is the editor of London Uprising: Fifty Fashion Designers, One City (Phaidon).

Los Angeles-based Krista Smith is Vanity Fair s West Coast executive editor

New York, London, Milan, Paris ... and now, Los Angeles. Thanks to its unique blend of cultural influences and artistic industry, the City of Angels has earned its place alongside these traditional creative capitals - and FASHION IN LA goes beyond the red carpet to profile more than 40 designers instrumental to its success. It's a who's-who of talent, a true insider's guide to the men and women who have put twenty-first century Los Angeles on the world's fashion map.

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