Luxury Fashion’s LA Season Meets Kim Kardashian’s New Partnership

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Los Angeles has become a stage where fashion houses court Hollywood through museums, screenings and gala weekends. This fall, the choreography has a new focal point: Kim Kardashian’s wardrobe under Law Roach.

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Los Angeles becomes the fashion house’s host city

The clearest sign of fashion’s Los Angeles strategy is not a runway but a calendar. In October, museum galas, dinners, boutique events and screenings cluster around the city’s cultural institutions, placing designers in the same rooms as actors and the teams who shape their public images. TheWrap describes the gatherings as a way for luxury houses to cultivate relationships with Hollywood power players as awards season approaches.

The Academy Museum Gala on October 17 showed how effectively that formula joins fashion and film. Giorgio Armani dressed 18 guests, including Kate Hudson and Sabrina Carpenter, then hosted an after-party at the Chateau Marmont. The red carpet itself offered a cross-section of the season’s fashion language: custom Dior, Chanel and Valentino alongside archival Armani and fresh-from-the-runway Balenciaga.