| Fashion Week Cleveland | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | Inactive |
| Genre | Fashion |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Country | United States |
| Established | 2002 |
| Founders | Donald Shingler |
| Most recent | 2017 |
Fashion Week Cleveland was an annual fashion industry event held in Cleveland, Ohio which began in 2002 [1] and ran 15 years until 2017. [2] [3] The event was founded to promote downtown development by Donald Shingler and was run in conjunction with the Cleveland Fashion Institute. [4]
The first edition was a private event organized by the cosmetic dentist Donald Shingler. [5]
The event is the third-largest fashion show of its kind in the United States behind only New York Fashion Week and Los Angeles Fashion Week. [6] As such, this event is recognized as the showcase for emerging American fashion designers. [4] Designers such as MoMo Falana (designer for Sex and the City) and Wendy Pepper have been featured in past events. [2]
In the midst of the subprime mortgage crisis, the 2010 edition was much lighter to adjust to the decrease in fashion spending. [7] In 2014, Nichole Reed was named artistic director of the event. [8] In 2017 after a 15 year run, the Fashion Week Cleveland series of shows was discontinued in favor of the new one-night event GlamJam Fashion & Music Festival. [3]
A few Kent State University Fashion School students were also selected to display their creations. [5]
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