The closest most people will ever get to the glamour of New York Fashion Week is by watching the upcoming finale of Project Runway. But don’t mope.  Put on your Prada pumps and practice your runway walk because it turns out there is probably a Fashion Week near you.

The big event in West Coast fashion is coming up at Fashion Week LA. However, fashion fans in the 805 area code beat L.A. to the punch last weekend at Ventura Fashion Week (by the way, apparently fashionistas differ on how many days make up a week). Not sure if Vogue was there but the Ventura County Star captured the highlights on video.

Missed the Ventura show and don’t want to deal with L.A. traffic? Then how about heading to Palm Desert later this month for Fashion Week El Paseo.  Is Fashion Week Barstow far behind?

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A fashion designer conceives the design of a garment. A pattern maker will draft the shapes and sizes of the various garment pieces. A tailor will make the garment. A textile designer helps to design the prints and weaves for the garments. A stylist will assist in mixing and matching clothes, jewelry and accessories in an appropriate way to meet the fashion requirements of the customer. A model wears and displays clothes and accessories at fashion shows and poses for photographs to be published in magazines to promote a designer’s products. (more…)