23:06 PDT, Monday January 5, 2009

Notes from LA

“It’s a great place to live, but I wouldn’t want to visit there.” —Will Rogers

LA Fashion Week coming back to LA?

A “major effort is underway” to wrest LA Fashion Week from Culver City and bring it back downtown, says the Downtown News. Potential venues include LA Live, a couple of rehabbed Broadway theaters, and the California Market Center.

Downtown’s play for Fashion Week might be bolstered by the efforts of a group of Downtown activists who last year launched a competing slate of runway shows, informally dubbed Downtown Fashion Week. Their events last year, held at the Los Angeles Theatre on Broadway and Vibiana on Main Street, attracted thousands.