Fashion Week Cleveland is an annual fashion industry event held in
Cleveland, Ohio which began in 2002.
It is one of fourteen internationally recognized fashion week events in North America.
Fashion Week Cleveland is held during the first week of May.
The event is the third-largest fashion show of its kind in the
United States
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behind only
New York Fashion Week
New York Fashion Week (NYFW), held in February and September of each year, is a semi-annual series of events in Manhattan typically spanning 7–9 days when international fashion collections are shown to buyers, the press, and the general publ ...
and
Los Angeles Fashion Week
Fashion Week in Los Angeles occurs biannually. Multiple show producers hold events throughout the Greater Los Angeles area each March and October. Traditionally, the City of Los Angeles identified the third weekend of those respective months as t ...
.
As such, this event is recognized as the showcase for emerging American fashion designers.
Designers such as MoMo Falana (designer for
Sex and the City
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) and
Wendy Pepper have been featured in past events.
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Culture of Cleveland
Fashion events in the United States
Recurring events established in 2002
2002 establishments in Ohio
Tourist attractions in Cleveland
Fashion weeks