Pittsburgh Fashion Week is an annual

fashion week A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, where fashion designers, brands or "houses" display their latest collections in runway fashion shows to buyers and the media. These events influence the upcoming fashion ...

held in

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

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. Pittsburgh model Miyoshi Anderson, created the event to help highlight the fashion industry in Pittsburgh, which had been struggling with the closure of several major department stores. The first Pittsburgh Fashion Week was held in 2010, with events held in Heinz History Center and the

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. The inaugural class of the Pittsburgh Fashion Hall of Fame was selected that week. The second event, in 2011, was held shortly after '' GQ'' named Pittsburgh the third worst-dressed city, a distinction participants disputed. The third Fashion Week had a theme of "ecologically friendly fashion." One event focused exclusively on men's fashion. Local celebrities modeled some fashion. Organizers plan on producing a fourth event in 2013.

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