Fashion Week Cleveland

Fashion Week Cleveland is an annual fashion industry event held in Cleveland, Ohio which began in 2002.cite web |url=http://www.prlog.org/10063480-fashion-week-cleveland-unveils-schedule.pdf |title=Fashion Week Cleveland Unveils Schedule |format=PDF |work=Global Press Release Distribution |accessdate=2008-09-11] It is one of fourteen internationally-recognized fashion week events in North America.cite web |url=http://www.cosmoworlds.com/fashion_weeks.htm |title=Directory of Fashion Weeks by country |format= |work=Cosmo Girl |accessdate=2008-09-11] . 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 behind only New York Fashion Week and Los Angeles Fashion Week.cite web |url=http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-week-cleveland-to-broaden-cultural-programs-1556547 |title=Fashion Week Cleveland to broaden cultural programs |accessdate=2008-09-11] As such, this event is recognized as the showcase for emerging American fashion designers.cite web |url=http://www.apparelsearch.com/Fashion/Week/USA/Cleveland/Cleveland_Fashion_Week.htm |title=Cleveland Fashion Week : Fashion Week Event Summary |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-09-11] Designers such as MoMo Falana (designer for Sex and the City) and Wendy Pepper have been featured in past events.

Ironically, although the producer of both New York Fashion Week and Los Angeles Fashion Week, IMG, is a Cleveland-based company, it does not produce Fashion Week Cleveland.cite web |url=http://www.imgworld.com/entertainment/fashion/events.sps |title=IMG World Entertainment & Fashion |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-09-11]

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