Catherine Malandrino

USA : Los Angeles Contemporary Resources pre-pones Fall ’05 Los Angeles

New dates for The Fall ’05 Los Angeles Market Week have been announced in an effort to boost business and increase participation.

Designers & Agents co-founder Ed Mandelbaum and The Bank showroom co-owner Betsee Isenberg spearheaded the effort to shift the dates to March 20–24 from the California Market Center’s announced April 8–12 market dates. Mandelbaum’s contemporary and designer show is held five times a year in Los Angeles at The New Mart and the Cooper Design Space.

Mandelbaum and Isenberg have been longtime advocates of the earlier market dates. “For a long time, Los Angeles has been moving towards being an international market, and the dates are always the last on the totem pole,” Mandelbaum said, noting that many buyers have little budget remaining for the season by the time the Los Angeles market rolls around. Many international lines are excluded from the market, as well, Mandelbaum noted, because many international companies have finished their Fall production before Los Angeles Market Week begins. Read more...