LA Fashion Festival 2018 - Panel Discussions

The Laws of Style

The design process and inspiration, the state of the menswear industry today, formal dress and the casualization of the business uniform, and the challenges for emerging brands and personal presentation.

Speaker & Moderator: Douglas Hand

Panelists: Luis Fernandez - Creative Director at LUISFERN5, Raan Parton - Creative Director & Partner at Apolis and Holly Jovenall - Designer at BILLY

Who Said Fashion Film?

What do we consider to be a fashion film? What makes a film a fashion film and when is it not considered one? Is fashion film for everyone? What is fashion film, what is the purpose of it, what makes it what it is, and who defines it.

Moderator: Justin Merino - LAFFF Founding Partner

Panelists: Rania Al-Naimi - Co-founder at CANIFFF, Damien Merino - LAFFF 2018 Juror, Amber Moelter (Noir Tribe), Deborah Ferguson - Founder of ContentMode

The Role of Fashion & Style

What is the role of fashion in the process of questioning one's identity? Personal experiences and storytelling will lead the warm-up to the discussion.

Moderator: Leslie Bedolla - LAFFF Founding Partner

Panelists: Shaun Ross, Stephen Galloway, Alexis Borges and Gilles Assor

Spiritual & Sustainable Fashion

Why do we have the need as consumers to go for a more spiritual and sustainable fashion? This panel seeks to understand this new form of consciousness from different perspectives.

Moderator: Leslie Bedolla - LAFFF Founding Partner

Panelists: Dr Habib Sadeghi, Azrya, The Swagabonds, John-Michael Triana

That Kind of Future

Where do new technologies stand in fashion and art? Where are we now? Why and how have new technologies changed fashion and art? Where are we going? What are the next technologies? How do we see the future?

Moderator: Holger Homann - LAFFF Juror & Publishing Partner

Panelists: Viktoria Modesta, Abbey Tate, Lisa Messeri, Rem D. Koolhaas

How will fashion reach the connected consumer while print is dying?

How to build brands DNA with the use of social media platforms and new technologies.

Blackbook Experience

Panelists: Matt Lambert - Director at Iconoclast, Leslie Bedolla - Partner at LA Fashion Film Festival, Holger Homann - Editor/Creative Director at Radical Vertical, Temi Hollist - Storyteller, Holly-ann Ladd and Chloe Howell-Jackson - Co-Founders at Peach.