The Metro: Michigan Fashion Week supports creators in the state

There are countless exports from Detroit that often influence the world. From music to sports to the auto industry, the city of Detroit helps move the culture in one way or another.

The proof of that can also be found in the fashion industry here. Michigan Fashion Week returns for its 12th edition June 5-8. This year’s theme is “glamour cloud” and features local and national designers and fashion houses.

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Loren Hicks, founder and CEO of Michigan Fashion Week, says a big part of the event is connecting creatives with Michigan’s fashion industry.

“I want to keep those young people here in the state of Michigan. I don’t want to see them going to New York or LA and visiting Detroit over the holidays,” Hicks said. “I want them to actually stay here, keep their talent here and really find a career here in the state of Michigan, let alone Detroit. So the young people are super talented. And it’s just so cool to see how they’re really setting the trends of style throughout the world.”

Hicks says she’s seen fashion continue to grow in the city.

“(A)s we just cultivate the fashion culture here in Detroit, more and more people are just coming out their shell, they’re rising to the top, they’re doing what they love — if they love to fashion, if they love to design fashion, if they love to model, if they do fashion photography — we’re just really giving them the space to really be creative,” Hicks says. 

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