{"id":26141,"date":"2025-06-30T03:39:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T03:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26141\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T03:39:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T03:39:24","slug":"l-a-creatives-gather-under-the-eiffel-tower-for-paris-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26141\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. creatives gather under the Eiffel Tower for Paris Fashion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"img_dropcap_Bibliophile_h.png\" <\/p>\n

How do you bring L.A. to Paris Fashion Week? \u201cLiterally just drop a pin,\u201d says strategist and consultant Stephanie Ramos<\/a>. We\u2019re at the Courtside X Akila picnic at Champ de Mars, an annual tradition that made it out of a group chat Ramos had started five years ago. Walking up to the park under the Eiffel Tower, hundreds of tourists from around the world blanket the grass, but it\u2019s easy to spot the hundred or so people here for the picnic.<\/p>\n

The West Coast energy reverberates like a satellite. It helps that most people are in Akila sunglasses for the occasion, but there is an intangible thing too \u2014 a mix of musicians, skaters, models and artists talking close, dapping each other up while drinking Champagne from the bottle, not too self-serious to pose for photos under the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n

\"Guests <\/p>\n

Five years ago during fashion week, friends were blowing up Ramos\u2019 phone trying to find a way to link up. \u201cIt was driving me crazy, so I threw everyone on a group chat \u2014 35 people,\u201d Ramos says. That group chat was the genesis for Courtside, a collective of creatives from L.A., New York, Miami and beyond who now meet once a year when they\u2019re in Paris for the men\u2019s shows in June, and invite all of their friends to join. The picnic has become the stuff of PFW legend, a taste of home for L.A. people hustling through the week. There, you might see familiar faces like designer Corey Populus, the rising star of regional Mexican music DannyLux or legendary skater and restaurateur the Nuge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s funny, because everyone always says it\u2019s tough to meet up in L.A. \u2014 you always have to preplan everything, there\u2019s traffic,\u201d Ramos says, \u201cbut when you\u2019re in a city like Paris you\u2019re going to make it a point to see each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Describe your Paris Fashion Week:<\/p>\n

\u201cMexican as f\u2014, inspiring, wholesome and family-like. My friends are my family.\u201d \u2014 Esperanza Rosas, a.k.a. Runsyyy, artist, Chicago <\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cParis Fashion Week has been very motivating for me in every aspect. I see all these other artists from around the world, and it motivates me to keep going.\u201d \u2014 DannyLux, musician, Palm Springs <\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cA dream.\u201d \u2014 David Castaneda, stylist and designer, Inland Empire.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cAdventurous, silly, beautiful, random and connected.\u201d \u2014 Zahara Davis, model and <\/b>actor<\/b>, New York.<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Artist <\/p>\n

Artist Esperanza Rosas, a.k.a. Runsyyy, left.<\/p>\n

\"Zahara <\/p>\n

Zahara Davis, model and actor.<\/p>\n

\"Stephanie <\/p>\n

Stephanie Ramos, left, and Mallory Benson of Akila.<\/p>\n

\"From <\/p>\n

From left to right: Jonathan Gonzalez, Erik Martinez, DannyLux, Joel Silva and Emmanuel \u201cChino\u201d Salazar.<\/p>\n

How do you bring L.A. to Paris?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all love to eat good, drink good and skate. It could be Copenhagen, Paris, but we link every time.\u201d \u2014 Don Nguyen, a.k.a. the Nuge, skater and owner of Burger She Wrote <\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe way I bring L.A. to Paris is with my own personal style. I\u2019m a heritage classic dude and I\u2019ve had fits all week. And my Uncle Paulie\u2019s hat. This is the L.A. hat to me.\u201d \u2014 Sean B., private chef and curator, Beachwood Canyon<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cL.A. has such a unique style, and Paris has a unique style too. I like when people come here and I can identify specifically who is from L.A. based on their style and how they carry themselves. L.A. is a little more slouchy.\u201d \u2014 Chelsea Jordan, musician and content creator, Hollywood <\/b><\/p>\n

\"Bricks <\/p>\n

Bricks & Wood founder, Kacey Lynch.<\/p>\n

\"Vanessa <\/p>\n

Vanessa Amaranto, co-founder of Art Community.<\/p>\n

\"Designer \"Chelsea <\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s seeing all of these people I know in a different scene. This is the most community I\u2019ve seen. L.A. has that heart, but it\u2019s so spread apart, so seeing everyone together has been really cute.\u201d \u2014 Ashley Michelle Suarez, model and <\/b>actor<\/b>, West Hollywood<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cCommunity, which is the most beautiful thing ever. Seeing all the familiar faces here is special. Community in L.A. runs deep.\u201d \u2014 Mallory Benson, marketing at Akila, L.A. <\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cS\u2014, me popping out by myself is bringing L.A. to Paris. I\u2019ve been coming here for eight years now. Me and Spanto got close because there would never be anyone from L.A. here \u2014 it was just me, Spanto, Aleali [May], Corey [Populus], shout out my peoples. It\u2019s really beautiful to be amongst my L.A. folks. Finally.\u201d \u2014 Cheikh Tall, model and marketing director for Royal.2, L.A.<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all about finding spaces for the community to feel familiarity. L.A.\u2019s really big on community, and a big part of that is feeling comfortable. Being here in Paris we have enough people and brands that have made it feel comfortable enough for a first-timer like myself.\u201d \u2014 Daven Fowler, fashion sales, Leimert Park<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cL.A. brings a whole different energy to Paris. Especially the Chicano culture, it\u2019s something Paris hasn\u2019t seen before. We\u2019re adding to the narrative.\u201d \u2014 Carlos Jaramillo, photographer, Los Angeles<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Stephanie <\/p>\n

Stephanie Ramos, left, and Keyla Marquez, Image fashion director-at-large.<\/p>\n

\"Image \"Rembrandt \"Evan \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Daven \"Art <\/p>\n

Art Community co-founders, Lorenz and Neto.<\/p>\n

\"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image \"Image <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How do you bring L.A. to Paris Fashion Week? \u201cLiterally just drop a pin,\u201d says strategist and consultant…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[8067,1582,276,23017,1532,6276,2961,224,5337,18417,23018,21272,405,3715,23016,3546,12930,23019,1628],"class_list":{"0":"post-26141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-artist","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-eiffel-tower","12":"tag-friend","13":"tag-l-a","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-model","18":"tag-most-community","19":"tag-musician","20":"tag-new-york","21":"tag-paris","22":"tag-paris-fashion-week","23":"tag-people","24":"tag-ramos","25":"tag-skater","26":"tag-year"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114770239548022064","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}