On camera at the Bureau’s LA Fashion Week with the designer behind the label Ava Kortman (@avakortman) walked on Opening Night.
By Anthony Perlas, Correspondent, Nightlife Report
Published Oct. 17, 2026
LOS ANGELES (Nightlife Report) — The first words on our tape aren’t a question. They’re a verdict.
“I love his clothes. He had the strongest entry, has the best model in the entire show,” I say to open the clip, recorded Friday night at the Bureau’s LA Fashion Week at The Lot Studios in West Hollywood.
The clothes belong to Casey Lee Parker (@caseyleeparker1), the designer behind KROWN KINK (@krownkink). The label’s Instagram bio calls it a “Luxury Fashion House designed by Casey Lee Parker.” The model is Ava, who walked for Krown Kink in Friday’s 6 p.m. Opening show. She’s the model Nightlife Report has now named its Model of the Event and its Model of the Year.
On the record
The interview is short: 44 seconds, shot on the floor of the venue. The first thing I asked him:
“Tell us about yourself and your designs.”
Parker talks for about 20 seconds. Most of the answer is lost under the noise of the room on our recording, and we won’t print words we can’t confirm on tape. Watch the clip and hear it for yourself. We’ll add his answer word for word once we’ve checked it against a clean audio pass.
Then the forward-looking question, the one everybody on the floor wanted answered:
“Amazing, amazing. And so what’s next for you? Are you at the 8:30 show, or…”
Anthony Perlas to Casey Lee Parker, Friday night
Watch the interview
Casey Lee Parker of Krown Kink with Nightlife Report
A YouTube version will go up on @thevoden. We’ll embed it here when it’s live.
The look: Ava in Krown Kink
- Who: Casey Lee Parker, designer of KROWN KINK (@krownkink).
- The model: Ava walked for Krown Kink in “The Opening,” the Bureau’s 6 p.m. show on Friday, Oct. 16.
- The tape: a 44-second on-site interview recorded Friday night. Quotes in this story are taken word for word from the recording.
- Our call: Nightlife Report names Ava its Model of the Event and Model of the Year. That’s our editorial pick, not an official Bureau result.
- Next: Day 2 runs Saturday, Oct. 17, with shows at 2:30, 5:30 and 8:30 p.m.
Editorial picks by Nightlife Report. These are our opinion, not official Bureau results. The Bureau announced no winners.
Day 2 drops tonight
Day 2 drops tonight, and the runway gets new designs. Three shows are on the Saturday bill at 2:30, 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Friday ended with a Model of the Year. What Saturday brings is anyone’s guess, and we’ll be in the pit when it happens.
Subscribe at blog.nightlifereport.app and follow along live on Instagram: @perlasunum and @lillithmagic. Follow the designer at @caseyleeparker1 and the label at @krownkink.
More from the Bureau’s LA Fashion Week
- Ava steals the show: Opening Night through the Eileen Ford lens
- Ava vs Emily: The Colosseum of Day 1
- Nightlife Report Top News: Bureau LAFW
- Who stole the show: Day 1 models
Transcript note: quotes come from a machine transcript checked against the recording. Speaker attribution comes from the video. To flag a correction, contact Nightlife Report.
Correction (Oct. 17, 2026): An earlier version of this story named Sophie as runner-up in the Nightlife Report Awards. The Nightlife Report runner-up pick is Emily. These are Nightlife Report editorial picks, not official Bureau results.
Updated Oct 18: Emily Sophie Christine second, Kyla Dodds third (Krissy King).
