Vegas Fashion Week Is On, and the Strip Has a Runway Through Sunday

3 min read

The Las Vegas Fashion Council’s second edition runs November 12 through 15 at a different venue each day, with a student showcase already in the books and tickets nearly gone for Friday at Crystals.

By the Nightlife Report Editors · Los Angeles · Nov. 13, 2026

LAS VEGAS — Fashion weeks usually settle into one tent and stay there. Vegas Fashion Week, now in its second year, is doing the opposite: a different room, and a different part of the city, each day through Sunday.

The official calendar, published by the Las Vegas Fashion Council, runs Thursday, November 12, through Sunday, November 15, 2026. The council, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, produces the week and was founded by Carrie Carter Cooper, the organization’s founder and executive director. The stated aim is straightforward: treat fashion as culture and commerce, and give Las Vegas a place on the map that is not only a showroom for other cities’ labels.

Thursday’s program is already marked “Concluded” on that page. The Student & Emerging Designer Showcase ran from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Pacific Time at The Portal at AREA15, at 3215 S. Rancho Drive, with Jillian Lopez as MC. The lineup included LVFC Little Black Dress student contestants and collections from Vela Carolina Hill (Vela Carolina), Aariana Kraut (Barely by Aari), Kristain Janielle England (Imperia Atelier) and Jolanda Gooden (Loft 94).

Today, Friday, November 13, the week moves onto the Strip. The official schedule lists a 1 to 3 p.m. Pacific Time event at The Shops at Crystals, 3720 S. Las Vegas Boulevard, with Jessica Rosado as MC. As of our check of the council’s page this morning, Friday “has only a few [tickets] left.” Tickets for all four events are on sale through that link. The page also notes that times and venues remain “subject to final confirmation.”

RelatedAnok Yai Takes All Three Vogue Brazil Covers as Liu Wen Hits Her 10th Victoria’s Secret Walk

Saturday’s Runway Designer Showcase is scheduled for 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Keep Memory Alive Event Center, 888 W. Bonneville Avenue, with Stacey Gualandi as MC. Officially featured are LVFC Eco Couture Vegas participants plus Nina Vallejo (Boneyard Star), Debra Storey (Blazzian), Anna Bartoletti, and Justin Velarde (Velarde). Sunday turns the week into lunch hour: an informal tableside and stage presentation, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at The Mayfair Supper Club at Bellagio, with Jaclyn Schultz as MC, and collections from Andra Tanasescu (ANDDRA), Mauricio Espinoza, Teodora Atanasov, Mimi Barnett Couture and Nohad Al Samarrie (BLACK CROWN LABEL).

The council lists thirteen designers in all. It has not yet published detailed look-books for every collection, so we are not inventing silhouettes from a distance.

The week also has a nightlife partner. According to the official FAQ, TAO Group Hospitality hosts an after-party each night at 10:30 p.m.: Thursday at Hakkasan with Deorro; Friday at OMNIA with Steve Aoki; Saturday at Marquee with CID; and Sunday at OMNIA for DESEO Latin Sundays.

Before the first runway even opened, the Mannequin Project gave the week a gallery prelude. Local artists were invited to transform full-size mannequins supplied by the council, in partnership with Slonina ARTSpace. Completed works debuted at the gallery on November 7 and are offered in a silent auction, with the mannequins on display during the week, November 12 through 14.

If you are in Las Vegas this weekend, the honest version is this: the student night is over, Friday afternoon at Crystals is the tight ticket, and Saturday night at Keep Memory Alive is the designated runway hour. Go for the clothes. Stay, if you want, for the official 10:30.

You might also like

FashionGucci Opens Demna’s New Store on Avenue Montaigne as Palace and Burberry Hit LondonNew Field ReportsI Don’t Romanticize Struggle. I Understand It.GuidesA Luxe NYC Weekend: Museums, Markets, the High Line and a Spa DayNew CultureThree Years in Beverly Hills, Singing Tenor Every SundayGuidesLos Angeles After Halloween: Free and Low-Ticket Culture for Mid-NovemberNew InterviewsGroomed With Purpose: Jalen Gage and the Discipline Behind Vicious Grooming