# Fashion Forwards

> Fashion Forwards is a Los Angeles fashion showroom and communications agency that has represented emerging international designers in the United States. Its documented work combined wholesale sales, strategic distribution, public relations, brand development, events and sample placement, giving small labels one local door into buyers, stylists and media.

- **Founded:** 2002
- **Headquarters:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Founders:** Madeleine Haddad (Founder)
- **Team size:** 14 employees in the supplied Apollo record; LinkedIn lists a range of 11-50 employees
- **Products:** Wholesale sales and distribution, Public relations and sample placement, Brand development and consulting, Fashion events and pop-ups
- **Notable:** Opened a Los Angeles sales showroom for international fashion labels., Represented and distributed at least six European labels from Suite B525 at the California Market Center in 2014., Co-produced the FRE(n)SH showcase during Los Angeles Fashion Week with Le Frenchlab and Splash PR Agency.

## Products & services

- **Wholesale sales and distribution** — Representation of international fashion labels to US retail buyers, including order management and strategic distribution support.
- **Public relations and sample placement** — Press outreach and sample loans for editorials, fashion weeks, music videos, award events and celebrity styling.
- **Brand development and consulting** — Market-entry advice spanning merchandising, marketing, product positioning and development.
- **Fashion events and pop-ups** — Collaborative runway, networking and pop-up formats designed to introduce overseas labels to Los Angeles audiences.

## Achievements

- Opened a Los Angeles sales showroom for international fashion labels.
- Represented and distributed at least six European labels from Suite B525 at the California Market Center in 2014.
- Co-produced the FRE(n)SH showcase during Los Angeles Fashion Week with Le Frenchlab and Splash PR Agency.
- Fashion designer Clara Rotescu credited the showroom's PR work with editorial visibility including Vogue Italia and L'Officiel Netherlands.
- Presented Zvonko Marković designs that were worn by Kylie Jenner and Ashanti in 2016.
- Maintained documented international representation relationships spanning European and Middle Eastern brands.

## Latest updates

- **2018-04** — Regional reporting on designer Zvonko Marković continued to identify Global Diffusion Inc. dba Fashion Forwards as the Los Angeles PR and showroom platform behind his US presence.
- **2021-08** — Ukrinform's profile of Ukrainian designers listed Olena Dats as represented through the Fashion Forwards showroom in the Los Angeles area.

## Links

- Website: http://www.fashionforwards.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fashion-forwards

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Last updated: 2026-09-15