What people wear to Los Angeles art fairs, like Frieze and Felix, feels different from other art fairs around the world. This is partly because it's LA, where denim cutoffs are considered appropriate daywear for most occasions, and partly because Angelenos fall on a wide range of the style spectrum. Case in point: Past LA art fairs have seen attendees arrive in everything from jeans to cosplay to sculptural Comme des Garçons statements. LA style in general has been highly scrutinized, as if the fashion police were searching for any hint of looking too undone, or trying too hard.
Now in its eighth year, the LA art scene has finally found its style footing, trading anxious overthinking for self-assured cool. This past weekend, a surprise heatwave transformed the Felix pool into the week’s steamiest runway. This year's fairs revealed a city dressing with resilience, irreverence, and ease; taking on minimalism with plenty of personal style.
Keep scrolling for the best style spotting from LA Art Week.
Janelle Zara
Bj Panda Bear
What are you wearing?
"The jacket is Dries, the dress is a random find from The RealReal, and the shoes are Camper loafers I wore so I could comfortably make my way through the fair. I definitely wish you caught me wearing sexier shoes."
What do you do?
"I’m an art journalist and critic, and I also co-host the official podcast of the Felix Art Fair."
What are you excited for today?
"I’m excited to rest once this week is over."
What is it about LA Art Week that feels most exciting?
"Art week in LA is amazing because it activates all the parts of the city that make it unique: the house parties in the hills, the group shows in abandoned buildings, and all the New Yorkers who come and marvel at the weather."
Millie Brown
Bj Panda Bear
What do you do?
"Artist."
What are you excited for?
"I'm happy to see LA artists like Patrick Martinez, whose work feels especially poignant in times like these, get their flowers."
What is it about LA Art Week that feels most exciting?
"Frieze Los Angeles is special to me because the artistic culture that drew me here years ago is now being experienced on a global stage. It was once underrated and undervalued, and it’s cool to witness how it has evolved and expanded within the art world."
Lex Cabral
Bj Panda Bear
What are you wearing?
"Dries Van Noten, Raf Simons, and a custom hat."
What do you do?
"I’m a union costume designer."
What are you excited for?
"I’m excited for whatever Galliano does next. LA Art Week is my all-time favorite season in LA. it’s fashion war and we are at battle."
Shelley Holcomb
Bj Panda Bear
What are you wearing?
"The top is Wildheart MX by Rebecca Garrido, skirt was a gift from CDMX stylist Jocelyn ZJ Corona, earrings by Muddpearl, bag is vintage Miu Miu, blazer is vintage Dior, boots are vintage Guess."
What do you do?
"I’m an artist, curator, writer, and HBIC of Curate LA."
What are you excited for?
"I’m excited to sleep after this week."
What is it about LA Art Week that feels most exciting?
"LA Art Week feels special because Los Angeles is, at its core, an artists’ city; the studio is the true nucleus, then there is a surrounding density of galleries in every pocket, from east to west, buzzing with openings, pop-ups, and fabulous house parties. So, even as fairs take center stage during Art Week, the real gravity still belongs to the artists who live and work here."
WeiWei
Bj Panda Bear
What are you wearing?
"Isa Boulder top, RT News jacket, Scoop skirt , London Kaye. Drink by Coca Cola. "
What do you do?
"I’m an entrepreneur, actress and recording artist (formerly a data scientist/engineer)."
What is it about LA Art Week that feels most exciting?
"Art Week is special because it's where creativity and capital intersect, and that intersection shapes culture. I’m excited to see the possibilities that life has to offer."
Cameron Washington
Bj Panda Bear
What are you wearing?
"I’m wearing noir by kei ninomiya, Yohji Yamamoto, Margiela shoes, Comme des Garçons bag and Chanel scarf."
What are you excited for?
"Kohshin Finley’s outdoor exhibition was extraordinary. I’m excited for everything he has upcoming this year!"
What is it about LA Art Week that feels most exciting?
"2026 began with such an electricity, and that current feels like is pulsing through art week as well. It’s wonderful to see Los Angeles celebrate and discover artists, conjure inspiration, and have that joy travel with us through the week."
Kelly Lamb
Bj Panda Bear
What are you wearing?
"Miu Miu and Haelo."
What do you do?
"I’m an artist."
What are you excited for?
"Collaborations with extraordinary people."
What is it about LA Art Week that feels most exciting?
"Champagne and tacos. Everyone GPS drag racing from place to place. Hockney swimming pool disappearing into painterly sunset. The art scene in LA has the right amount of opportunity and edge, atmosphere and light. It’s a pretty intoxicating place."
Jeff Lunjas
Bj Panda Bear
What are you wearing?
"Bootleg The Cramps/Art of Coop crop top, Henrik Vibskov Mint Institute zoot suit trousers, vintage Slater shoes."
What do you do?
"Artist, architect/developer."
What are you excited for?
"Akhenaten at the LA Opera, Robert Williams' Fearless Depictions at the Long Beach Museum of Art."
What makes LA Art Week special?
"We’ll always gatekeep better than the rest of the world. So, while CDMX has the collective art/architecture/ food experience dialed in with (relatively) easier access to pop-ups and exhibitions across a few neighborhoods, you have to travel further across the whole city, dig deeper for the must-see art, and schmooze harder to get into the cooler parties in LA."
Joy Sauvage
Bj Panda Bear
What are you wearing?
"Vintage silk robe, a silk bag I brought back from Cambodia, The Row crochet pumps."
What do you do?
"Interior Design."
What are you excited for?
"The construction on my apt in NY being completed…It's a long process."
What makes LA Art Week special?
"The city comes alive in a special way."
Morgan Elder & Zehra Ahmed
Bj Panda Bear
Morgan
What are you wearing?
"Margiela, Acne, Gimagaus and Tiffany."
What do you do?
"I’m the Director and Curator at Murmurs in Los Angeles. I love providing a platform for emerging contemporary artists."
What are you excited for?
"We are participating in Frieze LA this year with a solo presentation by Y. Malik Jalal I am looking forward to sharing."
What makes LA Art Week special?
"It’s the one time of year when east siders commute to the west side and west siders trek to the east side. Additionally, artists, curators, and collectors travel to LA from all around the world to visit the fairs, of which we have no shortage between Frieze, Felix, and Post-Fair; this dynamic movement throughout LA feels very exciting as it disrupts the city’s usual rhythm."
Zehra
What are you wearing?
"APC, Target, Hermes & Tom Ford."
What do you do?
"Artist, designer, curator."
What are you excited for?
"I am excited about finding the next artist I’m going to obsess over, along with seeing a lot of friends and hearing about how everyone is doing in the art world."
What's so special about art week in LA?
"LA Art Week is the one time a year the art world converges here and takes LA seriously as an art destination. Worlds collide, which is rare to see in LA, and you get to see the extents of the very diverse LA communities. The most fun is being able to go to house parties because LA homes are all so beautiful and weird in different ways, while also being able to see the art people chose to live with."
Marcella Zimmermann
Bj Panda Bear
What are you wearing?
"My full look is Rachel Comey! I actually just left her Melrose Place store, which is one of the best places to shop in LA. Beautifully curated, intimate, and very much in conversation with the city’s art and design community. Rachel actually studied art with Pascal, one of the founders of Broadway gallery which always shows at Frieze LA."
What do you do?
"I run Digital Counsel, a full-service, full-stack creative agency for the art world. I’m here celebrating the Julia Stoschek Foundation’s first U.S. exhibition, What A Wonderful World, which we led the marketing and digital strategy for. From location scouting to web design to full campaign rollout! It's on view through March 20 at the Variety Arts Theater in downtown LA. Free!"
What are you excited for?
"I’m really excited about the return of LACMA’s new Art + Technology Lab open call—and the fact that it’s happening alongside the extended Hyundai Artlab partnership through 2037 makes it feel like there’s real long-term momentum behind art and tech in the city."
Wha makes LA Art Week special to you?
"The entire city feels like a decentralized museum, from Felix taking over the Roosevelt in Hollywood to artists taking over the former 99 Cents Store in Mid-City... then Mindy Seu hosting a salon in her own apartment. I love it all."
Michelle Laine
Bj Panda Bear
What are you wearing?
"I’m wearing Gucci sunglasses, Vitaly necklace, dollar sign ring by Andy Warhol, Raf Simons for Adidas sneakers, Zana Bayne bag, and a vintage '70s mens suit that I redesigned for myself."
What do you do?
"I’m a costume designer for feature films, commercials and music videos. And I’m partner in my family’s art gallery, Oolong Gallery, exhibiting at Felix Art Fair this year."
What are you excited for?
"I can’t wait for my next film (Strobe, directed by Taylor Cohen) to come out. It’s a physiological thriller about a DJ starring Suzanna Son, Mena Suvari, Laura Harrier, and Chace Crawford. I’m also excited for our current shows at our gallery with artists Raul Guerrero and William Leavitt. And I’m excited to go see two of the artists my partner Yves Rothman works with at Coachella in April, Blondshell and FKA Twigs."
What makes LA Art Week special to you?
"I really look forward to art week in LA every year; there’s so much excitement around it. I love all of the fashion and people watching. But most of all, I value the opportunity to see the work of so many emerging artists. There’s so much art that ends up in private collections so the fairs are the only way to view the works in person, and explore all the new talent."
Summer Bowie
Bj Panda Bear
What are you wearing?
"Vince suit and loafers."
What do you do?
"Managing Editor at Autre Magazine."
What are you excited for?
"I’m excited for Nithya Raman’s mayoral campaign."
What makes LA Art Week special to you?
"Art Week is great because the city’s art institutions bring their strongest exhibitions, which makes up for the lack of curatorial intent within the fairs themselves. But the fairs are great because they bring everyone together from faraway places and provide the container for them to share ideas."
