Fashion Digital's annual event to announce "Best of LA" winners

The official Fashion Digital will host its annual retail executive summit in Los Angeles on May 19. This year will showcase Fashion Digital’s “Best of LA” winners during the conference spotlighting certain brands in the local area that have made prosperous use of digital platforms.

The “Best of LA” competition is hosted through Fashion Digital’s website. The company uses their generated Instagram content from each brand and has kept voting open until May 18. The idea is to show brands from L.A. that have empowered and effectively used technology in order to emphasize L.A. and SoCal culture. "We created 'Best of LA' to showcase emerging and iconic LA-based brands that are using digital channels to reach a global audience and influence fashion trends with their West Coast style and culture," said Sandy Hussain, chief executive officer of Fashion Digital.

The nominees for the event range from womenswear clothing, menswear clothing, accessories, footwear, lifestyle, beauty, and e-tailers. The nominees will be judged based on their efficient use of digital technology to reach a wider audience. The womenswear category includes Wildfox, For Love & Lemons, Trina Turk, Lovers + Friends, Reformation, Current/Elliot, and Stone Cold Fox. Menswear brands represented include John Elliot + Co, Obey, Buck Masin, Apolis, SkinGraft, DSTLD, and Stampd. For Footwear, the nominees are Toms, Vans, Matisse Footwear, Ugg Australia, Jerome C. Rousseau, Tieks by Gavrieli, and Jenni Kayne. E-tailers included in the contest are Nasty Gal, Revolve Clothing, Planet Blue, Violet Grey, Ron Herman, Maxfield LA, and Forward by Elyse Walker.

Fashion Digital was founded in 2012 by founder Sandy Hussain. The company’s mission is to build leadership focused on e-commerce and technology solutions for the fashion industry. The Fashion Digital holds annual events in Los Angeles, New York, and London. There are over 100 technology companies that support Fashion Digital including Magento, Shopstyle, eBay, Bronto, Qubit, and more.