LOS ANGELES, Mar 12, 2004/ FW/ --- Lloyd Klein kicks off Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios on Monday, March 29, 2004, signaling the designer’s return to the runway after a near fatal accident in Paris last February.

Lloyd Klein who has his U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles will show his Fall 2004 collection at the City of Angels for the first time.

Richard Tyler, who showed his couture collection in New York headlines Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios with his Tyler line, the designer’s diffusion line aimed at a younger market. He will be staging his Tyler Fall 2004 collection at Stage One on Thursday, April 1, 2004.

Design houses Custo Barcelona and Lady Enyce, which historically show in New York will also be on stage at Smashbox Studios.

Returning on the Los Angeles runways are Eduardo Lucero, Pegah Anvarian, Sue Wong, Sanctuary, Louis Verdad, and Michelle Mason.

New names include Tomer, Naqada, Lords, and Single.