Karl Logan; Leading Los Angeles Fashion Designer

Karl Logan, 43, one of Los Angeles’ top fashion designers. A native of Bakersfield, Logan studied fashion design at Los Angeles Trade Technical College and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York before he rose to prominence among contemporary Los Angeles designers in the mid-1980s. He launched his women’s wear collection in 1986 and won the California Designer of the Year Award, presented by the California Mart, in 1988. The next year he introduced a menswear collection and opened a Santa Monica store to showcase his designs. Logan closed his business in 1990, during the first wave of the recession. Last December, he announced plans to launch a new line for Cross Colours, a popular Los Angeles label for teen-agers. On Tuesday in Los Angeles of complications of AIDS.