MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA: A year after the Lindsey Lohan drama, proud Esteban Cortazar, who would rather walk out than compromise his standards, is doing just fine.

On Monday night, his show–a collaboration with local retailer Exito–kicked off Colombian Fashion Week 2010 held in Medellin, a couple of hours away from his natal Bogota.

In the footsteps of Karl Lagerfeld for H&M, or Christopher Kane for Topshop, Cortazar’s democratized fashion presented a range of items from $12 to $200.

And the show certainly didn’t give the price away.

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