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3MG's Murs, Eligh and Scarub and a whole lot of cell phones.

Hip-hop legends Murs, Eligh and Scarub kicked off LACMA’s Through the Mic series last night. Murs worked with the museum to create the new concert series, which explores contemporary Los Angeles hip hop and takes place the third Thursday of every month, in front of the museum’s famed Urban Light sculpture.

The sold-out show injected the museum with two hours of spirited fun and a lively sense of style.

InStyle Fashion Director Hal Rubenstein discusses Liz Hurley's 1994 Versace safety-pin dress with Los Angeles Times Fashion Critic Booth Moore.

The launch of Liz Hurley’s career wasn’t a film, it was her infamous safety-pin dress designed by Versace, which she wore to the premiere of then-boyfriend Hugh Grant’s “Four Weddings and A Funeral,” according to Hal Rubenstein, fashion director of InStyle magazine.

Everyone knows we're a city of stylish people. Now someone has chronicled exactly what makes L.A. fashionistas so unique.

In a book called "City of Style," Melissa Magsaysay dissects that look into various chapters that include trends such as romantic bohemian, glamour, skater and surfer, rocker, chola style, indie eclectic and casual chic.

SwimShow on the runway, photo by John Eckmier

The swim world is preparing for its annual trek to Miami Beach, and this July there will be a landmark occasion to celebrate. SwimShow, the swimwear industry’s longest running trade show, turns 30 this year. The Swimwear Association of Florida (SAF) will fête this milestone anniversary at its annual event July 21 to 24 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

The Annenberg Community Beach House

Sounds like the perfect way to spend a Monday by the beach talking about fashion.

Lucky Magazine is hosting its very first West Coast-oriented Fashion and Beauty Blog conference on April 30.

The one-day event takes place on the beaches of Santa Monica at the Annenberg Community Beach House -  that swanky place that used to be the home of long ago actress Marion Davies. (Her heartthrob was newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst.)

When designer Christa Halby was working in business development to promote investment opportunities in foreign countries, she knew that she wanted to do more to help people.

“After having spent years working in developing countries around the world, I wanted to find a way to work with the local people and help provide them with opportunities to make a living and achieve a sense of economic independence,” she said.
 

Executive Editor Alison Nieder might be channeling Thing
from The Addams Family

So, many of our readers probably wonder what we do when we're off deadline.

Here at the California Apparel News, we are always cruising for story ideas. But sometimes we cruise past the freight elevators and discover treasures left behind by some of the departing tenants and showrooms at the California Market Center, where our offices are located. 

One of the first things that struck me about the Jean Paul Gaultier retrospective exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco is the chatter. On my recent visit, the chatter came not from the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd, but from the mannequins.

Did you hear the one about the guy with the Dragon Pants at the Mitt Romney event in Wisconsin?