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Quiksilver Women's x Club98 Capsule Celebrates Female Surf Community
By Dorothy Crouch | January 21, 2022
Celebrating the female surf community, the QQuiksilver Women's x Club98 Capsule was recently released as a collaboration between the Huntington Beach, Calif., brand and the global organization of ocean lovers.
Pretty Ballerinas Dances Its Way to Beverly Hills
Does the ballerina style of shoe ever go out of fashion?Apparently not. Pretty Ballerinas, a line of ballerina-style footwear that is made by hand on the Spanish island of Menorca, is celebrating its 93rd year in business by opening a store...
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Paris Fashion Week: Jean Paul Gaultier Gets in the Aloha Spirit (Los Angeles Times) Bonnaroo 2011: Fashion Show Presents New Side of Festival (Herald Citizen)Fergie Steps Out in Two...
AdDress Remembers When Vintage Was Dirty Word
Maureen ClavinMaureen Clavin knew high end vintage retail back when it was called“resale.” Some of those memories were on display on June 23, when she threw a party for the 25th anniversary of her AdDress Boutique on 1116 Wilshire Blvd.,...
Billy Stade, Ann Taylor, XXI Forever Open at South Coast Plaza
SOUTH COAST PLAZA ANN TAYLOR PARTY: From left, Jennifer Segerstrom, Ann Taylor's Public Relations Director Andrew Taylor, Christina Ferguson, Irene Martino, Lizette Pribus, Anton Segerstrom, South Coast Plaza's general manager.South Coast Plaza...
Designer Lulu Guinness Makes Pin-ups Made of People
Guinness and her pin-screen contraption of genius. (Image courtesy of Lulu Guiness via NOTCOT)Guinness, known for her cheeky handbag designs, made a life-size pin-screen toy and then let people have at it. Obviously, it was awesome. Singles,...
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Milan Fashion Week: Giorgio Armani's Geometric Prints Charming (L.A. Times)Gretchen Rossi Judges OC Cotton Couture Fashion Show (Us Magazine)Luxe Travel...
Like Bringing Sand to The Beach
Festival style. Girls in oversize sunglasses and whatever BoHo trend is "it" that year: floral maxi dresses, teeny tiny cut-off shorts, Navajo everything, plaid, feathers. Don't even get me started on the dudes. Skinny jeans, plaid, board...
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Charlene Wittstock Finds Her 'Fashion Feet' (People Magazine)Galliano: Rants Fuelled by Drug Addiction, Not Bigotry (Toronto Star)Brazilian Fashion: Taking on...
Guess? New Store Look
Interior of Guess? Flagship on Third Street Promenade.The night was a fundraiser for The Museum of Contemporary Art – but the June 21 grand opening of the Guess? flagship on Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade was all about showing off a new prototype...
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Which Diva Belts Out the Loudest Fashion Hits? (Fashion For Lunch)Sao Paulo Fashion Week Roundup: Most Inventive, Edgy Looks (International Business Times)Project Runway...
Jedidiah's Business of Good
Jedidiah's Heal the Heartland TSan Diego’s Jedidiah Clothing label calls itself a company working for “the greater good,” and doing good has kept it very busy lately. When a tsunami and earthquake devastated northeastern Japan in...
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Weird Al Parodies Lady Gaga’s Fashion Choices in ’Perform This Way’ (Pop Crush)Buying Clothes Made Locally in L.A. (LA Times)Milan Fashion Week: Prada Packs a Perfectly...
Before She Was Miss USA, She Was Indigenous
Photo courtesy of the Miss USA/Miss Universe website. Haven’t I seen you somewhere before? We just got word from Santa Rosa, Calif.–based fair trade and eco-friendly label Indigenous Designs that the newest Miss USA, Alyssa Campanella, is also...
How to Make an Esquivel Shoe
Esquivel from David Hubert on Vimeo.Designer George Esquivel knows how to make a good shoe. The fact that his shoes are all made by hand in L.A. makes them even better in our book. The Council of Fashion Designers of America and, um, Anna...
Have Hat, Will Open Goorin Bros. Shop
Ben Goorin of Goorin Bros. in his brand's new Larchmont Village shopYes, there is a lot of money to be made in hats, according to Ben Goorin, owner of the Goorin Bros. hat brand and boutique chain. On June 16, he presided over the official debut of the 15th store in...
