Take a Load Off Metal
Photo by Dan Little, HRL Laboratories LLCResearchers at UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have introduced a new metal material that is “about one hundred times lighter than Styrofoam,” thanks...
Marco Marco Tones Down the Rock Star
The new line Collection 1 by Marco Marco. Photo credit. MarcoMarco.Just a few nights before the American Music Awards, studio for designer Marco Marco was atwitter with activity creating red carpet dresses for the atelier’s music industry clients....
Three Stores in One: Undrest Opens on Melrose
Undrest is stretching out its limbs and growing new branches. The brand’s new store on Melrose Ave. (formerly on Robertson Blvd.) is like three mini shops under one roof: the original Undrest lingerie and loungewear; Undrest By The Sea swim and resort...
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Is the Fashion Week Scheduling Stand Off Over? New York and London Offer to Move Dates (Fashionista)Rabia Z. Fashion Show Brings 'Modest' Couture...
Jessica Alba Sparkles with Swarovksi for the Holidays
Jessica Alba sparkles in Swarovski.Jessica Alba and Swarovski Elements are celebrating the holidays with plenty of sparkle. The actress hosted a private dinner last night to fête Swarovski Elements’ and Rodeo Drive’s first holiday...
New Media Technologies Put Trade Shows on Path to Innovation
For years, trade shows were saddled with the reputation of being disconnected meet-and-greets in over-air-conditioned convention centers, but now they offer distinct personalities, online communities ...
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Gwen Stefani’s New Kids Clothing Line (Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Runway blog)Collette Dinnigan is famous by design (New Zealand...
No Save for Hope
Derek Hough, Karina Smirnoff, Cheryl Burke, Rob Kardashian, Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez (photo by Adam Taylor/ABC)Hi Everyone,Last night was elimination night no. 9 on “Dancing With The Stars”—countdown to the finale!The show opened with Len Goodman’s encore performance of Rob and Cheryl’s carnival rainbow...
CityTarget Moving into Westwood
There's going to be a new retail kid on the block in Westwood next year.Target Inc. is planning to take over an empty retail space once occupied by Home Depot's Expo store, the higher-end version of the home supply...
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Miss Piggy's moment in the fashion spotlight (Telegraph)Lady Gaga gets nasty in split with her longtime stylist (Chicago Sun-Times)Mexican Runways...
What's Checking: New Faces and Traditional Vibes on Vermont
Call 2011 a year of change for Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles’ Los Feliz neighborhood....
Samba Surprise
Tom Bergeron, J.R. Martinez, Karina Smirnoff, Cheryl Burke, Rob Kardashian, Hope Solo, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ricki Lake, Derek Hough (Photo by Adam Taylor/ABC)Hi Everybody!It’s SEMIFINALS! On “Dancing With the Stars” and each celebrity had to perform three dances—The...
Loving the Suit
Yaroslaw Szychulda takes Thomas Pogue's measurements for a made-to-measure shirt. Looking on is Aaron Cordell, managing partner for Klein Epstein Parker.Los Angeles is famously a jeans and T-shirt town, but Dutch transplant Jeroen Bik thinks he can...
Brigade LA Takes A Bow
Models showing Brigade LA's contemporary, casual styles.There’s always a crowd around the Bottega Louie restaurant at the corner of West 7th Street and South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles.It’s a great spot to open a fashion boutique,...
Silver & Freedman to Dissolve in 2012
After 36 years, Silver & Freedman is taking down its shingle. ...
