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While the “dance party as fashion show” concept doesn’t have a lot of fans, we rather like the idea — it’s fun! There’s music! It gives you the chance to see how clothes will look on real bodies who do something besides strut down the runway with a dead-eyed look! And last Thursday, we [...]
1). Booze and cruise the amazing deals at the Tiny Bandit sample sale. This is a favorite, we went all the time when this sale was held at Malo. No lie, I bought an Akiko dress for $30 and found the same dress online at Neiman Marcus for $250. SCORE! This time, the sale sets [...]
Alpha: Gear for Gents, the WeHo specialty boutique that stocked the best men’s gifts in the city, is closing its doors. And it’s hosting an “Another One Bites the Dust” sale starting today through April 1 (when is closes to good), with merch marked down up to 60% off. Co-founded by Darren Gold and Decades’ [...]
Cult kidswear brand Little Warrior has some pretty big things in store for 2012 — like an actual store, for starters. The growing label will set down some roots inside Filth Mart on Fairfax. It’s kind of the whole “circle of life” thing, since Little Warrior started out as Filth Mart pieces that were reworked [...]
Now that a company website is de rigueur for a fashion business, everyone has one—and sometimes designers wonder if anyone is reading their around-the-studio posts. Nathalie Seaver, who owns an eponymous boutique for ready-to-wear and gifts on West Third Street, found out last week just how powerful such a platform can be. After having seen [...]
Save your frozen Amy’s burrito for another meal — tonight, we’re hosting a dinner with genius social dining website Grubwithus.com, and you’re invited to eat, drink and be merry with an intimate group of new friends and old!
Grubwithus.com takes the concept of social networking into the actual real world with member-planned meals at restaurants around town. Other members can then sign up to participate in meals of their choice, with themes such as East Side 30-Somethings and Silicon Beach Startups bringing like-minded individuals together. Menus at each restaurant are arranged beforehand, with most three-course offerings coming in at under $35.
And tonight it’s our turn to play host when we’ll have dinner at Cafe Med in West Hollywood at 7:30. Come to talk about fashion, life in L.A. or simply to chow down on Cafe Med’s yummy farfalle con Salmone, which is just one option available on our custom three-course menu. Tickets are $32 and can be purchased here.
We promise to make you laugh and we might even tell the story about the time we drove Andy Dick home from a club (it would be worth $32 even without Tiramisu, trust).
So sign up for Grubwithus.com and join us for dinner tonight! We can’t wait!
Living in L.A. — where every night seems to bring another store opening, bar preview, dinner party or film screening — it’s fairly easy to become a casual lush without even trying. And that wouldn’t be such a bad thing, if only all the open bars didn’t come with empty calories, too.
But at recent fashion events at the likes of Stylehaus in West Hollywood and Venice’s Urbanic Paper Boutique, we’ve had the pleasure of discovering a tasty beverage combo that provides adequate zip without the fear of the dreaded booze pooch.
Enter Voli Vodka, a “light” alcoholic concoction that has 43 calories per ounce to standard vodka’s 73. Since we haven’t been into shooting the stuff straight up since our younger years (or, uh, last Saturday night), we were also elated to discover Refine Mixers at our last weekday outing, which is a zero calorie, aspartame-free mixer that provides a welcome alternative to Sugar Free Red Bull’s metallic taste of death. The liquid mixer comes in three flavors — Margarita, Mojito and Cosmo — each made with Stevia, the all-natural sweetener we use instead of sugar when cooking at home. Each bottle is $8.99 and available at Von’s and Cost Plus World Market, while bottles of Voli go for $24.99 at BevMo.
We happen to think that Voli and Refine are the perfect one-two punch of low-cal boozing, whether you’re party hopping or simply enjoying a night cap from the comfort of your couch.
Photo: Refine Mixers’ Jason Shenitzer serves up low-cal Voli/Refine cocktails at a recent shopping event in Hancock Park.
The name may make it sound like another craft-crammed Silver Lake boutique, but Bee Free marks another turn in the chic-ification of the boho neighborhood. The airy shop for women’s clothing and accessories opened its doors in February across the street from LaMill Coffee. The former dog-grooming location has been expanded and renovated, with a [...]
We are total suckers for a good gimmick, and the Me Undies vending machine located inside of Confederacy…well, it’s not the best gimmick ever, but it’s pretty fun. Rest assured, this isn’t like the creepy machines in Japan: the underwear are all factory sealed and brand-spankin’ new. The brand also makes unmentionables for the ladies, [...]
Cooler than “beachy” highlights and more subtle than all-out Manic Panic dye-job, pastel-hued highlights are looking so very right right now. Emily Browning, Kate Bosworth and Taryn Manning were among the first celebs to, well, dip, into the look late last year. Browing, in particular, looked amazing with the ends of her short brown bob [...]
