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This weekend, we stumbled into a couple of beneath-the-radar sales that were so juicy, we almost had to pinch ourselves to make sure we weren’t dreaming. OK, not really, but we definitely had to keep the credit card under wraps. First up: Confederacy. You probably already knew that Rebecca Minkoff took over the front part [...]
Since we run a fashion website and write about the stuff for a living, it seems we’re supposed to be up on fashion blogs and people who post pictures of their outfits on-line. Sorry to say that we’re not. Like, at all (but we have been following the case of the LAUSD teacher who is accused of spoon feeding jiz to his students quite closely). Can anyone help with the below?
La Mill, the luxury Silver Lake coffee purveyor where an $8 cup o’Joe is the norm, may have taken their chicken and arugula salad off the menu (bastards), but there is still reason to hit up the impeccably-designed food spot with the opening of their L. Bazaar general store.
Located directly next to the existing restaurant, L. Bazaar promises to carry an array of bath, beauty and home goods in addition to gourmet chocolates, cheeses and other bad-for-the-butt delicacies. Expect Cavallini & Co. stationary, Mason Pearson hairbrushes and Guy Degrenne flatware as well as body lotions from Tocca, Caldrea soaps and various other decadent, non-essential items that make perfect hostess gifts (or just a pretty pick-me-up for those less-than-stellar days).
When you’re done buying your $100 hairbrush and block of rare brie, head next door for a buzz-inducing $5 iced Americano. While you’re there, please join us in begging the chef to reinstate their $12 scoop of chicken salad to the menu, which we firmly believe was among the best chicken salads in the entire city. Perhaps we should start a petition (power in numbers, y’all).
1636 Silver Lake Blvd.,Los Angeles. Noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. (323) 663-4441. lamillcoffee.com
1) Check out the new Crybaby Presents popup. The East Coast experimental popup leaves its digs on La Brea and sets up temporary shop at Space 15 Twenty. The popup will feature some pretty impressive indie designers: Surface to Air, Minimarket, Illesteva, Samantha Pleet and Hansel from Basel, among many others. The opening night party features [...]
L.A. brand Jet by John Eshaya always does fabulous jeans, usually in crazy colors and super-slim fits. But for Spring, we’re really pining for the label’s Crossback Camp shirt ($150), available in sky-blue and white. It’s so rare to see a creative (but low-key) play on the classic button-front shirt. Loving, lusting.
We’re going to save all of the hipster jokes and just bring you what’s really awesome news: by popular demand, some of LA’s craftiest artisans, designers and crafters are having an event in Brooklyn. The aptly-named Beautiful Dreamers will feature well-established talent, some of LA’s soon-to-be-no-longer hidden gems, and designers who are thoroughly, uniquely [...]
As someone who fancies herself a tech nerd, my life has vastly improved since buying an iPhone (minus the fact that I can’t seem to grasp typing on the thing and people often think I’m drunk at inappropriate times of the day). With the addition of Spotify, Siri and all of my new toy’s genius features, I now also have the ability to download a wonderful array of apps that, too, have changed my life for the better.
And one such fashion app is Poshmark, a completely brilliant way to sell the clothes and accessories that no longer fit in your closet. Using your Facebook account as your log-in, Poshmark (which is free) allows you to take a picture of an an item, price it and post if for Poshmark users to see. The community in general or just your Poshmark followers can then like your item, share it to their social networks and, if you’re having a lucky day, buy it. Poshmark then facilitates your payment and sends you shipping labels, all for a 20 percent piece of the action (the figure may seem high, but Wasteland and Buffalo Exchange technically take 65 percent of what they get for your goods). The thing is so easy to use, that I literally listed a vintage pink lace dress while standing on a street corner the other day.
Vintage blouses, Herve Leger bandage dresses and Gucci pumps are just a few of the on-app items currently yours for the taking. And the company has even set up virtual ”Posh Parties” so users can come together and shop for specifically-themed goods at certain times. Come tomorrow night, the Silicon Valley-based company, which officially launched in December, will hit up L.A. for their first ever live Posh Party, taking place at the Crescent Hotel in Beverly Hills (which SSLA’s very own Emili Vesilind and, ahem, yours truly will be hosting).
From 6 to 9 p.m., come join us for a drink and learn how this cool piece of technology — which has the potential of supplementing your income in a very real way — works. Can’t make it? Fret not — the party will of course take place in the virtual world, too, so download the app and check it out.
And if you want to buy my vintage pink lace dress — which is just $35 on Poshmark now — I won’t stop you.
Thursday, February 2. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Crescent Hotel, 403 N. Crescent Dr., Beverly Hills. RSVP to: rsvp@poshmark.com
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Kelsi Smith is probably the hardest working non-designer in the LA fashion scene. The blogger/promoter/marketing maven/gal, who’s almost single-handedly rescued LA Fashion Week a bunch of times, recently coordinated a flea market stocked by friends, colleagues, fellow bloggers, and a few of our city’s rising design stars. On Sunday, we went down there to shop, [...]
The world’s most famous pinkhead, Tarina Tarantino, is going to dose DTLA with her pink, sparkly fairydust: She’s just announced plans to take over the historic L.L. Burns’ Western Costume Building on Broadway. The huge building will serve as ground zero for Tarantino’s creative endeavors: it will include a flagship retail boutique, design headquarters, production [...]
“This jewelry makes me want to eat it. It’s completely delicious. In fact it looks like it’s already been well-sucked.” Leave it to Tilda Swinton to inject something risque into what might otherwise have been just another Rodeo Drive boutique opening. The striking actress almost literally tent-poled the Pomellato debut last night, standing well over [...]
