By Erin Weinger on December 10, 2009
California cobbler George Esquivel, known for his handcrafted foot candy and recent CFDA nod, is hosting a sample sale as part of tonight’s annual West Third Street Holiday Party. Find a selection of shoes (mostly men’s styles with a few looks for the ladies scattered throughout) starting as low as $150 with the majority of pairs topping out at $350. According to our peeps on the inside, these suckers are “priced to move.”
George Esquivel Sample Sale tonight, Thursday December 10. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Esquivel House, 8309 W. Third St., Los Angeles. Enter through alleyway courtyard on Sweetzer or Flores.
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By Erin Weinger on December 1, 2009
What: Limited edition sneaker collab by Apliiq and The People’s Shoe.
Why (if you’re nice): Pure local love–Apliiq is based in downtown L.A. and The People’s Shoe was founded by Laguna Beach native Anton Brandt. Granted the $64 kicks are made slightly outside L.A. in a Chinese factory (with very high quality of life standards in place, we might add), but they’re shipped in reusable canvas totes (no cardboard boxes or polluting plastic baggies necessary) and a percentage of profits go to the Los Angeles Mission on Skid Row, very local indeed.
Why (if you’re naughty): Seersucker. Enough said.
Where: Apliiq’s Website
Photo: Apliiq.com
Why (if you’re nice): Pure local love–Apliiq is based in downtown L.A. and The People’s Shoe was founded by Laguna Beach native Anton Brandt. Granted the $64 kicks are made slightly outside L.A. in a Chinese factory (with very high quality of life standards in place, we might add), but they’re shipped in reusable canvas totes (no cardboard boxes or polluting plastic baggies necessary) and a percentage of profits go to the Los Angeles Mission on Skid Row, very local indeed.
Why (if you’re naughty): Seersucker. Enough said.
Where: Apliiq’s Website
Photo: Apliiq.com
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By Editors on November 10, 2009
By Editors on November 6, 2009
It isn’t often that I dream of living in Seattle. Anytime I’m up there I feel like I’m caught in a squall without a trenchcoat—literally, and sometimes metaphorically. Say what you will about L.A., but our non-existent rates of Season Affectivity Disorder are nothing to sneeze at. But the men’s fashion does transcend a post-grunge “nod to the crispy Seattle weather,” as Cher Horowitz once said. As independent men’s stores go, Blackbird in Seattle’s seaside Ballard neighborhood is tough to beat, and worth a visit when you’re in the Pac NW.
Barring that, owner Nicole Miller’s online shop has consistent prime finds—most recently a collaboration with Alden for a stunning wingtip blucher ($470), made of “100% calf leather blucher style wingtip with Goodyear welt construction in dark burgundy.”
The store’s own product shots always give between-the-lines styling advice as well—skinny, dark-rinse jeans w/ a single cuff work so well with these beauties, it’s practically a fashion symbiosis equivalent of the shark and remora.
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By Emili Vesilind on November 2, 2009
Drool Nation. A friend just forwarded me the website to Luxury Jones, an indie clothing brand based in Portland, Ore., designed by ex-Echo Park denizen, Nikki Eatman (who is rumored to be moving back to L.A. soon).
The clothes are good, but the boots ($240 to $340) are divine. She takes used cowboy boots, folds over the shanks, and wraps all manner of glittery goods around the short, stout ankles — old necklaces, belts, bracelets, etc. The effect is a little bit country, a lot rock ‘n roll. The Western-cum-glam aesthetics almost affect an 80s Guns ‘n Roses feel — which is always rad in my book.
Available at Madley, 1225 Abbott Kinney Blvd., Venice, 310-450-6029.
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