Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

I spotted the “for lease” sign at 410 North La Cienega back in April, 2008 when there were racks of Love Amour’s boutique merch still lining the walls. I’m not exactly sure when photographic art center Art & Artifact took the space, but it couldn’t have been too long ago.

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Cathy Horyn on The Loss of Alexander McQueen / NYT
Alexander McQueen, Designer, Is Dead at 40 / NYT
British fashion icon Alexander McQueen commits suicide days after death of his beloved mother / Daily Mail
Alexander McQueen’s Final Tweets Reveal a Dark Side / The Cut
Twitter Reactions to McQueen’s Death / Heard on the Runway
Lady Gaga [...]

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Just read the W cover story on Rihanna. She’s only 21. Crazy. And what about the ‘Minx Money‘ nails she wore for the Grammys, customized and applied by celeb manicurist Kimmie Kyees? I can’t say much about her music, which has always seemed so young—she mentions this in the W article, that she’s trying to [...]

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I just have to note the crazy capitalization of ‘JWoWW.’ I don’t feel strongly about this in any way, buy why capital ‘J’ capital ‘W’ little ‘o’ capital ‘W’ capital ‘W’? But that’s probably the least of it…
Yes, you too can rock JWoWW’s (aka Jenni Farley, cast member of MTV’s reality show Jersey Shore) ‘infamous [...]

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Today’s abuzz with news that Sarah Jessica Parker may come on as a creative director for Halston. Given the Lohan/Ungaro debacle, and people’s lukewarm to ‘meh’ feelings about Parker’s Bitten line for now defunct Steve & Barry’s, fashion peeps online are very weary.
We get an update from WWD: “According to online reports, Parker [...]

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Photos by Martha Adams; click to expand
— Text by Keri Pina
Celebrating Taschen’s latest release, Los Angeles: Portrait of a City, Fendi and Vanity Fair held an outdoor evening gala to raise money for the Los Angeles Conservancy at the iconic Crossroads of the World. The scene felt very Wes Anderson—affluent guests swelling the courtyard around [...]

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— Text and (non-show) photos by Lilliam Rivera
As soon as I heard the ripping guitar of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” and saw Joey Arias strapped to a rotating wheel with puppet aliens ready to probe, I knew my night at Redcat was going to be far from sedate. Drag queen icon Joey Arias [...]

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Have you noticed the DJ AM tribute above Travis Barker’s Famous Stars and Straps shop on the northwest corner West 3rd and Crescent Heights? It’s by artist JoeX2, a project put together in collaboration with Barker and DJ AM’s managers and agent. I met JoeX2 and his wife, Lucinda, at a Kingsbury event some time [...]

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— Text and photos by Lilliam Rivera
On Sunday, I strolled over to the indie bookstore Family to catch Spike Jonze, director of Where the Wild Things Are, give a quick Q&A and sign his great behind-the-scenes book on the movie titled Heads On and We Shoot. At 4:30pm, I was expecting a madhouse but instead [...]

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Missed this bit last week on LAist, so thanks to a B+S reader for pointing it out to me: Sean MacPherson is already quite the nightlife and food impresario (Roger Room, Jones, El Carmen, the Good Luck Bar, Swingers), and now state records reveal he’s added Orso at 8706 West 3rd Street to his list. [...]

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While new shops have opened recently at Sunset Plaza, Trade Talk reports that high-end women’s boutique On Sunset will be closing its doors on December 1. Owner Lauralee Bell—an actress on The Young and The Restless until ‘06, co-producer of Family Dinner on Funny or Die—told the blog that, combined with a rough retail [...]

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Leslie Mann; a ribbon skirt on display for the event; click to expand any images
— by Keri Pina
Vogue and Lacoste teamed up Monday night to host a benefit for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the launch of The Pink Croc Collection. The beach essentials selection ranges from pinked-out polo’s with king-sized crocodile [...]

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