Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Custom floral and botanical design studio Krislyn has closed its retail store, but is sticking close, opening a new studio accessible through the back entrance of the same building at 8216 West 3rd Street. Per the signage, it just opened Monday and is by appointment Monday-Thursday 10am-5pm, with open studio hours on Fridays 10am-5pm.
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Looks to be an Italian furniture showroom coming to 8783 Beverly Boulevard at Robertson and next to The Beverly Robertson building, which houses Coffee Bean and Jersi Salon. Brands include Baxter, Bontempi and Moroso. The big picture after the jump.

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Can we just stop for one moment and talk about Tanya Aguiñiga’s rope knot necklaces? Lilliam and I were totally transfixed when we first saw Aguiñiga’s work at Commune’s Community Shop pop up over the holidays—a mix of cool nautical bracelets, textural furniture pieces and colorful textiles that you want to wrap yourself up in, [...]

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Antiques store American Garage, specializing in Americana, folk art, industrial and rustic offerings, has left its 7934 West 3rd Street space for a TBA appointment-only location “to keep pace with these every changing times,” says its site, beginning February 1. Though American Garage was in that space for quite some time, its note seems [...]

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Interior TenOverSix photo from The Pipeline
Clearly, I’m a fan of accessories-focused boutique TenOverSix at 7427 Beverly Boulevard. The shop owners/designers Kristen Lee and Brady Cunningham and owner Joe Cole deserve a big congrats as we find out from The Pipeline that the shop will have a “miniature version of TenOverSix inside The Future Perfect’s NY [...]

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A+R co-owner/fashion writer Rose Apodaca gives us a tease of information about some sort or expanding in the city, involving designer Barbara Bestor no less! The big question is whether this is expanding the Abbot Kinney boutique or a new location…

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Have you noticed the Beverly Connection’s new black trim? I think it’s a bit of an improvement, gives the big box some definition, but it also looks a bit ’80s or something… Thoughts?
A couple more angles…

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Alright, alright, iPhone, you win! You win! I’ve resisted you all this time—kind of, of course, I did want you, like everyone else in the world. In fact, the dad asked me over the holidays if I was still holding dear to my Blackberry or if my heart was on to the iPhone. Not his [...]

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After an impressive 10 years in business, lifestyle shop Blanche & Co. closed shop yesterday at 8315 West 3rd Street. I ran in toward the end of the day and picked up a handful of Rhodia notepads, Parisian magnets, and a pale blue glass bowl perfect for serving a colorful salad or pasta, all 50% [...]

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While I haven’t yet had a chance to explore (I happened by on a Sunday), new flower, art and tea shop/salon Marcelita L’Art et Le Thé is now open in the former Zipper space at 8316 West 3rd Street. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, I’m intrigued by a blooming bicycle perched inside.
Check the interior…

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— Text and photos by Christina von Messling
“I was jumping up and down when my husband showed me Simone’s website,” Pooneh Mohajer-Arnold, COO of Tokidoki remembers about her first encounter with creative director Simone Legno’s work.
That was back in 2003, and a lifestyle-empire and a couple of store openings (in Milan and New York) [...]

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