SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6—SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7
WHO: Electronic Waste Collection Event
WHAT: OK, not a sale, but a good event! Dispose of your old Computer Monitors, Television sets, PC Systems, Printers, Laptops, Copiers, Scanners, Fax Machines, Toner Cartridges, UPS & PDAs, Power Supplies, Main Frame Units, Networking Equipment, Mother Board Systems, VCR/VCD/DVD Players, Home Entertainment Systems, Landline and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'ECO'
Sales—Free E-Waste Collection Event, Benefiting Fairfax High School
February 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ECO, EVENT, SALE
Tags: E-Waste Collection Event·ECO·Electronic Waste Collection·Events·Sales
Jewels—Newton’s Cradle to Extinct Currency, ANKH Designer Racquel Honoré Turns Time Traveler with MMX Collection
January 21st, 2010 · No Comments · ACCESSORIES, ECO, JEWELRY
Multicolored Graphic Penny necklace; penny studs; glossy Newton’s Cradle beads
I’ve talked about her before—jewelry designer, stylist and all-around very cool woman Racquel Honoré. Her latest ANKH by Racquel Honoré collection is dubbed MMX (that’s 2010 for all you Roman numeral-challenged folks)—her muse, “a mythical time-traveling vagabond who goes back and forth in time creating adornments [...]
Tags: ANKH by Racquel Honore·ANKHBYRACQUEL.com·Blade Runner·Church·Jewels·Kurt Vonnegut·LABEL·MMX·Racuqel Honore·Sirens and Sailors·Sonya Ooten
B+S Eats—Follow Up on Saint Benoît Yogurt Pricing, Good News
December 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments · EAT, ECO
Alright, I know I was just raving about my love affair with Saint Benoît Yogurt, but I would be remiss not to let you know about my financial findings yesterday at Whole Foods.
As I mentioned, you can either keep and resuse the ceramic packaging or return it to the market for a deposit, and [...]
Tags: B+S Eats·Saint Benoît Yogurt·Whole Foods
Designers—Standout Indie Designers and Artisans at Unique LA
December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · ACCESSORIES, ART, BAGS, DECOR, DESIGN, EAT, ECO, EVENT, FASHION, HOME, JEWELRY
— Text and photos by Christina von Messling
Unique LA took place this past weekend in Downtown, and I must say it was a great experience. Since it’s the beginning of the holiday season, I was still lacking some bigger and a lot of smaller gifts, and the idea of finding something more creative than a [...]
Tags: California Market Center·ChocoVivo·Cut by Wesley·Designers·Dry Sense of Humor·Events·Fashions·Gräf & Lantz·Jules Elin·Knickerrocker·Michelle Moode·Nichola Thompson·Oh Hello Friend·Poubelle Paste and Paper·Selina Vaughan·Shirted Prints·Unique LA·Wesley Stiller
Shop In Shops—Artists Collab with Commune for Community Shop
November 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · ACCESSORIES, ART, BABY, BAGS, CULTURE, DECOR, DESIGN, ECO, EVENT, FASHION, HOME, JEWELRY
Every kid’s dream fort—an actual tent
Design firm Commune has collabed with a stellar list of artists to create a pop up shop, located in its 650 North Robertson Boulevard studio (an awesome space I wish I could move into), just south of Santa Monica in West Hollywood. It’s open Tuesdays and Thursday from 2pm-6pm and [...]
Tags: Alma Allen·April Napier·Atwater Pottery·Clare Vivier·Dream Collective·E.R. Butler & Co·Free City·Greybull Nation·Heath Ceramics·Kathryn Bentley·L'Oeil de Vert·L'Oeil du Vert·Matteo·Reform Gallery·Robert Lewis·Shop In Shops·Steve Halterman·Tanya Aguiniga
Eco—Alternative Apparel’s ‘ReThink’ Campaign Cozies Up at Petit Ermitage
November 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · ECO, EVENT, FASHION
— Text and photos by Keri Pina
Alternative Apparel celebrated the launch of ReThink on Thursday night in effort to raise awareness with Global Green USA—a nonprofit dedicated to finding solutions to global warming and creating green schools for today’s youth. Supporters are offered a free Global Green Think Earth Tee as a reward for charitable [...]
Tags: Alternative Apparel·ECO·Global Green USA·Petit Ermitage Hotel·ReThink
Questions—Know Any Cool Fabric Shops?
October 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · DESIGN, ECO, FASHION
Ashanti Fabrics from Viva Vena Cava
Ever since Ma Frangine emailed me the following fabric question (my apologies, it was a while ago), I’ve been avidly following the fashion blog. Always so nice when people reach out! The question?
I am looking for cool fabric shops in LA. Do you know of any good ones? I [...]
Tags: Aero & Co·Alisa Loftin·Ashanti Fabrics·Corinne·Corinne Grassini·International Silks & Woolens·Ma Frangine·Michael Levine·Mood Fabrics·Questions·Ragfinders·Society for Rational Dress·Vena Cava
Shops—Former ‘Vogue’ Editor and YSL Muse Gale Parker Brings Clothespin to Melrose
October 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments · ACCESSORIES, ECO, FASHION
Intriguing news on the retail front. Fashion vet Gale Parker—she was Vogue’s youngest fashion editor, a design director for Ralph Lauren women’s collection, and a muse for Valentino, Warhol and YSL—is set to open Clothespin at 8654 Melrose Avenue, on the stretch between Balenciaga and Alberta Ferretti, on November 6.
Parker, formerly married to sustainable [...]
Tags: Alberta Ferretti·Andy Warhol·Balenciaga·Clothespin·Gale Parker·Ralph Lauren·Shops·Sim Van der Ryn·Valentino·Vogue·YSL
LA Fashion Week—Popomomo, It’s All About the Back
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · ECO, EVENT, FASHION
Click images to expand
Eco label Popomomo presented spring 2010 on the stage of the LA Theatre, where onlookers from a circle of chairs watched models pose and tie colored tape at various angles of a contraption made of planks of wood. Dresses of hemp/organic cotton were the main event here—from the front, simple sheathes or [...]
Tags: Free People·LA Fashion on Broadway·LA Fashion Week·Lizz Wasserman·Los Angeles Theatre·Popomomo·Urban Outfitters
Shuttering Shop News—Romp Closing on West 3rd, Moving to NYC
October 1st, 2009 · No Comments · ECO, FASHION
Romp at 7982 West 3rd Street, just west of Fairfax, is closing up shop, apparently later today. So, if you go there, like right now, you’ll find 80% off its merch—eco-luxe leather to lingerie. An email from the boutique indicates the UK-based company is relocating to NYC.
Tags: Romp·Shuttering Shop News
Shops—Portola Paints Opens on West 3rd
September 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · DECOR, DESIGN, ECO, HOME
Click to expand images
I keep just missing Portola Paints, trying to drop by at the end of the day when it’s already closed, but the eco-minded paints and glazes shop is open at its new 8213 West 3rd Street location, next to Toast. The interior, exterior and decorative paints shop, which moved from Studio City, [...]
Tags: Portola Paints·Shops·Toast
B+S Wants—Kristinit’s Sweet, Sexy ‘Brazil’ Dress
September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · ECO, FASHION
Click to expand
I am in love with this dress. The ‘Brazil’ dress by LA label Kristinit landed in my inbox from the talented hands of LA designer Kristina Lenss, part of her LOVE campaign collection for fall, which melds sustainable fabrics with handmade lace meticulously woven by artisans in the Amazon. For me, the collection [...]
Tags: B+S Wants·Fashions·Kristina Lenss·Kristinit·LOVE Campaign

