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B+S Weekly Round-Up—November 2-6, 2009

November 7th, 2009 · No Comments · News

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— Beauty—Paint Shop Beverly Hills Now Open on West 3rd
— Shops—Congrats to Aero & Co on Ten Years! Check Out the New Blog!
— Beauty—Signs of Blo Salon on Santa Monica Near La Cienega
— Eats—Surya Closing in December, The Burger Factory Taking Its Place
— Beauty—Clinique Fresh Faces 2009 Tour Hits Westwood
— Shoes—CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund [...]

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Shop In Shops—Pop-Ups Galore, Social Primer at Alpha, Platine Barkery at Anya Hindmarch, Decadestwo at Post26

November 6th, 2009 · No Comments · ACCESSORIES, ART, DECOR, DESIGN, EAT, EVENT, FASHION, JEWELRY, SHOES

Decadestwo offerings hitting Post26 next week
Pop-up shops of a rather refined variety are flooding November. First up, Social Primer—that etiquette site on all things related to “Manners, Conversation, Style & Handling Your Liquor”—has already set up shop at Alpha at 8625 Melrose Avenue through December 31. Per SP, the shop-in-shop includes well-priced “made-to-order offerings including [...]

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Sales—Decolette Trunk Show at Vionnet, Elaine Kim Fall/Winter 2009, Code C Grand Opening, Temperley ‘Runway to Reality’ Event, Creative Recreation at Sportie LA, LA Eyeworks Sale, Alpha Pre-Holiday Sale

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments · SALE

Temperley ‘Runway to Reality’ on Friday!; click to expand
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
WHO: Vionnet
WHAT: House label Decolette (designed by Vionnet owner Delia Seaman) trunk show
WHERE:158 North Robertson Boulevard, West Hollywood, 310-289-9202, 10am-8pm
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
WHO: Elaine Kim
WHAT: Fall/winter 2009 collection celebration, featuring 10% off new fall merch (leather-trimmed leggings, cashmere tops, sculptural winter coats) and bubbly!
WHERE: 8373 West [...]

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B+S Weekly Round-Up—October 5-9, 2009

October 10th, 2009 · No Comments · News

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— Pets—Adorable Shep-Hound (Or Bass-Herd) Needs a Home
— Eats—Doughboys Reveals Its New Exterior
— Shops—Culver City’s Rolling Greens Nursery Expanding to Beverly Boulevard
— Eats—Butcher Shop/Cafe Salt’s Cure to Open Early 2010
— Causes—What a Croc, Leslie Mann, Lacoste and ‘Vogue’ Get Pink
— Causes—Breast Cancer Awareness, Flowers to Travel Cases Make an Impression
— Shop In Shops—More [...]

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B+S Notes—October 7, 2009

October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · News

Florals in Tokyo, from StreetPeeper
— Garance at Chanel spring 2010 / Garance Dore
— Alexander McQueen’s spacey sea nymphs / WWD
— Alexander McQueen’s Primordial Reveries / WSJ
— Looks cute, ASweet Boutique opens in Beverly Hills / Daily Candy
— Jason Travi’s 2nd Fraîche Restaurant Opens Next Wed…somewhere / Squid Ink
— N.Y. & C. Pizza plans grand opening this [...]

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Shops—Helmut Newton’s ‘SUMO’ Stops Traffic at Alpha

October 5th, 2009 · No Comments · ART, FASHION, LIT

Photos by Sky Yim
I get word from a B+S reader, who sent over these images, that Alpha’s windows at 8250 Melrose Avenue, featuring Helmut Newton’s SUMO—now avail in a smaller, more affordable $150 edition—is “Causing people to pull over and get out of their cars.” I guess that’s what a life-size portrait of a [...]

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Sales—Satine, Alpha, Intuition, Hayden-Harnett, APC

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · SALE

Liberty (shown) and Madras collections on sale at APC
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WHO: Satine
WHAT: Now, 50%-70% off sale in-store and online
WHERE: 8117 West Third Street, 323-655-2142, Mon-Sat 11am-7pm, Sun 12pm-6pm
CURRENTLY
WHO: Alpha
WHAT: Now up to 75% off clothing
WHERE: 8625 Melrose Avenue, 310-855-0775, Mon-Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 12pm-5pm
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WHO: Intuition
WHAT: Pre-4th of July sale, featuring up to 80% off in-store and online; plus [...]

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Sales—Alpha, Poketo’s F%#k Cancer Silent Auction, Myne and Daftbird, Paperbag Princess Vintage Warehouse Sale, Modern Sage/Malgosia, James Perse, Coco de Mer, Masse Shopping Event

June 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · SALE

Pretty, pretty Mimi Holliday bra on sale for $20 at Coco de Mer
THROUGH TUESDAY, JUNE 30
WHO: Alpha
WHAT: Up to 50% off clothing
WHERE: 8625 Melrose Avenue, 310-855-0775, Mon-Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 12pm-5pm
FRIDAY, JUNE 5
WHO: Poketo Cancer Benefit & Art Auction
WHAT: ‘F%#k Cancer! We Love Justin‘ silent art auction, with 100% of proceeds to support recovery of [...]

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