Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

In case you were wondering, it’s a commercial space going in at the northeast corner of Melrose and Fairfax / Curbed LA
Abbot Kinney takes a hit, no more Equator Books, no more beauty spot Vert / Eater LA; Yo! Venice
The polls are in! Worst Angeleno of all time? Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa / Fishbowl LA
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A seersucker heel from Omelle’s spring/summer 2010 collection, from Nitrolicious
— State cuts give private colleges an edge / LAT
— Gold Line extension opens / LAT
— West Hollywood’s medical marijuana success story / LAT
— Review: Sarah Palin’s Going Rouge / WSJ
— Longest brunch ever, and not in a good way: Casa del Mar / ShopEatSleep
— W’s [...]

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Garance Dore’s work for French ‘Vogue’ (translated to English on her blog), following Carine Roitfeld on myriad fashion weeks; click to expand
— Psst, new estimated opening date for Doughboys / B+S
— My fashion week with…Carine Roitfeld / Garance Dore
— Grace Coddington Is Worried About How Young and Thin Models Are / The Cut
— PR gal [...]

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Looks from Texerov’s fall ‘09 collection; click to expand
Word comes from Vogue UK via Racked LA that Russian designer Alexander Terekhov will be bring his label, Terexov, to LA via a boutique on Robertson this summer.
Trained at YSL and having made a fan of his line out of Angelina Jolie, the 29-year-old designer is [...]

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The speed at which the knock-offs get produced these days is really quite impressive. Burbank’s Unique Vintage is carrying lesser-priced versions of gowns worn by Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet, Viola Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker and Natalie Portman to the Oscars. The dresses, made by Faviana, range from sizes 0 to 16 and from [...]

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Stuart Weitzman sparklers; click any images to expand
Who knew Stuart Weitzman was such a chatterbox? The veteran shoe designer couldn’t have been more welcoming or friendly on his annual jaunt to LA for the Oscars, set up in a suite at the London West Hollywood, with Warren-Tricomi providing blowouts/styling and makeup application with playful, colorful [...]

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