Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Chloe and Stella on sale at Barneys
CURRENTLY
WHO: Barneys
WHAT: Up to 40% off fall sale, including clothing, shoes, accessories for men, women, kids and home
WHERE: 9570 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, 310-276-4400, Mon-Wed & Fri-Sat 10am-7pm, Thu 10am-8pm, Sun 12pm-6pm ; Barneys CO-OP, 189 The Grove Drive, 323-761-5255, Mon-Thu 10am-9pm, Fri-Sat 10am-10pm, Sun 11am-8pm
THROUGH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29
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— Books—The Sartorialist, Part I, Surprisingly Mellow at Barneys Beverly Hills
— Books—The Sartorialist, Part II, Beverly Center, Past Panda Express, It Gets Stylish
— Eats—Doughboys Awnings, New Estimated Opening Date
— Shop In Shops—Rachel Pally Now Open on La Brea!
— Beauty—Paint Shop Beverly Hills to West 3rd November 3
— Target—Carlos Falchi Faux Python Handbags for the Holidays
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A hand-cut leather jacket from Cerre fall/winter 2009
For spring/summer 2010, Cerre opted to show a series of short films at its Hollywood store at 1647 North Las Palmas, culling together one of the most stylish groups of attendees I’ve seen thus far during LA Fashion Week (or rather, month). The dim-lit ambiance set an appealing [...]

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— Eats—Plywood Erected at Former Doughboys Space
— Drinks—Ed Hardy Rose or Chardonnay, Anyone…Anyone?
— Sales—Jamie Joseph Jewelry at Persimmon Saturday
— Eco—Alternative Earth Launchs ‘Think Earth’ Campaign at Sunset Marquis
— Target—Loomstate Preview in Venice
— Shop-In-Shops—Alexander Wang at Opening Ceremony
— Shops—Palmela G. Swimwear Taking Known LA Space
— Shops—The Green Easy, Medical Marijuana Purveyor
— Shops—The Scout, Cerre, [...]

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Scout on Cherokee and Cavern Collection and Cerre on Las Palmas, within walking distance of each other in Hollywood; click to expand
This past Saturday, I went to check out Hollywood’s new trio of shops—Scout having moved from West 3rd Street to 1646 North Cherokee Avenue, and Cerre and Cavern Collection debuting their first-ever boutiques right [...]

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The OPI salon in Studio City from LAT
— Fashion Week El Paseo: Juan Carlos Obando Show / Trade Talk
— Weiss website puts flattering headline over Times story / LAT
— OPI’s new ROB|B salon in Studio City / LAT
— Earthquake near Echo Park / The Eastsider
— Fashion Label Moves Into Former Lovecraft Biofuels Garage / Trade [...]

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Scout may have left our neck of the woods, but the fash-forward men’s and women’s boutique has reopened at 1646 Cherokee Street in Hollywood.
Will have to sojourn to check it out, along with Cerre…
» Shops—Big News, Scout Leaving West 3rd Street, Relocating to Hollywood

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— B+S Eats—Savoring Umami Burger, But Not Onion Rings or Inept Seating
— B+S Wants—Azature’s Dynasty Necklaces
— Shops—Phi and Mouawad Melrose Bound
— Shuttering Shop News—Melrose’s Dr. Tea’s Closes, Scouting New Location
— Beauty—The 411 on Lindsay’s Sevin Nyne
— Events—Heath Wedding Lounge Sunday, April 5!
— Shops—I Must Get to Cerre in Hollywood
— Beauty—West 3rd’s Le Labo [...]

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I’ve mentioned my love for Cerre handbags—lush leather creations with a bohemian elegance from designers Clayton and Flavie Webster. I was tipped by a simple email of three gorgeous photos that the duo has indeed debuted their Hollywood shop at 1647 North Las Palmas Avenue, opened from Tue-Sun 12pm-7pm. I must get there soon.
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— Beauty—Free Product Crawl at Bloomie’s, Macy’s and Nordstrom
— City—Last Sunday’s LA City Council District 5 Candidate Forum
— Shuttering Shop News—Zipper Leaving West 3rd, Consolidating to Sonoma
— Shuttering Shop News—Pinkyotto Closing, Moving Merch to Boston Boutique
— Eats—Corner Bakery Coming to Beverly Connection, A Salon Too
— Controversy—OMG! Fight at Little Next Door
— Shops—Cavern and Cerre [...]

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LA label Cavern, known for its stellar hand-drawn and printed graphics and minimal edge, has released more information about its flagship shop coming to 1645 North Las Palmas Avenue in Hollywood next month, which will be opening in conjunction with leather handbag and accessories label Cerre’s flagship. From Cavern’s blog:
“the boutique has been carefully [...]

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