Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

You can count the ways in which I love designer Clare Vivier’s handbags—literally, starting back last March at a trunk show at Taylor de Cordoba gallery, and then onward, I fell in love with La Trop, obsessed over the navy messenger bag, dreamed of outfitting my MacBook with a suede Vivier sleeve, and then, boom!, [...]

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James Franco on ‘General Hospital,’ from WSJ
— Swine flu scare prompts L.A. theater to cancel performances / Culture Monster
— Happy hour at Froma on Melrose / GrubStreet LA
— Eat My Blog Bake Sale at Zeke’s Smokehouse in WeHo Sat / Dishing Up Delights
— Alcove in Los Feliz gets a bar / Daily Dish
— Layoffs at DailyCandy, [...]

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I’ve already given you ample info about Sugar Lilie Dessous Prives, but now the lingerie boutique is open, so I bestow on you a few snaps from the opening party, along with some of the merch now in-store—namely, bras and panties in myriad styles and colors from Wundervoll (Germany), Nichole de Carle (England), Marlies Dekkers [...]

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Rachel Pally debuted her pop-up shop at West 3rd and 6th; click to expand images
A fashion-y crowd came out last night for the launch of Rachel Pally’s pop-up shop at 456 South La Brea Avenue, where the designer’s flattering jersey creations (dresses long and short, tunics and tops, sexy jumpers) line long white walls, leading [...]

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Loeffler Randall launches ecommerce
— Bistro LQ for $40! / Food Marathon
— Make/Shift Rethinks Vintage for Today’s Recessionista / Trade Talk; previously
— Osteria La Buca Expands Into Retail / Eating LA
— DailyCandy is going to do online sample sale-ing / Racked LA
— LA Didn’t Mind Barneys-Style Bloody Windows / Racked NY
— Billion Dollar Babes hits LA [...]

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I heart Treat Street and the baking trio’s relentless creativity! This was a tie-dye birthday cake for Treat Street-er and Los Angeles DailyCandy editor Crystal Meers. Genius.
» Sugar High on Treat Street

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Thanks to writer extraordinaire Emili Vesilind for including B+S in her recent LA Times story, ‘Fashion world turns to bloggers to get the word out,’ an interesting read about the LA online landscape, which includes some of my favorite peeps (DailyCandy’s Crystal Meers and Society for Rational Dress designer Corinne Grassini, I’m looking at [...]

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Lego jewelry by Emiko Oye from ReadyMade
— Barbie’s Q BBQ Truck / DailyCandy
— No Cookie Left Behind bake sale June 14! / All Kinds of Yum
— The Farmer’s Kitchen in Hollywood / Vital Juice
— Villaraigosa’s new girlfriend / Franklin Avenue
— DailyCandy and Target partner up / WSJ
— Lego jewelry! / ReadyMade
— MySpace Muses / [...]

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Ahhh, the very talented Crystal Meers—Los Angeles Editor of DailyCandy and stupendous and endlessly creative Treat Street baker—sent over this friggin’ adorable birthday card from Someecards.com. Cheeky, fun, modern with a sideswipe of, yikes, truth, check ‘em out!

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Copy Collection at Kingsbury
— The new Ed Hardy Outlet and other stores Downtown / LA Downtown News
— Segway PUMA takes to the streets / TreeHugger
— Beauty vending machine at Fred Segal / DailyCandy
— DailyCandy enters into video / DailyCandy
— Men’s Copy Collection at Kingsbury /Thrillist
— Miss Trish of Capri for Target now avail / Target
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Seatbelt bag purveyor Harveys has opened at 7955 Melrose Avenue, just west of Fairfax and right next to Tarina Tarantino. As I mentioned, I haven’t thought about seatbelt bags in years, but all this time Harveys has been around, with one shop in Chino Hills and one in Santa Ana.
I was ready to be underwhelmed [...]

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XLarge’s Cookie Monster from Hypebeast
— Sweet gingham kicks by Keep Company on Fairfax / Keep Company
— LA’s Geren Ford launches Hawks fragrance at Urban Outfitters / All the Rage
— Burger King Can’t Give Away their New Burgers? / LAist
— Melrose Community Can View Crime Maps Online / LAist
— LAist’s Julie Wolfson guest blogs on Design*Sponge [...]

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