Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

MacBook and old school hardback cover lovers rejoice, from Oh Joy!
— Howard Zinn died, he was 87 / Boston Globe
— J.D. Salinger died, he was 91 / Mercury News
— McCall’s Meat & Fish Co. Opens in Los Feliz / DailyCandy
— W Hollywood opens today / LAist
— Versace losing 25% of its workforce / FWD
— Forget Jenny [...]

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Penelope Cruz, from Vanity Fair
— William Safire, Times Columnist, Is Dead at 79 / NYT
— Fugitive filmmaker Roman Polanski is seized in Switzerland / LAT
— Gap Co-Founder Don Fisher Dead at 81 / StyleList
— Michel Berandi: Reason No. 1 to Care About LA Fashion Week / Style Section LA
— Jay Leno, A strikeout in NBC’s [...]

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Back in January, I heard from former Known LA owner Moonshine that RVCA would be coming into the old SLB space. All had been pretty quiet, and then Racked LA had been tipped that signs of the brand were up in the storefront windows and, indeed, there’s Erin Wasson, arms outstretched in only [...]

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May de Chelly rings; the abstract mold top right reminds me of a horse’s head; click to expand
There are a number of reasons why I frequent Aero & Co. on West 3rd Street—first and foremost, there’s owner Alisa Loftin’s depth of knowledge of LA’s fashion landscape (and beyond) and her keen eye and support of [...]

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What’s left at the Erin Wasson garage sale from Racked LA
Racked LA is there at the Erin Wasson garage sale, and by 10:57am it’s mobbed:
“The rack of clothes is already almost empty. There’s a five-item limit per person. I see a Marc Jacobs skirt for $40, YSL jeans for $50, lots of random tees.”
Depending how [...]

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— Shuttering Shop News—Cook’s Library Closing April 30
— Sales—Erin Wasson’s Garage Sale at Rogue Status in Venice Today!
— B+S Eats—Busy and Tasty First Night for Minestraio
— Shops—Opening Date for CB2 at 8000 Sunset
— TVs—Bania!
— Target—Rogan Rolling Out Loomstate April 19
— LA Fashion Week—BoxEight Day 2 Proves Rocky, But Captures Indie Spirit
— Shops—What Comes [...]

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Erin Wasson at the What Comes Around Goes Around party; click to expand
I can’t imagine the kind of frenzy this ‘garage sale’ will engender: Style File reports that model/RVCA designer Erin Wasson (just at the What Comes Around Goes Around party) is have a garage sale at Rogue Status (her boyfriend’s store) at 1720 Main [...]

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Mode/RVCA collab designer Erin Wasson was of the night’s hosts; click to expand
Last night, vintage spot What Comes Around Goes Around threw a grand opening bash at it new-ish shop at Space 15Twenty in Hollywood, hosted by Erin Wasson (in the skyest-highest black leather boots), Nicole Richie, and Rose Apodaca in literally head-to-tippy-tippy-toe Vivienne [...]

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Christian Siriano’s Shoes for Payless from The Cut
— The case of the Los Angeles council-race sign stealer / LAT
— JCrew’s Madewell opening store at Americana at Brand March 10 / WWD
— WWWWD! / The Cut/NY Mag
— An early look at Cavern, Cerre and Scout’s Hollywood outposts / Racked LA
— Madewell collabs with Shopbop for denim [...]

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Looks from RVCA
Word on the street—literally, I bumped into former Known LA owner Moonshine on West 3rd who had the following news—is that RVCA is taking the former SLB space at 501 North Fairfax Avenue.
Apparently, SLB owner/skater Sal Barbier is going to focus on wholesaling now. The Hundreds was thinking about taking the [...]

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