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B+S Weekly Round-Up—October 19-23, 2009

October 24th, 2009 · No Comments · News

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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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LA Fashion Week—Wearability Takes the Runway at The Battalion, Future Heretics, Fremont

October 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · EVENT, FASHION

A Look from The Battalion
— Texts and photos by Christina von Messling
Love it or hate it, one of the main characteristics of fashion coming out of LA is its lifestyle/street-style casualness and wearability. Last Thursday, three designers were showing their version of it at Downtown LA Fashion Week—dancer-inspired at The Battalion, rock references at Future [...]

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B+S Notes—May 1, 2009

May 1st, 2009 · No Comments · News

Crewcuts catalog
— In the Fairfax district, the new cozies up to the familiar / LAT
— Eduardo Lucero fashion show / CAN
— Alexander Wang for Gap! / StyleCaster
— ’90s fashion / WhoWhatWearDaily
— Lily Allen is the new face of Chanel / My Fashion Life
— JCrew’s kids Crewcuts catalog is a brigade of cuteness / JCrew
— Tavern [...]

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B+S Weekly Round-Up—March 23-27, 2009

March 28th, 2009 · No Comments · News

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— Shops—Chloe Illuminated, Bows Today on Melrose Place
— Shops—Out of My Tree Candles and Bath Landing in Former Threads Space
— Shuttering Shop News—Sadness, Pixie Market Saying So Long
— Tweets—’Not good, another peeping tom notice’ on Sweetzer
— Arts—Annenberg Space for Photography Opening Gala Inspires
— Shops—More Info on Forthcoming Monocle at Brentwood Country Mart
— LA [...]

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LA Fashion Week—CoLA Day 1, Eksempel, Fremont, B. Son (and COA Second Showing)

March 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments · EVENT, FASHION

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First off, just wanted to note that overall, the CoLA fashion shows ran smoothly with good lighting, a festive vibe and no major seating mayhem. PR Jess Kane, who was part of the team running the shows, said the multiple levels (lounge-y area 2nd floor, press/photog room 3rd floor, shows [...]

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Fashions—Now Enters CoLA, City of LA Fashion Week with Brian Lichtenberg, Fremont, Joyrich and Others

March 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · FASHION

Fashion folks now have the Gen Art/BoxEight fashion week lineup, along with BoxEight’s growing schedule, but while there’s still no word on designers from Downtown LA Fashion Week, CoLA—City of Los Angeles Fashion Week—has now released an intriguing designer roster of shows, which includes B.Son, Fremont, COA, Eksempel, Joyrich and Brian Lichtenberg. Per the [...]

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