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B+S Weekly Round-Up—December 7-11, 2009

December 12th, 2009 · No Comments · News

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— Shops—Valerie Confections and Patz & Hall Winery at Heath
— Fast Fashions—Sonia Rykiel for H&M Lingerie, A Few Notes
— Saturday, Dec 12 Last Day for Chanel at Decadestwo!
— Designers—Standout Indie Designers and Artisans at Unique LA
— Shops—Tokidoki and ‘Kaiser Karl’ Hit Melrose
— Shops—A Total Lush, In a Good Way, Rolling Greens Nursery Opens [...]

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Shops—Valerie Confections and Patz & Hall Winery at Heath

December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · DECOR, DESIGN, DRINK, EAT, HOME

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— Text and photos by Christina von Messling
Celebrating the art of craftsmanship and local produce, artisan producers Valerie Confections and Patz & Hall Winery collaborated with Heath Ceramics and invited guests to a cheerful evening of wine and food tasting in Heath Ceramics Store on Beverly Boulevard.
“We created Chardonnay-Apple-Vanilla Bean [...]

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Shop In Shops—Artists Collab with Commune for Community Shop

November 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · ACCESSORIES, ART, BABY, BAGS, CULTURE, DECOR, DESIGN, ECO, EVENT, FASHION, HOME, JEWELRY

Every kid’s dream fort—an actual tent
Design firm Commune has collabed with a stellar list of artists to create a pop up shop, located in its 650 North Robertson Boulevard studio (an awesome space I wish I could move into), just south of Santa Monica in West Hollywood. It’s open Tuesdays and Thursday from 2pm-6pm and [...]

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Sales—Pegah Anvarian, South Willard and Reference Library’s ‘Made in the USA Shrimp Shop,’ Commune’s ‘Community Shop’

November 20th, 2009 · No Comments · SALE

Clare Vivier will be participating in the Community Shop, can’t wait to see her chic laptop cases she’s collabed with Commune for the event! For now, the navy Vivier bag I am still pining after
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21
WHO: Pegah Anvarian
WHAT: Tent sale, featuring 300-plus dresses, $50 each from XS to XL; cash only
WHERE: 7340 Lampson Avenue, [...]

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B+S Notes—April 27, 2009

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · News

Not Feist, but a giant silk flower from LAT
— Vintage headbands for wedding / LAT
— Ellelle Artisan Jams avail at Heath Ceramics / DailyCandy
— Mid City West highlights / Vital Juice
— Very Thrillist—Ron Jeremy’s Valley Guide / Thrillist
— Forever 21 Founders Deposed in Case / WWD
— Face Hunter in LA here, here, here, here / [...]

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B+S Weekly Round-Up—March 30-April 3, 2009

April 4th, 2009 · No Comments · News

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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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Events—Heath Wedding Lounge Sunday

April 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · BRIDAL, DECOR, EVENT, FASHION, HOME

I wouldn’t have missed this back when I was a bride-to-be. DailyCandy gave the basic deets yesterday, but I think the Heath Wedding Lounge this Sunday, April 5 from 3pm-6pm deserves additional shine.
The Cali ceramics haven is bringing together its collection of ‘top artisans in the local wedding scene’ for an afternoon of drinks [...]

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B+S Notes—February 20, 2009

February 20th, 2009 · No Comments · News

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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Shops—Earnest Sewn to Open in June on Beverly Boulevard

January 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · EAT, FASHION

Have been wondering what the heck was going on with the Earnest Sewn opening at 7501 Beverly Boulevard, the site of the former Town Tire Co. auto repair shop. Back in November, word was that it would open in February, but California Apparel News has just released an article with June as the opening month. [...]

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