Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

In Bellevue’s first Neiman Marcus, also the first in the region
I’ve mentioned here and there that I grew up in Redmond, Washington. Over the holidays, I spent time in nearby Bellevue, a suburb also east of Seattle, which has always been upscale, but has reached new heights of schmancy-ness in the past years. The Bellevue [...]

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New specialty shoes and bags shop at Space 1520
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
WHO: Space 1520
WHAT: Opening party for specialty shoes and bags shop ‘Shoes + Shoes + Shoes + Bags,’ featuring Urban Outfitters’ online exclusives and more (i.e., Candela NYC, Colonial Madness, Dean Handbags, Dr. Martens, Dolce Vita, Frye, Jeffrey Campbell, Kime Buzzelli handmade tights and totes, [...]

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A Mctega necklace
— Fiery Sunset at Venice Beach / Yo! Venice!
— Amid progress, concern about Station fire’s southeastern edge / LAT
— Occidental College student redefines campus cuisine with dorm ‘cafe’ / LAT
— Review of RH at the Andaz West Hollywood / LAT
— Mctega Jewelry launches / DailyCandy
— Scenes from Burning Man, dusty! / NYT
— Old [...]

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— Fast Fashions—More on Jimmy Choo for H&M
— Shops—Kira Plastinina, Comeback Kid
— Real Estates—Lee’s Liquor and Breadsticks For Lease
— Shops—Medical Marijuana Branding Elements
— Shops—’Moving Sale’ at Contessa S. Home
— Shuttering Shop News—Vie Boutique Closing End of June
— Real Estates—Preparation for Impending West 3rd Street Teardown
— Eats—Xooro Opening on Melrose Next Week
— Real Estates—Rick [...]

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A bit more info from WWD on yesterday’s news that Jimmy Choo will be creating bags, shoes and accessories for women and men, and eveningwear for women for H&M.
The line—the first designer accessories collab for the Swedish fast fashion chain—will include “around 12 shoe models for women, some of which will be available [...]

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Jimmy Choo sky-high heels for H&M from WWD; click to expand
Just in case, you haven’t been bombarded with this bit of info from five million other outlets, let me tell you about a little collaboration going on, avail to you November 14 at 200 H&M stores. Yep, Jimmy Choo is creating bags, shoes and accessories [...]

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