Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Hey, look, remember Moonshine, the owner of boutique Known LA, which opened for a minute on West 3rd? He popped up yesterday on Racked LA, doing the men-in-shorts thing pretty well
— More on new Sunset Plaza boutique Code C / Chic Leak
— Jeffrey Sebelia-Designed Fluxus to Open a Store in Brentwood / Style Section LA
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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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— Eats—Plywood Erected at Former Doughboys Space
— Drinks—Ed Hardy Rose or Chardonnay, Anyone…Anyone?
— Sales—Jamie Joseph Jewelry at Persimmon Saturday
— Eco—Alternative Earth Launchs ‘Think Earth’ Campaign at Sunset Marquis
— Target—Loomstate Preview in Venice
— Shop-In-Shops—Alexander Wang at Opening Ceremony
— Shops—Palmela G. Swimwear Taking Known LA Space
— Shops—The Green Easy, Medical Marijuana Purveyor
— Shops—The Scout, Cerre, [...]

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The ‘for lease’ sign just came down from the former Known LA space at 7922 West 3rd Street, just west of Fairfax, and now Palmela G. Swimwear has erected signage and has yet-to-be-clothed mannequins inside.
Tallying up the new entrants to the block, we’ve got flowers, bath and body, and medical grade cannabis incoming. [...]

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The ‘for lease’ sign is down and there’s movement at 7922 West 3rd Street, the former Known LA space. In fact, ‘Known LA’ signage has been painted over and there are some bolts of fabric near the storefront window.
Looks like this stretch of West 3rd Street, between Fairfax and Edinburgh, is beginning to [...]

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Wow, now this really bums me out. Racked LA reports that Pixie Market at 7950 West 3rd Street is closing shop at an undisclosed date:
“According to store manager Laura Monte, the retailer is choosing to focus on the web shop and New York boutique, which she says are both performing ‘very strongly’…Monte [...]

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Women’s boutique Pinkyotto packed up and shipped off to Boston at the end of January, but there’s already another retailer, florist Beverly Blossoms, set to take the space at 7936 West 3rd Street, moving from its current location on Beverly Boulevard and Orlando.
There’s also word that a candle shop will be moving into one of [...]

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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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