Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Cool design—Socket Deer, from My Right Brain
— Little Tokyo Vespa Dealership Expected to Open in November / LA Downtown News
— Movie premieres moving Downtown? / LA Observed
— LA officials aim to crack down on Echo Park street vendors/ LAT
— LA Times Circulation Down 11%, On Par With National Numbers / LAist
— A Hard Look At The [...]

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Garance Dore’s work for French ‘Vogue’ (translated to English on her blog), following Carine Roitfeld on myriad fashion weeks; click to expand
— Psst, new estimated opening date for Doughboys / B+S
— My fashion week with…Carine Roitfeld / Garance Dore
— Grace Coddington Is Worried About How Young and Thin Models Are / The Cut
— PR gal [...]

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American Apparel leggings made elegant from Easy Fashion
— More ex-LATers try marketing / LA Observed
— LA’s Episcopal Church Nominates 2 Gay Clergy for Ass’t Bishop Post / LAist
— Bikepal.com Bike-Riding Matching Service / DailyCandy
— The Zoe Report is coming tomorrow / The Zoe Report
— Gavin Newsom takes a trip to Downtown LA / LA Downtown [...]

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The beer float at Golden State on Fairfax from LAist
— I still must try the beer float at Golden State! / LAist
— Mozza delivery launches / LAist
— Oh, no, kitty! Fundraiser for family and kitty in fire / Yo! Venice!
— Sakura Crossing apts in Little Tokyo / LA Downtown News
— LAT cuts weather and funny [...]

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— Shops—More on Satine’s Expansion
— Clips—B+S in LA Times Fashion Blogger Story!
— Shops—Splendid Opening on Robertson
— Shops—New Medical Marijuana Dispensary, Sky Heaven
— Jewels—ToyWatch Jelly is Right on Time
— Shops—Plushpod Moving to Beverly Boulevard Space
— Bags—La Tropezienne Amour
— Shops—Christian Louboutin Moving to Robertson in September
— Shuttering Shop News—Sheltam’s News Closes at the Farmers Market
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Fabulous ‘church crowns’ from the LAT
— Spectacular church hats, a gallery / LAT
— About those hats / LAT
— Parisian Street Style photog Garance Doré / The Pipeline
— Eighth Veil Gallery and Publishing House Opens / DailyCandy
— Designers, retailers, and more on Twitter / CAN
— Thai spot Soi 56 opens by Big Wangs in Hollywood / [...]

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T by Alex Wang from The Pipeline
— Frederic Fekkai expanding Melrose Pl salon, closing in BH / Fashion Rules!
— A taste of Susan Feniger’s Street / Daily Dish/LAT
— Guess CrossFit LA is moving from La Brea to Santa Monica / Vital Juice
— New Scout in Hollywood might open this week / Twitter/joeygrana
— Origami Vinyl in [...]

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The Annenberg Foundation had its opening gala for its new Space for Photography in Century City (right next door to CAA) yesterday evening.
Before I’m going to write about the exhibit—which was amazing, the wonderful appetizers, and the upbeat party—I need to talk about the space itself: it’s supersleek, in a good way, modern [...]

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Louis Vuitton fall ‘09 from The Pipeline
— DailyCandy on La Terza’s switch to Minestraio / DailyCandy
— Recipes from Blunda Aromatics on Edinburgh / Vital Juice
— Home Ec classes at Reform School in Silver Lake / Reform School blog
— American Apparel sells 20% stake ($80 million) in company/ Drapers
— American Apparel Coulda Gone Bankrupt w/o $80 [...]

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Living in a Barbie world, from LAist
— Oh sh*t. LA Unified board OKs layoff notices to 9,000-ish employees / LAT
— Food Stamp Diet, Can two people eat on $67 a week? / LAT
— Not the food stamp haircut. $650 haircut! / All the Rage/LAT
— Culver City’s Tender Greens coming to West Hollywood / Daily Dish/LAT
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Looks from Omelle
— OMG, Omelle! Lovely, expensive, lovely! / DailyCandy
— Another LA Times mistake, a baldie but a goodie / Franklin Avenue
— Love for Kill City jeans (on Melrose) from NYT / The Moment/NYT
— More on Nicole Richie at Kitson for House of Harlow jewelry collection / FWD
— Make a mini ping pong table / [...]

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Click to expand the sexy!
— Jezebel thinks Vanity Fair cover is sexist / BlackBook
— LA Times, Sans “California,” plus a note from David Simon / Franklin Avenue
— Fashion week schedule at BoxEight / BoxEight
— More on Vacation record shop in Los Feliz / DailyCandy
— Corkbar opens Downtown / Thrillist
— Metallics in Milan / NYT
— Sounds [...]

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