Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

From diffusion line Alice by Alice Temperley, from FabSugar UK
— Inside the W Hollywood Hotel and Residences / Hotel Chatter
— Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska shines in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland / W
—Zelda Rubenstein, “Poltergeist” Actress, Dead at 76 / Huliq News
— Remembering J.D. Salinger, 13 short stories/ The New Yorker
— Hatfield’s is now taking [...]

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MacBook and old school hardback cover lovers rejoice, from Oh Joy!
— Howard Zinn died, he was 87 / Boston Globe
— J.D. Salinger died, he was 91 / Mercury News
— McCall’s Meat & Fish Co. Opens in Los Feliz / DailyCandy
— W Hollywood opens today / LAist
— Versace losing 25% of its workforce / FWD
— Forget Jenny [...]

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Part of the Nick Cave exhibit at the Fowler Museum, from Culture Monster, spectacular!
— Kiss My Bundt! Kiss My Bundt! Kiss My Bundt!!!! / ShopEatSleep
— Must see. Art review: Nick Cave at Fowler Museum / Culture Monster
— California’s unemployment rate rises to 12.4% / LAT
— One print sector is healthy in L.A.: pot magazines / [...]

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Blackberry and Monocle collab phone, from Josh Spear
— Local in Silver Lake is temporarily shuttered / Eater LA
— LA tween boutique Fashionologie closes / WWD
— More on Anzevino + Florence’s history, closing on West 3rd / CAN; previously
— Gwyneth Paltrow Will Never Answer for Her E-Crimes / Gawker
— Vintage Casey Johnson, unearthed / W Editors’ Blog
— Marijuana’s [...]

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Words of wisdom from Frank Sobotka at men’s boutique Craft on La Cienega, from the husband
— Planned luxury rehab center in West Hollywood has neighbors concerned / LAT
— WeHo Looking to Ban Smoking on Outdoor Restaurant Bars & Patios / LAist
— Spending Down, but People Still Out in the Fashion District / Blogdowntown
— DTLA Loft Dwelling [...]

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You can get a serious slice at Masa, from Dig Lounge
— Chicago Style Pizza at Masa of Echo Park / Dig Lounge
— The Public Option Is Actually, Really Dead This Time / Gawker
— America Ain’t Giving Its Baby No Boring Name / Gawker
— Your Golden Globe Nominations Are Here / Defamer
— Annie Liebovitz, Britney Spears [...]

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Jayne Seward (of ‘Apparel News’ and VeryVeryChic.com) shows here styling skills for this eroticism-themed shoot for ‘160 Grams’
— Sexy chic shoot fro 160 Grams, styled by Jayne Seward / VeryVeryChic
— District of Columbia Council passes gay marriage bill / LAT
— Storecasting: Mishka NYC in Echo Park /Racked LA
— Roland Mouret Brightens Up Net-a-Porter / Racked LA
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— Text and (non-show) photos by Lilliam Rivera
As soon as I heard the ripping guitar of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” and saw Joey Arias strapped to a rotating wheel with puppet aliens ready to probe, I knew my night at Redcat was going to be far from sedate. Drag queen icon Joey Arias [...]

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Vegan shoes by Bahar Shahpar and Cri de Coeur, from Ecouterre
— LA Weekly takes a blogger / LA Observed
— WSJ May Start Covering L.A. / Fishbowl LA
— Hollywood Reporter about to be sold? / LA Observed
— Food-focused walking tours in L.A. / LAT
— More cool quilts / Design*Sponge; previously
— Awesome vegan shoes by Bahar Shahpar and Cri [...]

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High fashion Madonna, from The Pipeline
— Corey Lynn Calter’s eye-popping Resort 2009 collection / All the Rage
— James Franco to General Hospital—No, For Real / Gawker
— Intelligentsia Coffee Roasting Classes / Squid Ink
— Barney Greengrass Fires Waiter for Twittering About Guests / GrubStreet LA
— LAist Interviews: Coco Before Chanel / LAist
— Anthropologie TV: Man Shops [...]

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Looks from Marc Jacobs show, from NYT
— Station Fire 91% contained / LAist
— Nearly 1,000 Layoffs Loom at City Hall as Money Runs Out / LAist
— 7 Eleven Opens New Store: Free Pizza + The Laker Girls / Squid Ink
— RIP, Patrick Swayze / LAT
— Top Five Patrick Swayze Dance Sequences / StyleCaster
— Cathy Horyn [...]

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