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Temperley ‘Runway to Reality’ on Friday!; click to expand
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
WHO: Vionnet
WHAT: House label Decolette (designed by Vionnet owner Delia Seaman) trunk show
WHERE:158 North Robertson Boulevard, West Hollywood, 310-289-9202, 10am-8pm
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
WHO: Elaine Kim
WHAT: Fall/winter 2009 collection celebration, featuring 10% off new fall merch (leather-trimmed leggings, cashmere tops, sculptural winter coats) and bubbly!
WHERE: 8373 West [...]

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— Shops—BedHead Pajamas Taking Former Malgosia Space
— Eats—Sneak Peek of Doughboys Interior
— Shuttering Shop News—Party Paper Life Closing This Friday
— Eats—Agura on La Cienega Soft Opens, Sneak Peek at Sushi, Sashimi and More
— Beauty—Frédéric Fekkai Reopens Expanded, Revamped Melrose Place Salon
— Eats—Pizza In a Cone, Thank You, Colbert, For the Culinary Enlightenment
— Shops—Former ‘Vogue’ Editor [...]

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For spring 2010, designer Louis Verdad of label Louver sent a parade of cream with touches of navy and gold down the runway (black having been his hue of choice last season). But before the creamy legions made their walk, Verdad projected images of power women and icons such at Michelle Obama, [...]

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Code C at Sunset Plaza; click to expand
Get word of three new-ish stores to Sunset Plaza via the shopping area’s PR, of which Code C boutique sounds the most exciting to my ear, a public showroom of sorts, helmed by Andrea Rossetto and featuring artists such as Mattia Biagi (known for his tar art) and [...]

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— Shuttering Shop News—Cook’s Library Closing April 30
— Sales—Erin Wasson’s Garage Sale at Rogue Status in Venice Today!
— B+S Eats—Busy and Tasty First Night for Minestraio
— Shops—Opening Date for CB2 at 8000 Sunset
— TVs—Bania!
— Target—Rogan Rolling Out Loomstate April 19
— LA Fashion Week—BoxEight Day 2 Proves Rocky, But Captures Indie Spirit
— Shops—What Comes [...]

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Louis Verdad’s Louver Collection; click to expand
Downtown LA Fashion Week’s MOCA presentation of Louis Verdad’s Louver collection and the vintage runway show presented by Cameron Silver, owner of the high-end vintage store Decades—he set the red carpet vintage movement in motion with the canary yellow Jean Dessès vintage gown for Renee Zellweger at the 2001 [...]

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