Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

— From our friends at TheFind
Snowy days can present a wardrobe challenge if you are not properly prepared. For me a combination of military coat plus waterproof dressage boots and cossack faux fur hat are my standard snowy day uniform. This tailored look works for city streets and a few handpicked snowy mountaintop occasions. It [...]

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— From our friends at TheFind
Put on your most glamorous glitterati look this holiday season. Pair black with shimmery crystals and sequins for a festive look. Get dressed up with these pretty items for the office party, fetes with friends or post-shopping cocktails. Combine black pieces you already own with updated accessories. Be sure to [...]

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— Text and photos by Lilliam Rivera
Debussy. Degas. Jimi Hendrix? Los Angeles designer Sue Wong opened the doors to her jaw-dropping Los Feliz estate, The Cedars, for High Tea and a presentation of her Spring 2010 collection. The Cedars has been the home to top Hollywood names, including Howard Hughes, Marilyn Monroe, Lou Reed, and [...]

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Roughly ruffled, from The Pipeline
— Rio de Janeiro Wins 2016 Olympics / Around the Rings
— LA Fashion Month schedule / All the Rage
— David Letterman gets extorted for sex with staffers / Slow Tracker
— Handpicked Vintage By Apartment 3 at Lulus.com / Trade Talk
— Garance Dore’s tees for Gap available at Paris’ [...]

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At the feet of a ‘Vogue’ intern, from NYT
— Fashion’s Night (to Hang) Out / The Spiel
— Oldest woman, Gertrude Baines, 115, dies / LA Observed
— Station Fire Containment Continues to Increase / LAist
— Coldwater Canyon Could Open Saturday Afternoon / LAist
— Shopping vintage eyewear at Hotel de Ville / LAist
— Check out documentary Brick [...]

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A screen shot from TheOutnet.com
— From the peeps at Net-a-porter, The Outnet.com launches / The Outnet
— Loving these Sid Vintage necklaces / Dujour Mag
— Americana kicks off “gourmet” farmer’s market / Eating LA
— Face Hunter in LA / Face Hunter
— Number of ad pages in mags fell nearly 26% in first quarter / WSJ
— Layoffs [...]

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DWR Kitchen debuts in NYC; click to expand
— DWR now does kitchens / Design Notes/DWR
— Macy’s cutting 7,000 jobs / Bloomberg
— Jason Wu pieces now avail at Satine on West 3rd / Satine
— Charlotte Ronson’s collection for JC Penney now avail / Nitrolicious
— Sweets for the Sweet: L.A. Valentine Dessert Roundup / LAist
— There’s now [...]

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— Beauty—Free Product Crawl at Bloomie’s, Macy’s and Nordstrom
— City—Last Sunday’s LA City Council District 5 Candidate Forum
— Shuttering Shop News—Zipper Leaving West 3rd, Consolidating to Sonoma
— Shuttering Shop News—Pinkyotto Closing, Moving Merch to Boston Boutique
— Eats—Corner Bakery Coming to Beverly Connection, A Salon Too
— Controversy—OMG! Fight at Little Next Door
— Shops—Cavern and Cerre [...]

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Newman posing with the gratis product
So, today was the day when department stores had to give away free beauty product to the public as payback for a class action suit for price fixing, one product per store. I hit up all the department stores within walking distance—Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s at the Beverly Center and Nordstrom [...]

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In case you haven’t heard, as a result of a 2003 lawsuit against major department stores, starting January 20, stores such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Saks, Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s have to pony up $175 million worth of beauty products nationwide to customers—one item per cosmetics company, Chanel, L’Oreal, Lancome included.
Per Fashionista, “it seems some [...]

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Romany Malco shot by Shaniqwa Jarvis
— Awesome Silver Lake photog Shaniqwa Jarvis launches new site / Evil Monito
— Downtown LA Macy’s closing up shop / Holiday Sales Blog/WSJ
— Rex boutique opens on Abbot Kinney / Daily Candy
— Steven Alan to open outlet in Los Feliz January 17! / The Pipline/Refinery 29
— Fancy fetish masks at [...]

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