Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Not that I have no expectations for the fast fashion collabs, but I think we’ve learned through experience that it’s incredibly difficult to bring a designer-level quality of design and craftsmanship when targeting the masses and keeping the price tags way, way down. I was extremely curious to see the Rodarte for Target collection in [...]

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Oscar de la Renta pre-fall, from Elle News Blog
— Culver City Expo Line Stop May Not Open till 2012 / Curbed LA
— Abbot-Kinney’s Food Truck Love Affair Hits A Bump in the Road / Grub Street LA
— The Massage Diet / Chic Leak
— Chef Mark Peel’s Top Five Tips For Flawless Holiday Meals / Good [...]

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Mmm, hot chocolate from Intelligentsia, courtesy of LAist
— Looking for the Best Hot Chocolate in LA / Laist
— Angeli Caffe Will Innovate Nightly Through 2010 / Grub Street LA
— Spotted: Rodarte for Target at the Westfield Topanga / ShopDiary
— Rodarte Collection on Racks in Eagle Rock / Racked LA
— Antidepressants linked to major personality changes / [...]

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— Neighborhoods—West 3rd Street Annual Holiday Party Dec 10
— Bags—TheFind Giveaway, Vivre Suede Jacqueline Tote
— Shops—Marcelita L’Art et Le Thé Taking Former Zipper Space
— Shuttering Shop News—Krisol Closing at End of December on West 3rd
— Shops—Krislyn Closing Retail Location, Opening Studio
— Eats—Italian Restaurant Taking Former Celadon Space?
— Eats—House Cafe Opened on Thursday on [...]

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Ever since it was announced in August , excitement has been building for the launch of the Rodarte collection for Target, from items popping up on eBay to Twitter (which were subsequently taken down). But the day is fast approaching now, with the $9.99-$79.99 range dropping Sunday, [...]

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Organic NyQuil has roasted green chile and Southern Comfort among other ingredients, from Hot Knives
— Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has leukemia / LAT
— CNN Never Covered Being Protested in Three Cities / Fishbowl LA
— This Thursday H&M opens at Westfield Century City / H&M
— L.A. Eccentric James Goldstein Talks Fashion and Architecture / Style Section [...]

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Olsenhaus shoes, from Ecouterre
— Indie shopping: Them Atelier & Front St in Echo Park / The Pipeline
— Nice! Ruffian Brings Some Upper East Side Luxe to Anthropologie / The Pipeline
— Shooting Where the Wild Things Are / NYT
— Project Runway Top Ten: All that Glitters / Racked NY
— More gorgeous vegan shoes from Olsenhaus [...]

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— Eats—G.D. Happy Properties Inc. Take Over Former Food Court LA Space
— Shops—Inside Satine’s New Boutique, Lotsa Pretty Pics
— Beauty—Salon to Former Built by Wendy Space
— Shops—Tyra Trashed on West 3rd
— Films and Fashions—Free Tickets to ‘Coco Before Chanel’ at Skirball!
— Target—Rodarte for Target Pops Up on eBay
— Eats—Joan’s on Third Expands Outdoor [...]

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Nitrolicious got tipped by a reader that this lace Rodarte for Target top was up for auction on eBay—apparently, it was gifted to an editor who attended the NYC preview. The final bid was $10.49. Pretty. The collection hits Target December 20. This comes on the heels of leaked photos via Twitter, which Target PR [...]

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From Nitrolicious via Julia Frakes, we get a Twitter view of Rodarte for Target, hitting stores December 20. Looks like party dresses, floral prints, yolk-y yellows and fuchsia. Check the rest of the photos here.
» Rodarte for Target [Twit Peek]—Nitrolicious
» Target—Go International Rodarte! The Mulleavy Sisters’ Designs Hit Stores December 20—B+S

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— Target—Rodarte for Go International Hit Stores Dec 20
— Fast Fashions—Zara Opens at the Farmers Market and I Gush
— Fashions—Pegah Anvarian Takes Three Dots in New, Fashion-y Direction
— Shops—Marc by Marc Jacobs Men’s Opens, Dear Mr. President Tee In the Window
— Shops—Eye Spy More Evidence of Duncan Quinn’s Impending Presence
— Shops—Sno-Cones, Bikinis and Lotsa [...]

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Seven-thirty in the AM over here in LA, which means NYC has been buzzing online for hours about the news that design darlings Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the LA-bred sister duo behind gorgeous label Rodarte, will create a Go International collection for Target.
The news of the 55-piece line comes from WWD, which notes, [...]

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