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Rose Apodaca makes me desperate for a Sunday shopping spree at the farmers market at the Bastille in Paris / La Vie en Rose; photo right
Fancy-shmancy French restaurant on 3rd Ortolan turns five / Squid Ink
Hola Cocina Mexican Restaurant across from the Beverly Center is getting an interior redo, opening again Feb 15 / Eater [...]

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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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A+R co-owner/fashion writer Rose Apodaca gives us a tease of information about some sort or expanding in the city, involving designer Barbara Bestor no less! The big question is whether this is expanding the Abbot Kinney boutique or a new location…

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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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Rachel Pally debuted her pop-up shop at West 3rd and 6th; click to expand images
A fashion-y crowd came out last night for the launch of Rachel Pally’s pop-up shop at 456 South La Brea Avenue, where the designer’s flattering jersey creations (dresses long and short, tunics and tops, sexy jumpers) line long white walls, leading [...]

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Bird Handbags at Roseark
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17
WHO: Roseark
WHAT: Summer blowout sale and trunk show, featuring Bird Handbags
When/Where: 1111 North Crescent Heights Boulevard, West Hollywood, 323-822-3600, 12pm-4pm
THURSDAY, JUNE 18
WHO: Esquivel Shoes
WHAT: A+R’s Rose Apodaca and Andy Griffith host men’s and women’s 2009 collection event, featuring designer George Esquivel, drinks, and “possibly…leave with a gift of your very [...]

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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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Mode/RVCA collab designer Erin Wasson was of the night’s hosts; click to expand
Last night, vintage spot What Comes Around Goes Around threw a grand opening bash at it new-ish shop at Space 15Twenty in Hollywood, hosted by Erin Wasson (in the skyest-highest black leather boots), Nicole Richie, and Rose Apodaca in literally head-to-tippy-tippy-toe Vivienne [...]

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Photos of Petit Bateau from The Pipeline
— Love Petit Bateau, the summer lookbook / The Pipeline/Refinery29
— Done and done, Circuit City liquidating merch / Gizmodo
— Alexander McQueen collabing with Puma / The Pipeline/ Refinery29
— Saks lays off 1,100 employees, 9% of its workforce / WWD
— Mar Vista’s Curious Palate Gourmet Food Shop & Cafe / [...]

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