Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

— Shops—RVCA Now Open on Fairfax
— Shuttering Shop News—Blanche & Co. Closes After 10 Years
— Eats—An Itty-Bitty Bit of Progress at Magnolia Bakery, April Opening?
— Eats—Thai Restaurant Coming to Former Celadon Space
— Eats—Chili Addiction Shooting for January Opening
— B+S Wants—Lacey Bodysuit from Hillary Rush
— Jewels—Getting Screwed for the Holidays
— Bags—Shoshone-Bannock Beaded Beauty
— Sales

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Nine days prior, the sign was going up and the space was basically empty, but by yesterday men’s and women’s brand RVCA was open for business at 501 North Fairfax Avenue . The boutique seems like a good fit for the neighborhood, which is dominated by skate/streetwear shops for men. Keep Company, just north on [...]

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I first got word of men’s and women’s brand RVCA coming to Fairfax and Rosewood back in January from former West 3rd Street boutique owner Moonshine. Then in May, papered windows revealed the incoming brand at the 501 North Fairfax Avenue space (formerly SLB). This weekend, signage was being erected, the first visible movement in [...]

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— Decors—Inaugural ‘Legends of La Cienega’ Friday and Saturday
— Shops—Signs of RVCA at Fairfax and Rosewood
— Shops—Anzevino and Florence Opening on West 3rd!
— Shops—Shoe Bliss Opens on La Cienega, Offers Apparel Too
— Shops—Out of My Tree Candles and Bath Now Open
— Eats—Potato Chips on Beverly Serves Subs, Vino, Beer and (Of Course) Chips
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Back in January, I heard from former Known LA owner Moonshine that RVCA would be coming into the old SLB space. All had been pretty quiet, and then Racked LA had been tipped that signs of the brand were up in the storefront windows and, indeed, there’s Erin Wasson, arms outstretched in only [...]

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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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— B+S Eats—Good Sign, Italians Eat at Allora Cucina Italiana
— Crime—WaMu Robbed at Beverly and Fairfax
— Shops—Earnest Sewn to Open in June on Beverly Boulevard
— Shops—RVCA Taking SLB’s Fairfax Space
— Target—Go International Spring Edgiest House Brand Collection Yet
— Shops—Behind the Orchid Wrangler’s Move
— Beauty—Recess Offers Free Manicure and Pedicure for Recycled Polish Through January 20
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Looks from RVCA
Word on the street—literally, I bumped into former Known LA owner Moonshine on West 3rd who had the following news—is that RVCA is taking the former SLB space at 501 North Fairfax Avenue.
Apparently, SLB owner/skater Sal Barbier is going to focus on wholesaling now. The Hundreds was thinking about taking the [...]

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