Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30
WHO: Dr. Peter Kraus & Jason Oclaray’s Haunted Halloween Hollywood Hills Costume Party
WHAT: Benefiting Aids Research Alliance, dance poolside with cocktails and treats; tickets are $30
WHERE: 1653 Jay Way, 9pm-2am
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31
WHO: Max & Co
WHAT: Music, champagne, treats and gift with purchase (Max & Co logo tees and tote bags!)
WHERE: 8422 Melrose Avenue, [...]

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— Real Estates—Rendering for 8231-8243 West 3rd Street Complex
— Shops—Nordstrom Rack Opening at Beverly Connection September 24
— Shops—Zara Opening at Farmers Market in August
— Shops—Word of a Mid-August Duncan Quinn Opening
— Real Estates—$1.4 Million for a Barely-Built Home at 6450 West 5th Street?
— Neighborhoods—Spend in the City, West Hollywood Launch ‘WH Insiders’
— Shops—Marc [...]

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Mesh offerings from Scout; click to expand
Hot on the heals of its lacy leggings, Scout in Hollywood is now offering a meshy version ($78) which has a diaphanous but not delicate appeal. I’m also into this gray mesh bag with just a touch of hardware, which looks to be coming soon.

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In the pink for Foley + Corinna
THROUGH SUNDAY, MAY 31
WHO: TenOverSix
WHAT: Mention email blast and get 20% off anything that qualifies as a women’s bag; some options include Rachel Nasvik leather satchels, Aussie Life With Bird oversized cotton bags, TenOverSix Indian silk clutches, Dunlin utilitarian many pocketed bags, Rogues Gallery vinyl, leather, lame totes, and [...]

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Band of Outsiders linen suit
CURRENTLY
WHO: 3.1 Phillip Lim
WHAT: Sale, featuring resort ‘08 up to 40% off
WHERE: 631 Robertson Boulevard, 310-358-1988, Mon-Sat 11am-7, Sun 12pm-6pm
THROUGH SATURDAY, MAY 9
WHO: Rolling Greens
WHAT: Tent sale, featuring antique Chinese furniture; containers from China, Vietnam, Italy; Japanese Raku vases; baskets from the Philippines and Europe; artificial flowers and plants; live [...]

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Stuart Weitzman shoes
FRIDAY, APRIL 24
WHO: Whitley Kros and Nation LTD
WHAT: Blow out sample sale; cash and credit cards accepted
WHERE: 850 South Broadway, Downtown, 3rd Floor, Suite 306 & 302, 9am-5pm
FRIDAY, APRIL 24
WHO: Ella Moss
WHAT: Spring 2009 sample sale
WHERE The Cooper Building, 860 South Los Angeles Street, Downtown, 10th Floor, Suite 1000, 9am-3pm
FRIDAY, APRIL 24
WHO: Poketo
WHAT: [...]

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— Eats—Plywood Erected at Former Doughboys Space
— Drinks—Ed Hardy Rose or Chardonnay, Anyone…Anyone?
— Sales—Jamie Joseph Jewelry at Persimmon Saturday
— Eco—Alternative Earth Launchs ‘Think Earth’ Campaign at Sunset Marquis
— Target—Loomstate Preview in Venice
— Shop-In-Shops—Alexander Wang at Opening Ceremony
— Shops—Palmela G. Swimwear Taking Known LA Space
— Shops—The Green Easy, Medical Marijuana Purveyor
— Shops—The Scout, Cerre, [...]

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Scout on Cherokee and Cavern Collection and Cerre on Las Palmas, within walking distance of each other in Hollywood; click to expand
This past Saturday, I went to check out Hollywood’s new trio of shops—Scout having moved from West 3rd Street to 1646 North Cherokee Avenue, and Cerre and Cavern Collection debuting their first-ever boutiques right [...]

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Scout may have left our neck of the woods, but the fash-forward men’s and women’s boutique has reopened at 1646 Cherokee Street in Hollywood.
Will have to sojourn to check it out, along with Cerre…
» Shops—Big News, Scout Leaving West 3rd Street, Relocating to Hollywood

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Lacoste and Fred Segal collab, digging the cardigan, from Men.style.com via Hypebeast
— Scout in Hollywood soft opening this Saturday! / joeygrana/Twitter
— More on Susan Feniger’s Street / The Moment/NYT
— That 9.25% sales tax, 9.75% coming / LAT
— Lacoste and Fred Segal collab / Hypebeast
— Topshop opening in NYC / Racked NY
— Dawn Mckelvie’s sweet-meets-tough jewelry [...]

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T by Alex Wang from The Pipeline
— Frederic Fekkai expanding Melrose Pl salon, closing in BH / Fashion Rules!
— A taste of Susan Feniger’s Street / Daily Dish/LAT
— Guess CrossFit LA is moving from La Brea to Santa Monica / Vital Juice
— New Scout in Hollywood might open this week / Twitter/joeygrana
— Origami Vinyl in [...]

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Photo from Racked LA
Wow, now this really bums me out. Racked LA reports that Pixie Market at 7950 West 3rd Street is closing shop at an undisclosed date:
“According to store manager Laura Monte, the retailer is choosing to focus on the web shop and New York boutique, which she says are both performing ‘very strongly’…Monte [...]

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