Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Matthew Williamson now has ecommerce
— Love this! / StreetPeeper
— Best French Fries in Los Angeles, Part 2 / Squid Ink
— Chateau Marmont Personalized Stationery / Hotel Chatter
— Favorite kid snacks from the ’80s / The Hundreds
— Matthew Williamson now online with ecommerce / Matthew Williamson
— Isabel Marant’s Spring Collection To Debut on Net-A-Porter / Elle [...]

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Jay is not going away, from WSJ
— NBC Puts ‘Jay Leno’ Back Into Old Slot / WSJ
— Minorities Now the Majority in Cali for 18 and Under / LAist
— Prop. 8 trial to include unprecedented testimony / LAT
— Opening Ceremony And Levi’s To Collaborate / The Pipeline
— A native sensibility to Autry exhibition / LAT
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I want a Me & Arrow bag too, Pocket Lint fills us in
— The best new totes are at Satine / Pocket Lint
— Turducken recipe / LAT
— Meryl Streep / Vanity Fair
— Another Magazine’s Death – I.D. / Poketo Blog
— Rodarte Wins $50,000 Grant / Elle News Blog
— London fashion label Biba doing another collaboration [...]

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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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As mentioned, former Vogue editor/YSL fashion muse Gale Parker will be opening up a boutique at 8654 Melrose Avenue, with a focus on one-of-a-kind dresses, tops and skirts made from deadstock vintage. I snapped a pic this weekend as I walked by—it’s right on the corner of Norwich Drive, a roomy space with [...]

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Intriguing news on the retail front. Fashion vet Gale Parker—she was Vogue’s youngest fashion editor, a design director for Ralph Lauren women’s collection, and a muse for Valentino, Warhol and YSL—is set to open Clothespin at 8654 Melrose Avenue, on the stretch between Balenciaga and Alberta Ferretti, on November 6.
Parker, formerly married to sustainable [...]

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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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— Pets—Adorable Shep-Hound (Or Bass-Herd) Needs a Home
— Eats—Doughboys Reveals Its New Exterior
— Shops—Culver City’s Rolling Greens Nursery Expanding to Beverly Boulevard
— Eats—Butcher Shop/Cafe Salt’s Cure to Open Early 2010
— Causes—What a Croc, Leslie Mann, Lacoste and ‘Vogue’ Get Pink
— Causes—Breast Cancer Awareness, Flowers to Travel Cases Make an Impression
— Shop In Shops—More [...]

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Leslie Mann; a ribbon skirt on display for the event; click to expand any images
— by Keri Pina
Vogue and Lacoste teamed up Monday night to host a benefit for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the launch of The Pink Croc Collection. The beach essentials selection ranges from pinked-out polo’s with king-sized crocodile [...]

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In the window at HLNR left; Michelle Williams at the 2006 Oscars right; click to expand
While I had just read the Michelle Williams October 2009 Vogue cover story—in which she looks absolutely adorable in a pixie cut and pared down luxe—I think anyone would be hard-pressed to miss the inspiration from Williams’ 2006 Vera Wang [...]

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You’ve undoubtedly heard much about The September Issue—the documentary which follows the making of Vogue’s 2007 September issue, which happens to be the thickest in the fashion bible’s history. I saw it this weekend at the Arclight, and I agree with everyone else that Grace Coddington, the mag’s creative director, is the star of [...]

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Jason Wu confection, wow, from Elle News Blog
— Station Fire is 87% contained / LAist
— Food Forward volunteer group / DailyCandy
— Esquivel Shoes, marbled leather / Material Interest
— A cheery optimism runs through women’s spring 2010 collection / LAT
— Tommy Ton of blog Jak and Jil / BOF
— New York Fashion Week: Bloggers Take Over [...]

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