Email Author Kateri Butler

2005 Stories by Kateri Butler

• How to Build a Sweater

  published September 15, 2005

  Photos by Michael PowersZen and the art of knitting? Ha! Try tense and anxious as you count out those stitches to shape a wearable... More >>

• Jersey Girl

  published September 1, 2005

  Photos by Michael Powers A pair of jersey crop pants bought designer Rachel Pally a house. Specifically, a pair of crop pants worn... More >>

• Destiny’s Child

  published August 18, 2005

  Designer Carlos Rosario keeps on the right side of destiny. After all, this is a guy who shows up in Hollywood with stars in his... More >>

• An Anti-Pretty Pretty Boy

  published August 4, 2005

  Photos by Michael PowersYou could call Charles Stolarek a meta-designer. There are his clothes: oddly beautiful and thought-provoking,... More >>

• Summer in the City

  published July 21, 2005

  Summer in L.A. is all about the right to bare arms — and a whole lot more. Being cool and keeping cool. Flash, trash, splash o... More >>

• Wearing the Pretty

  published July 7, 2005

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• Hasta la Vista, Baby

  published June 23, 2005

  Photo by Jack GouldStocker Avenue, between La Cienega and Fairfax. A moonlit midnight. Streaking east... More >>

• Wise Guy

  published June 23, 2005

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• The LBD Rules

  published June 16, 2005

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• Everything Old Is Vintage Again

  published June 2, 2005

  Non, je ne regrette rien . . . except giving away a drop-dead 1950s Don Loper evening jacket (silk with a... More >>

• JC Superstar

  published May 26, 2005

  Photography by Michael PowersThe style set flipped when Juan Carlos Obando, or JC as everyone calls him, debuted his eponymous line last... More >>

• The Lobbyist

  published May 19, 2005

  Photos by Larry HirshowitzNot long ago I went to Union Station to pick up my nephew. He was arriving on the Coach Starlight Express,... More >>

• Generation Fashion

  published May 19, 2005

  From mind-blowing Wild West evening wear to sexy sustainable clothes for the year 2020, the 185 outfits by 51 seniors and 64 juniors of Otis... More >>

• Dressing Edith Palm

  published May 5, 2005

  Photos by Michael Powers“Who is this woman that I see wearing my clothing?” Designer Sarah Aaronson contemplated this question as she struggled ... More >>

• The Milliner’s Tale

  published April 21, 2005

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• Beauty and Madness

  published March 31, 2005

  Photos by Michael PowersI admit that I was ready to give up on L.A.’s Fashion Week. Last year at this time I questioned if L.A. eve... More >>

• Caught in a Trap?

  published March 17, 2005

  Illustration by Kelly TunstallI always imagined I’d be wearing some sort of Barbarella-with-a-twist-of-Jetsons ensemble in the year 2005. Perhap... More >>

• Rational Exuberance

  published February 17, 2005

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