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Fashion and Style

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Silverlake Beard/Mustache Contest Brings Hairy Hipsters to L.A. Public Library

    Adam Gropman​The L.A. Public Library's Silverlake branch wants to raise a lot of community awareness and a little extra funding. That means they're probably gonna throw a bake sale or a car wash or maybe a used book clearance event, right? Are you kidding me? This is Silverlake! They hold a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2011

    "Il Teatro all Moda: Theater in Fashion"

    Adam Gropman​The L.A. Public Library's Silverlake branch wants to raise a lot of community awareness and a little extra funding. That means they're probably gonna throw a bake sale or a car wash or maybe a used book clearance event, right? Are you kidding me? This is Silverlake! They hold a ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    July 28, 2011

    Fashion Issue 2011: Does L.A. Have a Fashion Identity?

    Starlets, surf bums, shagsters, scarecrows, rocker vampires, and more: Our fashion issue explores L.A. style from the streets up

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2011

    Hedi Slimane

    Starlets, surf bums, shagsters, scarecrows, rocker vampires, and more: Our fashion issue explores L.A. style from the streets up

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2011

    Goodwill Goes Hollywood: A Star Is Born

    Starlets, surf bums, shagsters, scarecrows, rocker vampires, and more: Our fashion issue explores L.A. style from the streets up

  • Columns

    August 12, 2010

    Broader Than Broadway

    Starlets, surf bums, shagsters, scarecrows, rocker vampires, and more: Our fashion issue explores L.A. style from the streets up

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Mad Men's Allison Leach Designs Gorgeous Uniforms for First & Hope; Local Designer Martin Zepeda Creates LBD for Tar Pit

    First & HopeStaff at First & Hope model their uniforms (L to R): A dining room assistant/runner uniform, a floor-length hostess gown, a bartender/server uniform, a cocktail server mini-dress, another bartender/server uniform, a server dress and a female bartender dress.​ Remember when bagels w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Top 5 Classic Sci-Fi Characters That Would Have Looked Even Cooler with Mustaches

    Lando pimped the 'stache even in a galaxy far, far away​We're nearing the end of Mustache May and as people across the web compare facial hair, we couldn't help but wonder if some of our favorite, classic sci-fi characters would look even cooler with a little (or a lot) of fuzz above the lip. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    The Smell Of Michael Jackson, Hair And Now: Company Formulates Cologne Based On MJ DNA

    ​A company that makes fragrances based in part on the DNA of dead celebrities has unveiled a Michael Jackson signature scent that's purported to be based on genes extracted from locks collected from the pop star's head. Hairy! Los Angeles-based My DNA Fragrance recently partnered up with cele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Wine Hair Gel, Or What to Do With That Crappy Bottle of Merlot from Your Last Dinner Party

    Thank goodness for hair gel. Now we can all finally get over our Sideways "I'm not drinking any f#cking merlot!" complex. Of course, we all know that celebrity hairstylist Ted Gibson makes a mean cocktail party chignon (a fancy and expensive name for your grandmom's bun). Now he's added a line of wi ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 1, 2009

    Best of L.A.: Club Wear

    Thank goodness for hair gel. Now we can all finally get over our Sideways "I'm not drinking any f#cking merlot!" complex. Of course, we all know that celebrity hairstylist Ted Gibson makes a mean cocktail party chignon (a fancy and expensive name for your grandmom's bun). Now he's added a line of wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    War Tapes Jewelry: Neo-Victorian and Lolita Merch

    Becca Popkin War Tapes may be best known for cranking out brooding jams at clubs and loft parties across Los Angeles, but Becca Popkin, bassist for the Downtown-based group has another talent that will be on display when the band embarks on its nationwide tour with VNV Nation this Saturday at Club N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Barbie Doll Body Parts as Jewelry: Margaux Lange's Ear Earrings and Hand Necklaces--Like Dahmer's Refrigerator, Only Pretty

    Would you wear these bizarre jewelry items made by Brooklyn artist Margaux Lange? They are made of chopped up pieces of Barbie dolls. They are plasticky, strange, cheerful, and just a bit creepy in a budding serial killer kind of way. I particularly enjoy the earrings made of ears. And the little da ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    EASTER SCHMEASTER

    Would you wear these bizarre jewelry items made by Brooklyn artist Margaux Lange? They are made of chopped up pieces of Barbie dolls. They are plasticky, strange, cheerful, and just a bit creepy in a budding serial killer kind of way. I particularly enjoy the earrings made of ears. And the little da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Michelle Obama's Election Night Dress

    America did the right thing at the polls this time around. I'm so happy, even Michelle Obama's odd election night dress is looking good right now. The crisscross empire waist and side panels are meant to be strategically slimming, I believe. Sure, the swath of red splashed across the front is discon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    Fashion Week Diary: Goodie Bag Confidential--The Stuff!

    Fashion Week is over now, but for my final Fashion Week post, I wanted to show you what was inside the goodie bags. Every designer, if you sit in the front two rows or so, gives out a goodie bag. Each night, I'd come home, deposit the bags on the floor and sort through the contents. This is a port ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 16, 2008

    Among the Size-0 Crowd at Fashion Week

    Painful stilettos, accreting around Mandy Moore, and more

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Fashion Week Diary: Beach Bunny Babes, Butts and Boobs

    Painful stilettos, accreting around Mandy Moore, and more

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2008

    Ferocity from Afar: New York Fashion Week Wrap-up

    New York Fashion Week took its final bite out of the Big Apple last week and most fashion fiends and followers have already moved on to the substantially edgier avante-garde parade at London Fashion Week (happening now). But NYC's shows deserve a recap, especially since many of the looks will be s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    L.A. Fashion Awards Not Happening This Year

    The L.A. Fashion Awards are on hiatus until 2009. Why? Money. As in, not enough of it. Those are the awards that come at the end of Fashion Week. Co-founder Jen Uner told Apparel News “The L.A. Fashion Awards have tremendous support from the fashion community, but the business community hasn’t b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2008

    Rachel Pally Warehouse Sale

    By Pandora Young It was the typical sample sale scene at Rachel Pally's warehouse Thursday morning- Sweaty, scantily clad women practically crawling over each other in their frenzy for designer frocks. Admittedly that's my idea of heaven. Even so, I generally avoid sample sales simply because ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 15, 2008

    Jay Diola

    Hair apparent

  • Columns

    February 14, 2008

    Grammy Hair Talk: Night of the Long Bob

    If you're doing Pink's hair, even if you're not doing her hair in pink, you have to remember she's still Pink.

  • LA Life

    November 1, 2007

    Trash and Class

    Fashion Week’s return to form

  • LA Life

    October 18, 2007

    Royal Welding

    Jewelry fit for a king or a queen, baby

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2007

    Whitley Kros, Beck and Juliette Lewis

    Yes, one half of Whitley Kros is Mrs. Beck, Marissa Ribisi. The other half is Sophia Banks, Marissa's long-time friend. Beck was of course, the musical director for the show. He did a great job as you can imagine, with two turntables and a microphone, he stayed up int he DJ booth and let his wife ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2007

    Fashion Week(S) ! BoxEight Kicks It Off

    Every year LA Fashion Week seems to get a little longer. It has been pushed to nearly a month long string of shows and satellite parties. Today BoxEight, the alternative art/ production company returns for a second attempt at bringing LA Fashion back downtown (where some say it belongs), with their ... More >>

  • LA Life

    August 23, 2007

    Snip, Snip

    Headed toward a split ending with your hairdresser? A cheater’s guide to some of L.A.’s most seductive salons

  • LA Life

    July 12, 2007

    Short Subjects

    Hot this summer: the swinging trapeze and frocks with pockets

  • Columns

    April 5, 2007

    Sebelia's Fashion Fight Club

    And black's back again

  • LA Life

    March 8, 2007

    Sexy Beast

    GODDOLLARS goes for the jugular

  • LA Life

    March 1, 2007

    Strung Out

    Wahine Beads entices would-be jewelers

  • LA Life

    February 15, 2007

    Dark Shadows

    Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab’s uncommon scents

  • LA Life

    December 14, 2006

    Star Powder

    Napoleon Perdis gives L.A. a make over

  • Columns

    October 19, 2006

    Fashion Flashing

    Napoleon Perdis gives L.A. a make over

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    The Phantom Jasmine

    Best nighttime scents

  • LA Life

    August 31, 2006

    One Love

    The evolution of a swimsuit

  • LA Life

    July 6, 2006

    Go, Speed Dater!

    Fashion adventures in the online hookup

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2006

    Sources

    Fashion adventures in the online hookup

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Beauty and Madness

    How I learned to love L.A.’s Fashion Week

  • LA Life

    November 4, 2004

    A Living Spectacle

    L.A. Fashion Week

  • Columns

    April 29, 2004

    Rich Dog, Poor Man

    L.A. Fashion Week

  • LA Life

    February 26, 2004

    Getting the Skin-ny

    L.A. Fashion Week

  • LA Life

    November 20, 2003

    Expert Advice: Dress To Impress

    Event planner Gary Levitt of Sequoia Productions deciphers dress codes

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Style LA 03

    Event planner Gary Levitt of Sequoia Productions deciphers dress codes

  • LA Life

    April 3, 2003

    In This Corner

    L.A.'s competing Fashion Weeks

  • LA Life

    October 17, 2002

    BEK

    L.A.'s competing Fashion Weeks

  • Columns

    November 22, 2001

    Stink Bomb

    Hector Schechner strikes back

  • LA Life

    April 19, 2001

    Sensible Shoes for Swing Kids

    Re-Mix

  • Stage

    March 23, 2000

    Style Council

    Re-Mix

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