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All the Clothes in This West Hollywood Store Cost 2 Dollars. So Dive Into the Pile...

See also: *At This West Hollywood Fashion Library, the Prada Dress You Rent Could Save Your Life Nothing at the 2 Dollar Clothing store in West Hollywood costs more than $2. Not the new Marc Jacobs or DKNY tops, not the BCBG skirt or the Michael Kors boots, not the Gucci, Miu Miu, Armani or Jimmy Ch ... More >>

10 Best Women's Shoe Stores in Los Angeles

Whether you're indulging your inner Carrie Bradshaw's need for Manolo Blahnik or looking for your sneaker holy grail, Los Angeles has a shoe store for you. Here's a rundown of where to find the pumps, loafers, trainers, wedges, slingbacks, flats and everything in between to satisfy anyone's retifism ... More >>

Why This Songs Sucks: The Worst Rap Tracks of 2012

Welcome to another installment of the worst rap songs of the year, brought to you by Why This Song Sucks. See also: Why This Song Sucks: The Worst Rap Tracks of 2011 They are all here this year: The all-the-way aged king, the suddenly mortal demigod, the former darling, the current darling, the m ... More >>

Ten Rap Songs More Republican Than Nicki Minaj

Earlier this week Nicki Minaj stepped in a fresh pile of political shit when she, in an attempt to stir the pot on a "Mercy" freestyle remix, rapped that she is voting for Mitt Romney. People stupid enough to think anything Minaj does or says matters were outraged, and some even sent her death threa ... More >>

A Gallery Show for Nail Art? Yes, Really

A gallery show centered on art of fingernail adornment lends itself, naturally, to skepticism. After all, flamboyant fingertip art is the province of the Katy Perrys of the world: entertaining, but not the stuff of art exhibits. So at the opening of "Nailed" at Subliminal Projects in Silver Lake on ... More >>

The Secret Meeting Between Skrillex, James Franco, Harmony Korine and Gucci Mane

Provocateur Harmony Korine has again reached deep inside his bag of WTF for his latest feature, Spring Breakers. Set for release in 2013, the movie's casting has generated quite a buzz already: It features Disney star Selena Gomez being bad, James Franco in cornrows, and Georgia rapper Gucci Mane sh ... More >>

Kurt Vile, Santigold, Rusko

Also, Star & Dagger, Charli XCX, Church of Misery and others

Google Street View disasters

10 Best Reasons to Visit Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley (Besides Coachella)

The Coachella Valley was once known as a fantastic spot for a getaway from L.A., especially during its high season in winter, when it features almost-certain sunshine and better temperatures. In recent years, Coachella has become synonymous with just one thing: Coachella. But this year, the music f ... More >>

More Than 10,000 Fake Football Jerseys Seized at LAX Since Start of NFL Season

Did you buy your 49ers jersey on the street for around $40, instead of $80? Then you probably fed into the thriving counterfeit-jersey black market, which thrives ever harder as the NFL season heats up, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Jaime Ruiz. At LAX alone, Ruiz says, ... More >>

True Religion, Gucci, Nike -- $4 Million of it -- Fake And Now Safe From Holiday Shoppers, Thanks to ICE Crackdown

CelebfashionLATrue Religion shorts? Lord have mercy.​We'll give you a peek into our last-minute Christmas shopping list: Fake True Religion jeans. Lots of them. (Note to self: Check Craigslist). Dang it: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced it has seized $4 million worth ... More >>

Echo Park Lake Is About to Get Drained Into an Empty, Stinking Mud Flat

The Eastsider via PicasaThe lake was last drained in 1984. Yes, it was awful.​For the new wave of borderline-eastside gentry who weren't around to see Echo Park Lake in a surly state of "stinking mud flat" in 1984 (or 1902, 1906, 1919, 1922, 1932 or 1946): We hate to be the bearers of bad ne ... More >>

MTV VMA Best New Artist Nominees: A Field Guide to Kreayshawn, Big Sean, Foster the People, Tyler the Creator, and Wiz Khalifa

Kreayshawn​Article by Shea Serrano On Sunday, August 28th, MTV's Video Music Awards will wander into town. MTV, by the way, is a television station. They play music and whatnot, but more importantly, they allow a handsome troglodyte named CT to exist. Also, younger readers: A television s ... More >>

Coachella 2011: Top Ten Pick-Up Lines (So Far)

By Daniel HernandezThe Line Worked!​ Yeah right, everyone goes to Coachella for the music. Who's kidding? Inevitable hook-ups are a major bonus and with all the skin, sweat, heat and booze, its hard to resist waltzing right up to that smoldering dude or delicious lady and laying it all on th ... More >>

L.A.'s Best Chocolate Shops: Because Nothing Says I Love You, Mom More Than A Sea Salt Fudge Truffle

Since we're on a tight budget (hey, the recession might be letting up but we're in no position to splurge) chocolate is our go-to Mother's Day gift. There's only a few days left until the big day so if you're in the last-minute "I need a present for Mom ASAP" predicament, we've created a neighborhoo ... More >>

Straight Outta Hollywood: N.W.A. Biopic in the Works

Yes, *that* Jonathan Gold​The Hollywood Reporter (via MTV) has details of an announcement about an upcoming N.W.A. biopic currently in development at New Line. The film has the working title Straight Outta Compton and "will follow N.W.A (short for N---az With Attitude) from their early days i ... More >>

San Francisco Airport Takes Racially Tinged Swipe At LAX

An image from SFO's video.​A video marketing the advantages of flying into San Francisco International Airport from Australia and New Zealand seems to take a racially charged swipe at Los Angeles International Airport, which is the only other direct California destination from those nations. ( ... More >>

Rewinding Time with 'The Decade in Mixtapes': The '00s Transform the Art of the Mix

Rewinding Time with 'The Decade in Mixtapes

SF Edition: INCHES reviews Lazer Sword, Tempo No Tempo, Themselves, Young Prisms (MP3)

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

The Junk Man’s Daughter

Allee Willis is Queen of Kitsch

Best of L.A.: Club Wear

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Night 2: Vampire Weekend, Snow Patrol, Scott Weiland, Franz Ferdinand, Death Cab For Cutie, Paramore, The Killers, The Cure

By Siran Babayan (All photos by Timothy Norris. Click images for entire KROQ slideshow.) In my worst nightmare, the Cure would be upstaged by Kanye West. Yes, the two would share a bill; West making a surprise appearance and leaving the crowd in a frenzy, the Cure headlining the show and making ... More >>

Sylmar Fire's Lady Looters

They stole Gucci baubles and embarrassed L.A. globally, as 500 homes burned

Best Boutiques for Breaking Melrose Monotony

Beyond Hardy and hoochies

Reaganomics Meets the GOP-Bolshevik State

Potemkin economy

And I'm Telling You...

The Style Council's Oscar winners and losers

And I'm Telling You...

Thank god for Andre Leon Talley. After enduring E!s super-geeky/freaky coverage of the Oscars red carpet last night, we switched over to ABC's own, and the Vogue columnist was definitely a breath of fresh air, talking fashion and film in a fabulous way that only a flamboyant gay man can. Our only c ... More >>

Rock Picks

For February 1–8

a Kiss (on the Neck) at Midnight

Erykah Badu at House of Blues, New Year’s Eve

Erased

Cross Rock

A historical celebration of pop crucifixions, from Morrison to Manson to Madonna

Milking It

It was my birthday this past weekend, and though the Leo in me usually takes a whole week to celebrate, this year I've got another birth on my mind- the one I'll be enduring when my little one comes in early November. Still, I had a hubby who wanted to spoil me and I just couldn't let the double wh ... More >>

Freaky Kinky Nation

The weird-ass, beautiful history of ’80s hip-hop, as curated by Tommy Boy records

Out With the Old

Cashing in your clothes? What to bring, what to leave and what to expect . . .

Hipsters Must Die

10 signs of the (Yindie) apocalypse

A House Signed Starck

Crystal Blue Persuasion

Diving into the newest scenester abyss

Closet Fraud

Less Sugar, More Spice

Mean Girls, though entertaining, could be meaner

Reny Monk, Tee-ing Up

Putting on Your Party Best

Beyond Ghetto Fabulous

Surf Report: Billabong Threatens an International Incident

Tee Time

The American in the French Kitchen

Kama Sutra Journalism

On the Feminization of Menswear

Slush

Dumpling Chic

Beijing snacks in San Gabriel

Heilman-C at ''The Warehouse''