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This Charming Man

Men's Fashion Is Going Sockless. Here's Why That Trend Should Stop Right Now

The no-sock look with shoes has been popular with men for a while now, but we'd like take things another way and pay homage to the wonderfulness of socks, especially how they can add a little flair to your ensemble. Not to drop names, but I got the idea of wearing colorful, eye-catching socks from ... More >>

Director John Waters Talks Amanda Knox, Striped Socks, and Underpants Bomber

Patrick Range McDonaldJohn Waters, left, and James Egan​Last Friday night, legendary film director John Waters sat down with L.A. Weekly for a friendly, often times hilarious, chat, promoting a new book that features his media interviews over the past 46 years: John Waters: Interviews. Univer ... More >>

Actor and Model Sebastiano Serafini and Writer La Carmina on the 9.0 Earthquake in Japan

See La Carmina and Seba's photos from Los Angeles. Sebastiano Serafini, otherwise known as Seba, is a multi-media personality in Japan. He has modeled for a variety of labels, including Paul Smith and h. Naoto. Last year, he played Luca on the Japanese TV series Nijonjin no Shiranai Nihongo. Recent ... More >>

Creep Show, Peep Show

Heavy Metal Parking Lot, photography at Hotel de Ville Eyewear and the Paul Smith anniversary party, plus saying goodbye to some of our fave haunts

Brick's Picks: Festivals of Nations

Bryan Rabin

When heavy hitters want to tap into L.A.'s vast and idiosyncratic cultural reservoir, here's the man they call

Makin' It Work

Style Wars, Divine Design and Kitchen 24

Paper Dolls

The high road and the low road

15 More Minutes

Fashion week is officially over, but that doesn't mean the strutting has stopped completely. Thanks to a power outage in my area, I missed the David Yurman menswear show at the Paramour mansion last night (cant get dressed in the dark!) but I hear it was, as Kimora Lee Simmons would say, pure fabu ... More >>

Pop 'n' Stuff

Nightranger

SMASHIN' FASHION

Last night's Paul Smith store opening bash on Melrose was a rousing and rosy affair befitting its pink exterior and attracting a huge crowd full of fashionable and friendly people, many of whom were actually there to shop as well as schmooze. It was so relaxed in fact, that I really didn't even ne ... More >>

Tender-Fried Juicy Love Bits

Time of the Session

When the music was fast, and the players anonymous

Good Vibrations

Some great sessions

East of the Moon

Back to Business

A new war gives new urgency to the globalization debate

Answering Back