Design
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A formerly mandatory men's accessory resurfaces with a unique twist on the traditional
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When menswear crosses lines, the result is straight-up high fashion
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Always a shining star among the red carpet set, L’Wren Scott is making a grand entrance with her own line
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Tony Duquette for Coach lights up the jewelry scene with one truly baublicious bauble
Feat of Clay
Ceramist Antoinette Faragallah crafts phantasmagoric creations etching their way into high design
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Forefront fashion designer Tory Burch hones a plan for business--other people’s business
Holiday Gift Guide
No gimmicks here, just our straight-up annual guide to the best in holiday presents for you and yours.
Culture(d)—December 2011
This month: art with a personal touch, art for the masses—and art from the fashion forward.
Potter’s Field
Multimedia artist Geoff McFetridge’s collaboration with Heath Ceramics marks an intriguing shift for both.
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Donna Karan builds an Urban Zen oasis in L.A., with groundbreaking fashions and accessories sourced from around the globe.
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Quizzical but genius fashion trends of fall: the peep-toe-boot, goat’s gift to the greater good and the marriage of hoodie and scarf.
Love Shack
Just a little old place in Los Feliz for a designing couple to transform into a home.
Culture(d)—October 2011
In the realm of arts+ideas: didactic decor, KAWS for cartoons—and High Desert hijinks
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Denis Colomb proves cashmere isn’t just for sweaters anymore.
Meet the Archers
A trio of Los Angeles designers that defies categorization and eschews trends duly rises from under the radar.
Material Witness
Azadeh Shladovsky came to furniture design through a quite unexpected route.
SINGULAR SENSATION Iron Maiden
The seductive charms of Christopher Come’s metal and glass Oblique screen.
Culture(d)—August 2011
Brothers Grimm tales, verklempt over Vermeer and L.A.'s upcoming FYF-dom.
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Sculptor Anish Kapoor puts his twist on an already stunning espresso cup and saucer.
50 Patent Drawings
Java by design--from great minds going back decades. How far have we really come?
A Cut Above
Hairstylist Chris McMillan partners with designer Trip Haenisch to create his eclectic WeHo redoubt.
Starship Enterprise
Windowless, wrapped in a skin of panels and holding the collection of world’s richest man Carlos Slim Helú, Soumaya Museum brings a new kind of attraction to Mexico City.
Garden of Delights
There’s never been a more inspiring moment for bringing life to the great outdoors, and now design muses are hearing our call.
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While much of the fashion industry stays in a slump, Los Angeles designer Jeremy Scott keeps things moving by refusing to be labeled.
Editor’s Note
Our May issue hones in on the arts of architecture and design—two always seen but not always appreciated applications of practical magic.
Printed Matter
A library of design surprises awaits at vintage-furniture emporium Reform.
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We take a crack at dressing six of the Oscar nominees in the winning but risk-taking designer looks we wish they would wear.
The New New York
With recent developments in everything from architecture to hotels to retail, there’s still no place like Gotham.
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With a place for everything and everything in its place, one coat wins the carry-on game.
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The promises of New Year’s past come back to haunt, as one writer faces the hard facts hiding in her closet.
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Olivier Theyskens’ new Theory collection lends a dark glamour to the stalwart of office-appropriate chic
Culture(d)—December 2010
Los Angeles Times critics, writers and contributors share their 2010 moment of transcendence.
Singular Sensation
The new Leica M9 honors the mythic strengths of the Titans—in pristine form.
Intrepid Traveler London Calling, Again
London’s design scene flourishes anew in endless hotels, restaurants, galleries and shops, from the toniest stretches of Mayfair to the recently fashionable Shoreditch.
Culture(d)—November 2010
This month, an eclectic sampling of the Los Angeles art scene, including a Michael Kohn retrospective, Raphael’s Madonna and Andy Warhol camos.
Tesla Takes Shape
Already avant-garde, the car company endeavors to be the EV player that values adventurous design as much as long-range, gas-free mobility.
Retail Therapy Group Dynamics
Reza Feiz’s cutting-edge Phase Design collections have found a new home—together in an outpost at Twentieth
A New Leaf
For photographer Emily Shur, the eerie wonder of cell phone towers have become the new classic landscape.
Tastemakers Sonia Eram
Sonia Eram never advertises her Bev Hills store, Mameg, and still she has become L.A.’s most highly educated, under-the-radar fashion arbiter.
Tastemakers Frederick + Laurie Samitaur-Smith
Can real-estate development be a path to progressive social action? Frederick and Laurie Samitaur-Smith believe so and are proving it in Culver City.
Tastemakers Jeffrey Deitch
After 30 years as a curator and gallerist, Deitch signs on at MOCA to continue his constantly evolving dialogue about art, life and the cultural landscape.
The Mayor of Melrose
Sophistication and sensitivity aren’t traits generally associated with developers, but Ben Soleimani proves the exception.
VW in the Driver’s Seat
Volkswagen design maestro Walter de’Silva bucks the car-industry cult to design vehicles that suit the unique tastes of regional markets.
Culture(d)—June 2010
The latest in art and architecture, with a celebrity flourish, including a Michael Jackson collection and 5 questions for Hollywood It gal Betty White.
Seoul Mate
Pierre Koenig’s modern-architecture masterpiece Case Study House No. 21 exhibits global balance with an owner who showcases Eastern art through a series of visiting installations.
All That Glitters
Robert Stone sets his sights on the stories buildings tell, the personal and cultural iconography they manifest—and even the feelings they evoke.
