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Departamento opens new store in downtown, Los Angeles

Luxury men’s multi-brand retailer Departamento has opened its latest storefront in Los Angeles, California. The new store, located within the iconic architectural retail enclave Signal in downtown Los Angeles, was designed by LA-based firm 22RE. Similar to the retailer's existing storefront, customers access the store through a concealed...

Retail |In Pictures

Never Fully Dressed opens first store in Los Angeles

British fashion brand Never Fully Dressed has opened its first permanent store in Los Angeles, US, as it continues to expand its global presence. Located on Melrose Avenue, the LA flagship follows the success of the brand’s store opening in New York City just under a year ago and its wholesale expansion across the US with partners, including...

Business

Pacsun & Rams partner up against chronic absenteeism in under-resourced schools

Californian lifestyle brand Pacsun has partnered with the Los Angeles Rams to donate washer and dryer sets to 20 schools in historically under-resourced communities in an effort to contest chronic absenteeism. Through the recently launched program, ‘Loads of Love,’ supported by Thinkwatts Foundation, 20 local schools within the Compton Unified...

Fairs

Denim Dudes to launch new denim event 'Here|After' in Los Angeles

Amy Leverton from Denim Dudes, in partnership with ISKO and Re&Up, has teamed up with writer and producer Erin Barajas to launch a new denim event in Los Angeles, Here|After. Designed to serve as an 'impact-driven' event to unite disruptive thought leaders and Los Angeles' denim creatives, the new annual event will explore how the denim industry...

Fashion

The Daily Front Row to host 8th annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards

American fashion industry publication The Daily Front Row is set to host its eighth annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards (the FLAs) this weekend. This year's event, taking place on Sunday, April 28, in Beverly Hills, will celebrate Jerry Lorenzo from Fear of God as its Designer of the Year, Erin Walsh as Style Curator of the Year, and Anatasia...

Fashion

Engelbert Strauss collaborates with Hollywood’s Stuntmen’s Association

German workwear manufacturer Engelbert Strauss has partnered with the US Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures for a collection of co-branded workwear and apparel. The collection includes hoodies, t-shirts and polo shirts, as well as signature workwear attire like cargo work shorts, work pants and work jackets. All pieces carry custom,...

People |Interview Featured

Doni Nahmias on the LA fashion uprising and the fusion of sports and luxury

While LA may be known for its illustrious film industry embedded in Hollywood culture, from which stars materialise as beacons of success on a global scale, there is also an underlying precedence in emerging talent that is shaping the subcultures that define the city’s wider lifestyle. Among these underdogs has emerged Doni Nahmias. On moving to...

Retail

Represent opens first permanent store in Los Angeles

British luxury streetwear brand Represent has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, which will serve as the brand's flagship store and office space. The new store, which measures more than 3,100 square feet, is the first of three new retail locations Represent is set to open throughout the year. Opening its...

Retail

Sunspel continues US retail push with new store opening in Los Angeles

British luxury brand Sunspel is continuing its retail expansion in the US with a new store opening in sunny Los Angeles. Located at 3312 Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake, the latest store opening sees the brand build on the success of its first West Coast store, which opened in November 2023 in Marin Country Mart, north of San Francisco. Marking...

Retail

Game of cat and mouse: Tory Burch opens pop-up in Los Angeles

Tory Burch has opened the doors of an animal-themed pop-up. While the flagship store in Los Angeles is being renovated, the US fashion label is switching to an alternative address, as announced last week. Together with the US designer and founder of the Opening Ceremony brand, Humberto Leon, a temporary space on Melrose Avenue was transformed...

Fashion

Green Carpet Fashion Awards to return in March

The Green Carpet Fashion Awards (GCFA) is set to return to its home city of Los Angeles on March 6, once again pushing forward the message of interconnected cultural change and bringing together a multitude of industries to attempt just that. Alongside founder Livia Firth, the event will be co-chaired by actresses Cate Blanchett, Helen Hunt,...

Retail

Lulus returns to brick-and-mortar with a new permanent LA store

Lulus, a Californian fashion brand known for its affordable luxury items, is making its return in retail in a big way. Revitalizing its retail strategy, the brand is opening its first store in 15 years this Friday - a 6,000 square foot store located at 8303 Melrose Avenue, in Los Angeles. A significant shift from its previously digital-only...