Silver Lake
Hamilton Shirt Co. at Mohawk General; Topanga Vintage Market
SILVER LAKE—Mohawk General Store is welcoming the made-to-measure experts of Hamilton Shirt Co. this Saturday. From noon to 5pm, David Hamilton will provide his bespoke services to customers in a pop-up atelier. There will be a choice of fabrics, collars and cuffs; each shirt selected will be hand-finished in the company's Houston, Texas workshop then delivered. Details above. [Racked Inbox]
WOODLAND HILLS—The Topanga Vintage Market is back this Sunday, February 24th. The market will be open from 8am to 3pm and admission is $2. There will be more than 160 vintage, antique and collectibles sellers on site. [Racked Inbox]
ANAHEIM—This Sunday also marks the return of Dapper Day at Disneyland, aka the day where people dress up in their finest contemporary or vintage-inspired getups and convene at the amusement park. Learn more here. [Racked Inbox]
Where This Vintage Textile Sourcer Shops in Silver Lake
Los Angeles has more stores than anyone could physically tackle, but somehow we always keep returning to the usual suspects. To break out of the rut, we've asked some local shopping and fashion gurus to provide their hidden retail gems—those unique stores around LA that we might not all know about. Cue the Beatles: We're about to get a little help from our friends.
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Joanna Williams is the owner of vintage textile studio, Kneeland Co., and the online marketplace Kneeland Co. Mercado. She sources vintage textiles from around the world and sells them to designers in fashion, home and beauty to be used as design inspiration. Williams' clients include Anthropologie, Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Tory Burch and many more. She loves nothing more than an eclectic find, and in that spirit she pointed us towards Casbah Café in Silver Lake.
Where Starworks' Matty Pipes Shops in Silver Lake
Los Angeles has more stores than anyone could physically tackle, but somehow we always keep returning to the usual suspects. To break out of the rut, we've asked some local shopping and fashion gurus to provide their hidden retail gems—those unique stores around LA that we might not all know about. Cue the Beatles: We're about to get a little help from our friends.
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Matty Pipes is the social media manager for Starworks Artists in Los Angeles and counts stylists Cher Coulter and Kris Zero as well as hair stylist Tracey Cunningham as clients. When he's hanging with friends, Pipes likes to check out Spellbound Sky in Silver Lake. After the jump, he tells us why.
Where Jewelry Designer Maya Brenner Shops in Silver Lake
Los Angeles has more stores than anyone could physically tackle, but somehow we always keep returning to the usual suspects. To break out of the rut, we've asked some local shopping and fashion gurus to provide their hidden retail gems—those unique stores around LA that we might not all know about. Cue the Beatles: We're about to get a little help from our friends.
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A native of California, Maya Brenner's jewelry is both simple and classic, bold and modern. Founded in 1998, the collection has been sold at Henri Bendel, Fred Segal, Calypso, and Anthropologie and featured in the pages of Lucky, InStyle, People, CosmoGlamour. Here, the designer fills us in on her favorite shopping mecca in Silver Lake.
Where Designer Kelly Cole Finds Rare Records in Silver Lake
Los Angeles has more stores than anyone could physically tackle, but somehow we always keep returning to the usual suspects. To break out of the rut, we've asked some local shopping and fashion gurus to provide their hidden retail gems—those unique stores around LA that we might not all know about. Cue the Beatles: We're about to get a little help from our friends.
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Kelly Cole is a jack-of-all-trades. Really, that's the only way to describe him. He was a DJ (where he held residency at clubs like Trousdale, Hemingway's, Hyde, and Teddy's), owned a retail space/gallery and lifestyle brand called Lo-Fi that was a favorite among celebrities, recently designed the interiors of Harry Morton's new Fuku Burger and has his own denim, t-shirt and accessories brand available at Maxfield, Confederacy, American Rag, Fred Segal and his namesake shop on La Brea. So yes, he's busy. Here, he tells us about his favorite spot in Silver Lake for rare LPs.