June 9 Downtown is a little event called Let’s Play LA hosted by Everlane, the fabulous fashion brand. It’s an intimate event that requires a ticket and will include a performance by The Drums. There will also be drinks and snacks and the venue–the Marimon House–is fabulous.
To welcome Summer and introduce you to their latest collection, Comune has released a video lookbook of their Summer wears. As always, it all looks great. Catch it after the jump.
Céline is a very fancy clothing maker who are not at all from LA. However, it appears that they’ve very recently opened their new Rodeo Drive storefront and are quite excited about it. How does a big luxury brand celebrate a new store opening? Well, they hire a well known photographer to make a video dedicated to the city and to the new store, one that ironically has nothing to do with clothes or the new store. The video is by photographer Jeff Burton and it’s a blurry, hazy, drugged out view of Los Angeles by car. It’s a neat video but, again, it’s funny that it has nothing to do with the store.
What will we never get enough of in Southern California? Sunglasses. We love us some sunglasses. In such a sunny, warm climate, sunglasses are our refuge from the sometimes too bright brightness. We have l.a.Eyeworks, we have Freeway Sunglasses, we have Matsuda Sunglasses, and lots and lots more. It’s remarkable! The last maker–Matsuda–seems particularly special considering there is a new (“new”) sunglasses brand from Los Angeles that functions in a similar way: Masunaga, a Woodland Hills based optical maker founded in Fukui, Japan in 1905. The brand is recently relaunching itself and has a lot of sexy options for sun shading and more.
Check it: rad bag makers Altadena Works have reissued their Japanese Canvas bags. They’re pretty great looking and, like everything they make, we want it.
Experimental dancers at Show Box LA are hoping to raise money to help keep their work going. We had no idea that they were in such a bummer situation so, please, if you are a fan of Los Angeles dance, give them a little love.
Eric Garcetti did an event last week where he fielded questions from locals via Reddit. He did a lot of responding and there were a lot of things to say. What are some highlights? Curbed has some selects for you.
June 22 at LACMA is their latest Muse event. They’ll be saying goodbye to the Stanley Kubrick exhibit since it closes on June 30. You’ll have late night exhibition access, food and drink options, and music by DJ Marion Hodges of KCRW.
Want to take your pedestrianism to the next level? Los Angeles Walks is having WalkLAvia June 23 starting at Wilshire and Grand and will be a six mile stroll down Wilshire. Start with them or meet them–regardless, they’ll be walk, walk, walking!
June 20 at Center For The Arts, Eagle Rock will be a folky event featuring Lucky Eyes, Matt Kivel, and Faun Fables. It’s an all ages show and everything at this Eagle Rock venue is great.
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