Listed are some of the coolest independent shops in Los Angeles.

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Aero & Co

To be edgy and not go over the edge is tougher than most people will admit or understand. Aero & Co. allows you to pirouette on the most miniscule of edges. The clothes, often representing...

Alife

In Alife, the full breadth and depth of the Alife brand come to life. While their shoe line is widely available in hip boutiques across the country, their other products are not. The store...

Alpha

After the "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy"-ification of America, men everywhere were left wondering "where do I go to buy high-end facial cleansers, modern home goods and stylish...

American Rag

Seamlessly mixing new and vintage clothing to create a unique look may mainly be the work of hip celebrity stylists, but with stores like American Rag the task got just a little bit easier. The...

Amoeba Music

For anyone who doubts for a second the ability of independent music stores to survive against the corporate megastore witness Amoeba. The huge, vibrant record store stocks thousands of new and...

Amsterdam Modern

Reader Suggested: It's a "hidden secret" in Van Nuys, California, a 5000 square foot warehouse filled w/mid-century Modern (50s thru 80s) furniture, lighting, art from Amsterdam. Amsterdam Modern is...

Apartment Number 9

If there's anything you'll learn from Apartment Number 9, it's that laid-back, casual clothing doesn't have to look messy. For shirts, pick from a multitude of patterned...

Apartment Number 9

If there's anything you'll learn from Apartment Number 9, it's that laid-back, casual clothing doesn't have to look messy. For shirts, pick from a multitude of patterned...

A+R

A+R equals good design. More bazaar than gallery, the shop stuffs a globe's worth of design objects in its modest space. Objects likes a handgun shaped vase, an agate candle holder, wood...

A+R

A+R equals good design. More bazaar than gallery, the shop stuffs a globe's worth of design objects in its modest space. Objects likes a handgun shaped vase, an agate candle holder, wood...

Arp

Reader Suggested: Killer jewelry store. They sell like 3-4 designers work here and they are all kick ass: Ted Meuhling (god of all things jewelry and ceramic), Gabriella Kiss (wow. glamazon. fantabulous), Nicole...

Arundel

Do you really need a 150,000 square foot mega-bookstore to have something for everybody? Arundel Books proves that you don't. The store stocks new, used and rare books but does so in way as...

Ashland & Hill

When modernists go to the beach, Ashland & Hill is the result. The upholstered furniture and woodwork of the spacious furniture showroom is certainly modern--clean lines and solid colors...

ATeam Shoe Shop

Reader Suggested: This store is DOPE! They have a killer selection, tons of rare and original kicks, a mural of Jordan on their wall and located in Manhattan Beach, which is a sweet little town!

Bar Keeper

Having a well-appropriated bar is critical to any fun, urban domicile. Bar Keeper makes creating a perfect bar easier than ever before. Every imaginable bar accessory is within arms reach including...

Bird

With a plethora of clothing from up-and-coming, often European labels it's safe to say that this Bird has been around. Not content to let designers find the boutique, Bird seems on a mission...

Bittersweet Butterfly

Combining flowers, chocolates and lingerie? Why did no one think of this earlier. Bittersweet Butterfly certainly seems like the perfect Valentine's day gifting destination, but it's...

Blackman Cruz

At Blackman Cruz the objects either came from dead people, are made from dead people or animals or could easily kill you. By objects that came from dead people we of course mean antiques, but...

Blends

The uninitiated will feel uncomfortable walking into Blends. The OC location stores its kicks in glass-door fridges. The San Diego spot is an all-white gallery, with a ledge for shoe display and...

Blue Rooster Art Supplies

You're an artist for Christ's sake. You can't go to some corporate mega-chain to buy your supplies. You should go to Blue Rooster Art. They have oils in a ridiculous number of...

Book Soup

Lest you think that Los Angeles is devoid of culture enter Book Soup, a heady, vibrant space that looks more like an expansive personal library than a retail book store. Floor to ceiling shelves...

Camille Hudson

A small store in an unlikely location, Camille Hudson displays about fifty pairs of shoes on metal rods that stick out of the walls--a gallery for shoes if you will. However, this is not a gallery...

Carla

In an area bursting with glitzy vintage furniture stores where pieces are priced in the compact car price bracket, Carla offers vintage furniture and accessories with zero pretense and less...

Carol Young | Undesigned

The conceptual never looked as comfortable than at Carol Young. The line was born from the concept of creating clothing for the "urban nomad." Sleek, modern but with touches of femininity...

Clover

Clover must be a product of people who didn't know what kind of store they wanted to open. Should we open a clothing store? There is a nice selection of hip women's clothing and shoes...

Creatures of Comfort

Creatures of Comfort is actually rather restless--anxious to find who's next in fashion and scouring near and far to make it happen. Looking far they introduce up and coming labels from Japan,...

Crewest

Graffiti art meet fine art. Before Crewest we more used to seeing graffiti on freeway overpasses and building faces. The airy, shop/gallery is a one stop shop for graffiti art. There are paints and...

Daisy Arts

If you go to Italy and can peel yourself away from the priceless art, the romantic settings, if you can get over the ridiculously good-looking people and the heavenly food, you may notice that...

Dean

Some people have a very specific idea of what they want and they're willing to search high and low to find it. And when they can't find it, they're willing to open the factory to...

Decades

In an era where trends turn on a dime, it's useful sometimes to remind ourselves that good designs never go out of style. So it's only appropriate that in the rather trend obsessed Los...

Decades Two

In an era where trends turn on a dime, it's useful sometimes to remind ourselves that good designs never go out of style. So it's only appropriate that in the rather trend obsessed Los...

De La Espada

De La Espada's process is a simple one really. They take brilliant black walnut and white oak from sustainable forests in the US and turn them into modern furniture pieces using traditional...

Denim Revival

In the day and age of designer (and expensive) denim, only the foolish would sacrifice their denim to bad tailoring. As the name implies, Denim Revival (formerly Denim Doctors) is here to fix...

Denmark 50

Denmark 5000 is more like it. Denmark 50 stocks classic Danish furnish by the the hundreds. The showroom is overflowing with Danish chairs, tables and larger pieces. Classic pieces by Wegner,...

Des Kohan

Des Kohan's fashions don't need to scream to make their point--black, brown, beige, navy, and white are the colors in the shop's rainbow. Dresses, separates and a host of belts, bags...

Diavolina

The lush leopard print carpets and gleaming gold and silver fixtures and adornments do well to complement Diavolina's luxe shoes and accessories. The boutique picks from the top rung of shoe...

Diesel

For those that are used to independent bookstores of the cramped and cluttered variety, Diesel is a breath of fresh air. The design conscious, fiercely independent bookstore stocks new and used...

Douglas Fir

Douglas Fir adds subtle class in notoriously loud and casual Los Angeles. The men's store keeps it simple and elegant. Fine button down shirts, well cut pants made in soft fabrics, luxurious...

Duncan Quinn

Combine fine European suitings and shirtings with some hints of funky, fun American style and we get Duncan Quinn. The shop offers the hallmark service of any European tailor--bespoke suits...

Edna Hart

Three rooms that speak to three different aspects of womanhood, Edna Hart offers knitting implements in one room, children's stuff in another and jewelry in the third. It's hard to say...

Empiric

Rarely does a shop come along that mixes several themes so flawlessly and naturally as Empiric. The shop's own line of 1940s style furniture forms the base of the store. The new sofas,...

Empiric

Rarely does a shop come along that mixes several themes so flawlessly and naturally as Empiric. The shop's own line of 1940s style furniture forms the base of the store. The new sofas,...

Entre Nous

Los Angeles designer resale stores tend to fall into two categories: the we've dressed all the stars for the award shows, we don't serve commoners and the of course that's designer,...

Equator Books

Equator Books is one of the most beautiful bookstores you're likely to come across. The center of the tall, airy store includes a gallery wall featuring monthly exhibitions of original...

Faire Frou Frou

One of the powers of womanhood, other than the ability to wear skirts and pants, is the ability to make everything we wear pretty. Think about this, has the male undergarment changed since the...

Family

Think of Family as the official library of a sprawling, makeshift family of artists from Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, or Tokyo. Here the staggering creative output of the talented group is...

Fat Chance

Fat Chance is where you come when you want the real thing. You don't want Nelson "inspired" clocks or Eames inspired lounge chairs. You want the original article. The mid-century...

Feature

Reader Suggested: Nestled in between Santa Monica and Beverly Hills in the upscale neighborhood of Brentwood, Feature is a destination boutique that houses both emerging and established designers. Rather than...

Fifth Floor

Reader Suggested: Located in the heart of LA's Chinatown, one of the city's main contemporary art districts, the shop playfully mixes design and art in its open and airy space. The tagline,...

Fitzsu

When you happen upon a design store and the salesperson (adorned in all black of course) encourages you to pick up items and fiddle with them you know you're on to something. This was exactly...

Flight 001

These days where every train station and airport have become bastions of legalized assault, it's nearly impossible to be a fashionable traveler. So, you have two options, you could travel in...

Flight Club Los Angeles

Reader Suggested: The best sneaker store in the united states, period. This store is a consignment store and stock changes daily. Over 1000 styles for purchase.

Flounce

On a block that really couldn't get any hipper if it tried, Flounce is an essential element. In the adjacent doors are arty clothing hip and streetwear hip, while Flounce naturally supplies...

Footsie

Considering the unassuming store-front and jumbled window, it's hard to imagine the treasures you will find at Footsie. Carrying just about every major European brand (and select American...

French 50s-60s

Say mid-century furniture and people will immediately assume you're taking the the Scandinavian and American furniture that was being designed by Eames, Nelson, McCobb and friends. French...

Galcos Soda Pop Stop

If it pops, fizzes or hisses, there's a good chance Galco's Soda Pop Stop has it. The shop that looks like an old time grocery store from the outside is obsessed with stocking every soda...

Giant Robot

If Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of...

Giant Robot

If Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of...

Gibson

"We expect people to shop a little at our shop and then a lot at places like Ikea or Crate & Barrel," we overhead Gary Gibson of Gibson telling a young couple during our visit...

Gogosha Optique

Reader Suggested: The bright, modern, new eyewear boutique on the east side features high-end international designers like Theo, Orgreen, and Anne et Valentin. Visionary Julia Gogosha Clark fits your frames based on...

Golden Apple Comics

At Golden Apple Comics the golden age of comics is still going strong. Go in and get lost among the comics and comic-related items. Besides the thousands and thousands of new and back-issue...

Golden Apple Comics

At Golden Apple Comics the golden age of comics is still going strong. Go in and get lost among the comics and comic-related items. Besides the thousands and thousands of new and back-issue...

GR2

If Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of...

Grey One

Reader Suggested: Live in Boston and still think Bodega has THE BEST retail experience I've ever seen (hidden door in the wall? Damn!). BUT... was visiting the West Coast a month back and hit Grey One for the...

Han Cholo

Han Cholo is what happens when you mash up geek culture with street culture. The arty boutique features its own line of men's and women's gold and silver jewelry that features boomboxes...

Heist

Leave it to a shop that's a short walk from the beach to figure out how to be stylish and elegant, and even at times glamorous, without looking fussy or being uncomfortable. So we have Heist,...

Hillary Rush

An eponymous boutique where you feel comfortable walking in and chatting with the owner is rare. Hillary Rush is exactly that. A small space, oozing ease and comfort, where you're welcome to...

Holiday

Somewhere in the midst of the feminist movement we forgot the joy of the swish. No, no we don't mean the infamous athletic swish. We mean an entirely different swish. Let us explain. In...

Holllywood Trading Company

Hollywood Trading Company could have opened a shop with their extensive line belts and buckles and called it a day. Instead they decided to extend the aesthetic and put together a whole collection...

Homework

Homework may be over after college, but most people's homes could definitely use some work. That's why the kind folks at Homework are here. The store carries simple, stylish home and...

Horizons West

Sure we have some great shops in our guide, but few have legitimate cultural significance. Horizons West is the original location and direct descendant of the Zephyr surf shop. This was the shop...

Ige Design

Ige Design is more designer's store than design store. The centerpiece of the space is Helene Ige's distinctive furniture, featuring unique laminate insets. Modern table with a retro...

Jonathan Wright

Jonathan Wright makes the wonders of letterpress available to casual passers by. The store carries on the letterpress tradition with its quaint, one-of-a-kind letterpress cards and stationery....

Keep

At Keep the lowly canvas sneaker, the most basic staple in casual footwear, is given a new and vivacious lease on life. One of a half dozen or so basic styles are embellished in stylish...

Kelly Green

Honestly, the fact that the furniture, paper goods, home accessories and tableware at Kelly Green are eco-friendly are just a bonus. We just like them because they look cool. Cards are cute,...

Kendo

Comfortable and hip, sporty and stylish--these attributes have long been mutually exclusive in women's footwear. As a high-end sneaker boutique for women, Kendo offers women the best of both...

Kicks

You don't want the same boring sneakers you can find in any mall. But you're not exactly willing to stand in line for 6 hours for one of 50 artist/sneaker manufacturer collaboration...

Kicks

You don't want the same boring sneakers you can find in any mall. But you're not exactly willing to stand in line for 6 hours for one of 50 artist/sneaker manufacturer collaboration...

Kidrobot

To call Kidrobot just a toy store would be like calling Barneys just a department store. The cool, quirky store was a pioneer in selling designer toys. These vinyl, plush and plastic toys are...

Kiki de Monparnasse

Imagine that, someone actually managed to create a sex shop that's actually sexy (and not gross or creepy). Kiki de Montparnasse does have some rather sleek "instruments of...

Lady

Lady keeps its space much like a stylish urban lady might keep her closet. Down the length of the store is one long rack of clothing in no particular order, with cute dress and tops from a slew of...

L.A. Eyeworks

In a city obsessed with fixing The Good Lord's little defects, it's refreshing to see at least one storefront encouraging people to yelp "I'm half blind, and damn proud of...

L.A. Eyeworks

In a city obsessed with fixing The Good Lord's little defects, it's refreshing to see at least one storefront encouraging people to yelp "I'm half blind, and damn proud of...

Lake

Delicate, somewhat romantic clothing, an apothecary stocked with natural and organic products, and a smattering of distinctive home accessories constitute the ecosystem of Lake. The well-edited...

Lawson-Fenning

If ever a furniture shop encapsulates the eclectic, often contradictory aspects of the Los Angeles area, Lawson-Fenning is it. Consider that the city is ground zero for Hollywood Regency, was the...

Lawson-Fenning

If ever a furniture shop encapsulates the eclectic, often contradictory aspects of the Los Angeles area, Lawson-Fenning is it. Consider that the city is ground zero for Hollywood Regency, was the...

Legion

Legion is like no men's club LA has ever known. The lushly furnished and finished shop carries the type of men's clothing that was previously difficult if not impossible to find in The...

Le Labo

Le Labo certainly looks like a lab, but it's not all smoke and mirrors. The boutique perfumer operates like one as well, mixing one of its ten scents on the spot. The idea is to ensure maximum...

Le Pink

Sitting on shelves and stands, tables and trays are le pink, le brown, le green, even le black. Stocking a clever mix of bath and beauty products and candy, Le Pink is a wonder for the senses....

Lily Simone

If there's any city that should know a thing or two about laid-back style, it's LA yet so often laid-back devolves into just-got-out-of-bed. At Lily Simone observe a laid-back done right....

LIMN

Is it a New York furniture showroom you want? A massive space complete with massively expensive avant-garde furniture, conceptual design accessories and a demure staff clad in back? LIMN is...

Lions Den

Lions Den is a dark, stark space, with shoes and streetwear that are the furthest thing from dark or stark. Those, we suppose, would be the lions. Sneakers for men and women range from thugged...

Liz's Antique Hardware

Stepping into Liz's Antique Hardware is more like a history lesson than a retail experience. Start with the new, modern fixtures but then work your way back in time as you scan the wall and...

Lucky Scent

The fragrance world is a much more complicated and diverse world than the department store perfume counter would have us believe. Luckily there's LuckyScent.com and its offline counterpart...

Maison Midi

Maison is French lifestyle store complete with demonstration models. Orange, green and yellow colored glass tumblers, stacks of linens, pillows, vases, trays and colorful dinnerware are laid out...

Matrushka

Made in China. Made in Malaysia. Made in the Federated States of Micronesia. While we appreciate the forces that permit our stores to sell T-shirts for $9.99, we also worry about becoming...

Meltdown Comics

The well-informed know that some of the most engaging writing, art and just general creative output produced anywhere comes by way of the humble comic book and few places do as well to recognize...

Michael Thompson Books

An old fashioned storefront in what has become a hectic fairway of furniture and fashion, Michael Thompson Books provides its customers a calm, comforting place to peruse rare and antiquarian...

Milk

Consider Milk a staple in fashion-conscious Angelenos' diets. This is as close to one stop shopping as boutiques get. Long racks run down the side of the store with an intriguing mix of...

Mimio

Mimio celebrates "the artistry of paper". Their paper gallery has exquisite sheets of hand and machine made papers from Japan, Nepal, Thailand, India, France and Italy. Their selection...

Mini Melt

The well-informed know that some of the most engaging writing, art and just general creative output produced anywhere comes by way of the humble comic book and few places do as well to recognize...

Mini Melt Too

The well-informed know that some of the most engaging writing, art and just general creative output produced anywhere comes by way of the humble comic book and few places do as well to recognize...

Mister Freedom

Reader Suggested: One of the last REAL vintage clothing stores in Los Angeles! A 3000 square feet space filled with authentic clothing from the late 1800s to 1970s from around the world, vintage denim and workwear,...

MOCA Store

LA isn't exactly known as a museum town but is known as a shopping town. So it makes sense that the Museum of Contemporary Art's (MOCA) store would be tack sharp. Next to prints and...

Modernica

Some people's heroes are Koufax, Robinson and Mayes. For other people it's Eames, Nelson and Noguchi. Modernica is for the latter group. Finding "original" pieces designed by...

Moss

More museum of industrial design than design store, Moss displays its collection of exquisite modernist home accessories like artwork. Among the items are toasters, toothbrush holders, colanders...

Munky King

For years now, Munky King has been a benevolent steward of the tight knit community of artists, designers and collectors that has formed around the designer toy industry. The store features the...

Munky King

For years now, Munky King has been a benevolent steward of the tight knit community of artists, designers and collectors that has formed around the designer toy industry. The store features the...

Mystery Pier Books

The mystery in Mystery Pier Books could be referring as much to the narrow, dark passageway one must traverse to reach the shop than to the number of rare, first-edition mystery and crime novels...

New High (M)art

New High (M) art is one of the best stores in L.A. They carry some of the most avant-garde designers from around the country including New York favorites Face Projects and Bijules. We highly...

NoHo Modern

Noho Modern is more furniture gallery than furniture store. The furniture pieces, mostly from the mid-20th century, are first class representations of mid-century design with prices to match. The...

Noni

Noni, a small pseudo-industrial/mod store does not have any velour or pictures of starlets wearing the clothes they carry. Instead, they carry one of the best-edited, heretofore unseen collection...

Noodle Stories

If you want to buy high-end clothing and don't have a fortune to spend here's a tip: focus on the basics. Buy basic pieces that you'll wear from season to season and that'll...

Now/Again

Furniture stores tend to focus on one era--somehow not seeing the Queen Anne with the Barcelona. Fortunately, the folks at Now/Again understand man's predilection towards mixing and matching....

Nucleus

Reader Suggested: I think it should be added because it has amazing prints and art books as well as bags, t-shirts, and other items promoting independent Asian artists. It is also one of the few art stores in its area.

Obsolete

For the home that has everything consider adding decades old advertising signage or a factory work table or Goodyear slick racing tire. Rather than running after furniture or ceramics or lighting...

OK

OK is the one expression you really can't use to describe OK. Gorgeous, hip, beautiful, classy, stunning--these would do better. The gallery is an ode to exquisite design. Learn a thing or...

Ooga Booga

A raw and humble space, Ooga Booga is a product of the collective creativity of today's young artists and designers. These artists and designers publish zines and graphic novels and comics....

Opening Ceremony

When we think clothing boutique and New York a store like Opening Ceremony is what we have in mind. The store is hip and worldy, avant-garde but approachable, artful and industrial. The shop...

Orange

For most, Orange will be more about inspiration than commerce, but either way you can't go wrong. Pieces represent the finest in 20th century furniture and accessories design. The collection...

Palmetto

Palmetto is a store for everything you need to feel and stay beautiful sans someone ambushing you with a perfume or forcing you to buy lipstick when all you wanted was concealer. The amazing staff...

Palmetto

Palmetto is a store for everything you need to feel and stay beautiful sans someone ambushing you with a perfume or forcing you to buy lipstick when all you wanted was concealer. The amazing staff...

Panty Raid

In the olden days, towns had a general store, a blacksmith and a barber to cover all the retail bases. Fast forward to the future, to another town, with a town lingerie store (across the street...

Pixie Market

With Pixie Market, fashion fans can have their cake and eat it too. The shop has assembled a truly cosmopolitan collection of clothing and accessories coming from small, sprightly designers. Pixie...

Plastica

If "plastic makes it possible" then you'll find it at Plastica. The store is dedicated to our favorite petroleum product and more generally items that are pliable. Housewares,...

Plushpod

Yes, if you furnished your home top to bottom with furniture and accessories from Plushpod your space would look rather severe--high-concept modern furniture has a way of going there. But...

Pomp & Posey

Reader Suggested: I love this place, I found it at Christmas time. It has the most incredible home-like setting, with classical music playing and candlelight, and it has the most unique collection of home and gift...

Post 26

For not a particularly large space, Post 26 does well to capture the sprawling LA fashion scene. For a city were comfort in clothing is still paramount, they're sure to carry soft, basic tees....

Pulp

Pulp celebrates the art of the card. The expansive (well, expansive for a stationery store anyway) store has row after row, shelf after shelf of interesting cards. Many of the cards are handmade...

Realm

Any Chinatown anywhere in the world has dozens of those shops overflowing with little bits of everything. On the surface, Realm looks like another one of those shops, but a closer look reveals a...

ReForm School

The cottage that houses ReForm School could easily pass as an old-time school house and it is bland, mundane homes that are the pupils. An almost daunting selection of creative output is on...

Re-Mix

Okay, so we have become somewhat adept at shopping at vintage stores. But, the one remaining roadblock in our psyche is vintage shoes. We've seen some amazing shoes, but we keep thinking gym...

Resurrection Vintage

Expect to pay more for a vintage dress at Resurrection then you have ever paid for a brand new one. Then expect to be grateful for the honor. Carrying the very best of vintage clothing and...

Retropia

Reader Suggested: I believe that our store would make a nice addition to your store guide based on the other stores that you have listed. Retropia offers a wide variety of antique and mid century furniture,...

Rewire

Reborn is more like it. Rewire takes vintage lighting--all styles, sizes and refurbishes them for posterity to enjoy. Some pieces are anonymous but distinctive, others are classics like Eva...

Room Service

Full dozens classic modern furniture pieces and hundreds of chic accessories, Room Service is one stop shop for those seeking a fun, modern lifestyle. Affordable reproductions of iconic pieces by...

Room Service

Full dozens classic modern furniture pieces and hundreds of chic accessories, Room Service is one stop shop for those seeking a fun, modern lifestyle. Affordable reproductions of iconic pieces by...

Roseark

Roseark does not concern itself much with the myriad lines of jewelry using semi-precious stones or inexpensive materials like glass and resin. The one of a kind jewelry and accessories boutique...

Rubbish

Too often "vintage" furniture stores come with a staff that wouldn't know wood from MDF. Fortunately, Rubbish offers a bit more depth-in furniture and staff. The furniture...

Salt

Among the girly, beachy boutiques nearby Salt at first looks out of place, but where better than near the ocean to sell clothes that are organic and essential. Dominated by solid, understated...

Sample

It's rare to walk into a store, especially one as simple as Sample, and want one of everything. It's even more rare in the case of a store such as Sample, that carries a few simple items...

Satine

Satine approaches the world of fashion with a truly global viewpoint. In a city where store after store carries the typical LA look of tops, T-s and jeans, Satine bring together the looks of a...

Scout

If you need elaborate displays, too-cool-for-school salespeople and obnoxiously loud rap music to create a "hip" clothing store, you're doing something wrong. Here's an...

Secret Headquarters

Remember the comic books shops with dingy carpet floors and merchandise covering every square in of the store? Secret Headquarters is not one of those. Try dark hardwood floors, comic art on the...

Selima & Benjamin

Imagine thriving New York City eyewear shop Selima Optique going on a California vacation, and Selima & Benjamin would be the result. The tiny outpost doesn't bother carrying too many...

Shareen

Reader Suggested: A no-boys-allowed vintage clothing mecca where girls play dress up like they're in their hipper than hip grandmother's closet. Owner Shareen gives her honest opinion and is always there...

Shelter

Maintaining the grandiosity of a modern furniture showroom minus the snootiness that usually comes along with it, Shelter is a one-stop shop for high-end modern furniture. The large space is...

Shelter

Maintaining the grandiosity of a modern furniture showroom minus the snootiness that usually comes along with it, Shelter is a one-stop shop for high-end modern furniture. The large space is...

Show

We've walked through many a 10,000 sq. ft modern design stores and found nothing we wanted or, for that matter, could afford. Then there are stores like Show, where in a couple hundred square...

SilicaThree

Reader Suggested: Okay, this one is a bit strange. There's not really a storefront in North Hollywood, just a warehouse. So here's the deal: David is an ex dot-com graphic designer type, if my memory...

Sirens & Sailors

While the work of local Los Angeles clothing designers is rather less high-style than their New York counterparts, for the hip, casual look LA is second to none. The clothing at Sirens &...

Skylight Books

Skylight Books knows its neighborhood and its city. In the bohemian Los Feliz neighborhood of LA the independent shop is heavy on books on art, film, LA History (even if some consider LA History to...

Soap Plant/Wacko

Soap Plant/Wacko is the only kind of art gallery fit for La-La Land. Sure there are a few demure rooms of hardwood-floored, white-walled gallery space. But that is among a huge store of...

Society of the Spectacle

Reader Suggested: Carries unique and hard to find brands, as well as vintage eyewear. While shopping for your new frames and shades you might find yourself eyeing beautiful bronze sculptures by artist Anne Ricketts...

Some Odd Rubies

Some Odd Rubies concerns itself mainly with diamonds in the rough. The shop scours the country for promising vintage fashions and transforms them into modern garments. While the bold prints and...

Sonrisa Furniture

Stainless steel appliances may be all the rage now but let us not forget steel's more humble beginnings. File cabinets, office desks, card catalogs and lockers are how steel first entered our...

Soolip Bungalow

Soolip Bungalow may have left the paper behind, but borrowing the aesthetic that helped make Soolip Paperie a success has worked out well. The store carries a varying collection of pretty, elegant...

Soolip Paperie & Press

What started as one person's passion for paper has turned into a perfect little paper shop. Soolip carries its paper by the sheet. Traditional Japanese papers, unique Parisian papers and...

South Willard

The first time we walked into South Willard we walked right out. After all, faced with all this style and elegance in Los Angeles, is it at all surprising that we had to check the street signs and...

Squaresville

In the world of the vintage store, there are generally three categories: the ever-elusive treasure chest, the ubiquitous punks-shop-here and the sweat-of-the-brow store. For the last, if you work...

Steinberg & Sons

Look at all hip, funky dressed people in the neighborhood. Then go to Steinberg & Sons to see where they buy their clothes. For men: cool T-shirts, comfortable pants, button down shirts with...

Strange Invisible Perfumes

In a country used to buying its perfumes at the department store counter, the idea of customized fragrances and a master perfumer is as good as a fairytale. Strange Invisible helps bridge the gap,...

Sugar Paper

Sure, sure Sugar Paper is sweet, but there's no artificial sweetener in the place. The shop if firmly committed to the craft of card and paper making. Choose among a selection of cards from...

Sugar Paper

Sure, sure Sugar Paper is sweet, but there's no artificial sweetener in the place. The shop if firmly committed to the craft of card and paper making. Choose among a selection of cards from...

Surfing Cowboys

Surfing Cowboys is what happens when vintage furniture aficionados with good taste go to the beach. In a perfectly pleasant, laid back atmosphere the shop consistently stocks gorgeous collection of...

Svenska Möbler

In case you were wondering, Swedish furniture was just as cool way back when as it is now. Svenska Mobler displays a whole studio full of Swedish furniture of yore (mostly from 1840-1940). Most...

Tart

If Tart were to have a motto it would be "You are what you eat on." The airy space is primarily dedicated to tableware, flatware and table linens. From chic versions of the everyday...

Taschen

Begun as a humble comic book store, Taschen has become an unrivaled publisher and seller or art and design books. Taschen's lavishly illustrated titles display a blatant disregard for how much...

TAVIN Boutique

Reader Suggested: Tavin, is a vintage, consignment and new designer boutique located in Echo Park, Los Angeles. They offer an amazing well-curated collection of vintage clothing alongside redesigned vintage...

The Cook's Library

When attempting a gourmet meal you're likely to rely on cookbooks. Unfortunately, it's next to impossible to find just the right cookbook, especially since the staff at the mega-stores...

The Elegant Mess

The Elegant Mess, yeah, that pretty much describes it. This is not some austere, architectural art gallery of a boutique. No dresses and baubles, sandals and dresses, clutches and dresses are...

The Kids Are Alright

If the kids aren't alright, they'll be just fine after picking up a few things from The Kids Are Alright. The quirky boutique offers a collection of hip, casual clothing for men and...

The Soap Kitchen

After we walked into our 47th soap and lotion store, we started to get a little cynical. The smell of vanilla started to make us nauseous and we wondered how many rosemary-lemon-lime lotions the...

The Way We Wore

Considering the number of designers, design students, and film costume designers that use the shop for inspiration, The Way We Wore could easily be called The Way We Wear. But that doesn't...

Tim Clarke

Pure modernism would seem rather incongruous to its beachside environment, so Tim Clarke has embraced another aesthetic, namely coastal modernism. Pieces are clean and simple, but also natural....

Tortoise

So you thought you were cool when you saw "Lost in Translation" before anyone else, but now the whole world has seen it. It's time to kick your Japano-phile induced coolness up a...

Traveler's Bookcase

The American worker takes an average of 10.2 vacation days after three years on the job. While we would certainly love go on about what the rest of the world is doing (see: Europe, ENTIRE MONTH of...

Turqoise

Sometimes even furniture needs a nip and a tuck, and that's basically what Turquoise does. The serene cottage space primarily showcases vintage furniture pieces of varying styles and eras that...

Twentieth

Twentieth rents its furniture for movie and TV sets with regularity and there are no shortage of pieces that are in the compact car price range. But that shouldn't stop you from stopping by...

Twenty Gauge

Reader Suggested: We have been specializing in this polished steel vintage metal furniture for over a decade and are the leaders in our industry, with a finish and inventory of NO equal. We also have a new salvage...

Una Mae's

Una Mae's is purveyor of casual Los Angeles style, past and present. In a city of $200 jeans and $150 vintage band T-shirts, the store offers stylish, laid-back fare at affordable prices. The...

Undefeated

The sight of several burly men gawking at and drooling over shoes may make you think you're in a bizarro world, but that's just what happens everyday at Undefeated. The store stocks a...

Undefeated

The sight of several burly men gawking at and drooling over shoes may make you think you're in a bizarro world, but that's just what happens everyday at Undefeated. The store stocks a...

Undefeated

The sight of several burly men gawking at and drooling over shoes may make you think you're in a bizarro world, but that's just what happens everyday at Undefeated. The store stocks a...

Urban Country

Urban Country is an appealing mix of work and play, industrial and rural. The well-curated antique store concentrates on different bits of Americana. Factory ad unrecognizable machinery seems...

Urbanic

Urbane would certainly describe the selection of cards, papers and writing accoutrements at Urbanic. The wall of cards rivals the selection of paper shops thrice its size in overall quality....

Vamp Shoes

Vamp welcomes the vamp, the girlie-girl, the city girl and the indie chick, any girl really that appreciates cute shoes (and other accessories). Simple black boots to colorful wedges, delicately...

Voila

Reader Suggested: At Voila they sell all kinds of vintage oddities and art. From desks made out of airplane parts, to giant beetle collections, to vintage tower clocks, to art by the most amazing contemporary...

Waraku

Japanese surfwear sounds about as conceivable as Los Angeles snowwear, but the stuff does exist and has for decades. In a kind of global fashion ping-pong match Waraku brings back to America...

Weego Home

Modernists tend to use "contemporary" as a bad word, a synonym for boring, ordinary, unremarkable. The furniture of Weego Home is contemporary without being all those other things. Just...

Welcome Hunters

Thanks to Welcome Hunters those looking for the multitude of young, fresh, often daring design coming out of the many corners of the world can stop hunting and commence with the gathering. How to...

White Trash Charms

Go for the trashy charms, stay for the not so trashy clothing. White Trash Charms' jewelry is trashy in the sense that it embraces pop culture references and logos--Playboy, the '80s,...

Xin

Lest we think fashion is getting too serious or too self-important there's Xin, a shop that understands that sometimes a cute dress is quite enough. Xin's own label Issho is all about...

Yolk

There's a good chance that any two adjacent design items at Yolk were produced thousands of miles apart, are made of completely different materials, and are in completely different price...

Zanzabelle

For children and the child in all of us, Zanzabelle is a magical little cottage. First thing's first, get yourself a cone of ice cream. Then, take your pick among old time candies, cool little...

Zelen

Even the coolest home design objects start to look tiresome after we see them in store after store after store. Zelen, an unassuming shop tucked amongst massive furniture showrooms, seems on an...

Aero & Co

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To be edgy and not go over the edge is tougher than most people will admit or understand. Aero & Co. allows you to pirouette on the most miniscule of edges. The clothes, often representing all the up-and-coming designers in Los Angeles, are decidedly interesting yet completely wearable. While the store carries clothing from select...

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Address:
8403 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-653-4651
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11-7 Sat: 11-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: local designers, men's clothing, women's clothing

Alife

In Alife, the full breadth and depth of the Alife brand come to life. While their shoe line is widely available in hip boutiques across the country, their other products are not. The store carries Alife's T-shirts, jeans, shoes and jewelry. The product is hip, clever, well-constructed and designed, and unlike most streetwear out there,...

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Address:
451 North Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-655-2093

Tags: streetwear

Alpha

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After the "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy"-ification of America, men everywhere were left wondering "where do I go to buy high-end facial cleansers, modern home goods and stylish accessories?" Look no further than Alpha. The store has a little bit of everything needed to spruce up a man's life, with an emphasis toward...

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Address:
8625 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood CA 90069

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Phone: 1-310-855-0775
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-5

Tags: gadgets, good for gifts, men's accessories

American Rag

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Seamlessly mixing new and vintage clothing to create a unique look may mainly be the work of hip celebrity stylists, but with stores like American Rag the task got just a little bit easier. The store's large space is filled to the brim with new and vintage clothing and accessories. The eerily well-organized vintage section has large...

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Address:
150 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-415-474-5214
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-9 Sun: 12-7

Tags: denim, men's clothing, men's shoes, vintage clothing, women's clothing, women's shoes

Amoeba Music

For anyone who doubts for a second the ability of independent music stores to survive against the corporate megastore witness Amoeba. The huge, vibrant record store stocks thousands of new and used CDs and vinyl (including tons of imports), DVDs, posters and more, and they do it all without towing the major label line. The independent store...

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Address:
6400 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90028

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Phone: 1-323-245-6400
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10:30-11 Sun: 11-9

Tags: music, vinyl

Amsterdam Modern

Reader Suggested: It's a "hidden secret" in Van Nuys, California, a 5000 square foot warehouse filled w/mid-century Modern (50s thru 80s) furniture, lighting, art from Amsterdam. Amsterdam Modern is primarily wholesale to the trade and film rentals, but anyone can come by appointment. The space is shared with Nationwide...

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Address:
14123 Bessemer Street
Van Nuys CA 91404

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Phone: 1-818-994-9887
Hours: By Appointment

Tags: mid-century modern, the netherlands, vintage furniture

Apartment Number 9

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If there's anything you'll learn from Apartment Number 9, it's that laid-back, casual clothing doesn't have to look messy. For shirts, pick from a multitude of patterned button-downs that look good whether tucked in our out, with or without a tie, and T-shirts that'll look comfortable dressed up with a blazer. Taking...

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Address:
225 26th Street
Santa Monica CA 90402

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Phone: 1-310-394-9440
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: men's accessories, men's clothing

Apartment Number 9

If there's anything you'll learn from Apartment Number 9, it's that laid-back, casual clothing doesn't have to look messy. For shirts, pick from a multitude of patterned button-downs that look good whether tucked in our out, with or without a tie, and T-shirts that'll look comfortable dressed up with a blazer. Taking...

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Address:
9877 South Santa Monica Boulevard
Beverly Hills CA 90212

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Tags: men's accessories, men's clothing

A+R

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A+R equals good design. More bazaar than gallery, the shop stuffs a globe's worth of design objects in its modest space. Objects likes a handgun shaped vase, an agate candle holder, wood veneer placemats and crinkled ceramic cups.

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Address:
1716 Silver Lake Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-323-913-9558
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Fri: 12-7 Sat-Sun: 11-5

Tags: design, good for gifts, home accessories

A+R

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A+R equals good design. More bazaar than gallery, the shop stuffs a globe's worth of design objects in its modest space. Objects likes a handgun shaped vase, an agate candle holder, wood veneer placemats and crinkled ceramic cups.

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Address:
1121 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 1-310-392-9128
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-7 Sun: Closed

Tags: design, good for gifts, home accessories

Arp

Reader Suggested: Killer jewelry store. They sell like 3-4 designers work here and they are all kick ass: Ted Meuhling (god of all things jewelry and ceramic), Gabriella Kiss (wow. glamazon. fantabulous), Nicole Landaw (newcomer, red hot, organic/edgy, more risk-taking than the first 2). This is where all the over 25 LA fabulous shop for...

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Address:
8311 1/2 West Third Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

Phone: 1-323-653-7764

Tags: jewelry

Arundel

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Do you really need a 150,000 square foot mega-bookstore to have something for everybody? Arundel Books proves that you don't. The store stocks new, used and rare books but does so in way as to not artificially bulk up their shelves with any book they can get their hands on. Their limited retail space is filled with a nicely edited...

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Address:
8380 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-852-9852
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: architecture, art, books, design, literature, photography, rare books, used books

Ashland & Hill

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When modernists go to the beach, Ashland & Hill is the result. The upholstered furniture and woodwork of the spacious furniture showroom is certainly modern--clean lines and solid colors abound--but there's a certain casual elegance in their pieces (designed in house, can be built to your specifications) that reflects being located a...

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Address:
2803 Main Street
Santa Monica CA 90405

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Phone: 1-310-399-7900
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: furniture

ATeam Shoe Shop

Reader Suggested: This store is DOPE! They have a killer selection, tons of rare and original kicks, a mural of Jordan on their wall and located in Manhattan Beach, which is a sweet little town!

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Address:
1112 Manhattan Avenue
Manhattan Beach CA 90266

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Phone: 1-310-376-0100

Tags: sneakers

Bar Keeper

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Having a well-appropriated bar is critical to any fun, urban domicile. Bar Keeper makes creating a perfect bar easier than ever before. Every imaginable bar accessory is within arms reach including everything from ultra-modern glassware to kitsch vintage '70s gear.

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Address:
3910 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90029

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Phone: 1-323-669-1675
Hours: Mon-Tue: 12-6 Wed-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 11-6

Tags: barware, tableware, vintage barware, vintage tableware

Bird

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With a plethora of clothing from up-and-coming, often European labels it's safe to say that this Bird has been around. Not content to let designers find the boutique, Bird seems on a mission to track down little-known talents a few seasons before other boutiques will pick up on them. Soft femininity is the prevalent aesthetic. Expect lots...

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Address:
8423 Melrose Place Suite B
West Hollywood CA 90069

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Phone: 1-323-651-9920

Tags: women's accessories, women's clothing

Bittersweet Butterfly

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Combining flowers, chocolates and lingerie? Why did no one think of this earlier. Bittersweet Butterfly certainly seems like the perfect Valentine's day gifting destination, but it's pretty darn delightful the rest of the year as well. The lingerie draws from a select group of European, American and even South American...

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Address:
1406 Micheltorna Street
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-323-660-4302

Tags: flowers, lingerie

Blackman Cruz

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At Blackman Cruz the objects either came from dead people, are made from dead people or animals or could easily kill you. By objects that came from dead people we of course mean antiques, but Blackman Cruz' selections are decidedly dark or just pain odd--framed mug shots, any number of phalluses, industrial tools and so on. Made from...

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Address:
836 North Highland Avenue
West Hollywood CA 90069

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Phone: 1-310-657-9228

Tags: antiques, curiosities, furniture, home accessories

Blends

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The uninitiated will feel uncomfortable walking into Blends. The OC location stores its kicks in glass-door fridges. The San Diego spot is an all-white gallery, with a ledge for shoe display and a raised platform to walk on while checking out the shoes. Don't be afraid. No doubt, the shoes are cool--with unique styles from well-known...

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Address:
125 West 4th Street
Los Angeles CA 90013

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Tags: sneakers

Blue Rooster Art Supplies

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You're an artist for Christ's sake. You can't go to some corporate mega-chain to buy your supplies. You should go to Blue Rooster Art. They have oils in a ridiculous number of colors, canvases, charcoal and everything else an aspiring artist could need. And you can rest assured knowing your art has not helped The Man in any way.

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Address:
1718 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90027

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Phone: 1-323-661-9471
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9-8 Sat: 10-8 Sun: 11-7

Tags: art supplies

Book Soup

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Lest you think that Los Angeles is devoid of culture enter Book Soup, a heady, vibrant space that looks more like an expansive personal library than a retail book store. Floor to ceiling shelves house books on every topic imaginable, but stress art, photography and film titles to accommodate the creative clientele. The store also makes it a...

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Address:
8818 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood CA 90069

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Phone: 1-310-659-3110
Hours: Mon-Sun: 9-9

Tags: books

Camille Hudson

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A small store in an unlikely location, Camille Hudson displays about fifty pairs of shoes on metal rods that stick out of the walls--a gallery for shoes if you will. However, this is not a gallery of the unwearable or weird--no pretentious salespeople and no pretentious shoes. Instead, the store has found the exact right mix of the modern and...

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Address:
4685 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90027

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Phone: 1-323-953-0377
Hours: Mon-Sat: 12-8 Sun: 12-7

Tags: men's shoes, women's shoes

Carla

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In an area bursting with glitzy vintage furniture stores where pieces are priced in the compact car price bracket, Carla offers vintage furniture and accessories with zero pretense and less astronomical prices. The '40s-'70s are the eras officially covered with no shortage of mid-century modern pieces. While the space precludes...

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Address:
7466 Beverly Boulevard Suite 101
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-932-6064

Tags: mid-century modern, vintage accessories, vintage furniture

Carol Young | Undesigned

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The conceptual never looked as comfortable than at Carol Young. The line was born from the concept of creating clothing for the "urban nomad." Sleek, modern but with touches of femininity the clothing is made to allow today's urban, active run around and look effortlessly stylish doing it. Many pieces are made from environmentally...

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Address:
1953 1/2 Hillhurst Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90027

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Phone: 1-323-663-0088
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 12-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: green, local designers, women's accessories, women's clothing

Clover

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Clover must be a product of people who didn't know what kind of store they wanted to open. Should we open a clothing store? There is a nice selection of hip women's clothing and shoes along with a small men's area. Should we open a design store? You'll find funky tableware, cool vases, bar accessories and more. Maybe a...

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Address:
2756 Rowena Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90039

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Phone: 1-323-661-4142
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: hats, home accessories, women's clothing

Creatures of Comfort

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Creatures of Comfort is actually rather restless--anxious to find who's next in fashion and scouring near and far to make it happen. Looking far they introduce up and coming labels from Japan, the UK and France. Looking near they are among the most ardent supporters of emerging LA talent. The goods--an amazing variety of clothing, shoes and...

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Address:
7971 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-655-7855
Hours: Mon-Sun: 11-7 Sat: 12-6

Tags: avant-garde, women's accessories, women's clothing

Crewest

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Graffiti art meet fine art. Before Crewest we more used to seeing graffiti on freeway overpasses and building faces. The airy, shop/gallery is a one stop shop for graffiti art. There are paints and caps, t-shirts and hoodies, books and posters, prints and canvases.

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Address:
110 Winston Street
Los Angeles CA 90013

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Phone: 1-213-627-8272
Hours: Mon: By Appointment Tue-Thu: 12-7 Fri-Sat:12-8 Sun: 12-6

Tags: art, graffiti

Daisy Arts

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If you go to Italy and can peel yourself away from the priceless art, the romantic settings, if you can get over the ridiculously good-looking people and the heavenly food, you may notice that Italians also make gorgeous leather journals and albums. Working with seasoned craftsmen, Daisy Arts brings this fine Italian craft to its store. The...

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Address:
1312 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 1-310-396-8463
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 11-6

Tags: italy, paper goods

Dean

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Some people have a very specific idea of what they want and they're willing to search high and low to find it. And when they can't find it, they're willing to open the factory to make it. In the case of Danny Dean Davis of Dean it was the search for "a wide leather watch band with a vintage feel yet modern...

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Address:
3918 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90029

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Phone: 1-323-665-2766
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 11-6

Tags: bags, leather, men's accessories, watches, women's accessories

Decades

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In an era where trends turn on a dime, it's useful sometimes to remind ourselves that good designs never go out of style. So it's only appropriate that in the rather trend obsessed Los Angeles, Decades and Decades Two are around. Decades focus on high-end designer vintage clothing. Stephen Sprouse to Chanel, Halston to Gucci an...

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Address:
8214 1/2 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-655-0223
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11:30-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: designer vintage, vintage clothing

Decades Two

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In an era where trends turn on a dime, it's useful sometimes to remind ourselves that good designs never go out of style. So it's only appropriate that in the rather trend obsessed Los Angeles, Decades and Decades Two are around. Decades focus on high-end designer vintage clothing. Stephen Sprouse to Chanel, Halston to Gucci an...

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Address:
8214 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-655-1960
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11:30-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: designer resale, women's clothing

De La Espada

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De La Espada's process is a simple one really. They take brilliant black walnut and white oak from sustainable forests in the US and turn them into modern furniture pieces using traditional craftsmanship methods at a workshop in Spain. These sleek, substantial pieces honor the superior materials and expert craftsmen that begot them.

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Address:
8483 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood CA 90069

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Phone: 1-323-951-0185
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: furniture, modern

Denim Revival

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In the day and age of designer (and expensive) denim, only the foolish would sacrifice their denim to bad tailoring. As the name implies, Denim Revival (formerly Denim Doctors) is here to fix whatever ails your denim. They can do anything you want to your jeans--hem it, rip it up, age it or de-age it, or just hem it. As you're getting...

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Address:
8044 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

Phone: 1-323-852-0171
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-4

Tags: denim, vintage clothing

Denmark 50

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Denmark 5000 is more like it. Denmark 50 stocks classic Danish furnish by the the hundreds. The showroom is overflowing with Danish chairs, tables and larger pieces. Classic pieces by Wegner, Juhl and others abound. There's just too much stuff for any kind of minimalist gesture. Here the furniture is lined up next to each other with...

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Address:
7974 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-653-9726
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10:30-5:30 Sun: Closed

Tags: denmark, mid-century modern, scandinavia, vintage ceramics, vintage furniture

Des Kohan

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Des Kohan's fashions don't need to scream to make their point--black, brown, beige, navy, and white are the colors in the shop's rainbow. Dresses, separates and a host of belts, bags and shoes distinguish themselves with the careful draping of fabrics, the extremely flattering cuts, the use of silky jerseys and rich leathers. Des...

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Address:
671 Cloverdale Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-857-0200
Hours: Mon-Wed: 11-6 Thu: 11-7 Fri-Sat: 11-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: avant-garde, women's accessories, women's clothing

Diavolina

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The lush leopard print carpets and gleaming gold and silver fixtures and adornments do well to complement Diavolina's luxe shoes and accessories. The boutique picks from the top rung of shoe and accessory designers, selecting everything from intricate woven flats to avant-garde silver stilettos, supple leather bags to sharp alligator skin...

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Address:
8741 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-310-550-1341
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7pm Sun: 12-5pm

Tags: women's accessories, women's shoes

Diesel

For those that are used to independent bookstores of the cramped and cluttered variety, Diesel is a breath of fresh air. The design conscious, fiercely independent bookstore stocks new and used books of all genres and is host to author readings, language classes and reading groups.

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Address:
3890 Cross Creek Road
Malibu CA 90265

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Phone: 1-310-456-9961
Hours: Mon-Thu: 10-7 Fri-Sat: 10-9 Sun: 10-6

Tags: books, used books

Douglas Fir

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Douglas Fir adds subtle class in notoriously loud and casual Los Angeles. The men's store keeps it simple and elegant. Fine button down shirts, well cut pants made in soft fabrics, luxurious sweaters and not a single "Everything's bigger in Texas" T-shirt in sight.

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Address:
8311 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-651-5445
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: men's accessories, men's clothing

Duncan Quinn

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Combine fine European suitings and shirtings with some hints of funky, fun American style and we get Duncan Quinn. The shop offers the hallmark service of any European tailor--bespoke suits carefully crafted from a variety of luxurious fabrics--but the atmosphere and accompanying clothing is decidedly less stuffy and traditional. Those without...

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Address:
8234 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90069

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Phone: 1-323-782-9205
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-7pm Sun: 11-6pm

Tags: custom-made, men's accessories, men's clothing

Edna Hart

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Three rooms that speak to three different aspects of womanhood, Edna Hart offers knitting implements in one room, children's stuff in another and jewelry in the third. It's hard to say which room is the greatest--the knitting classes are fun and teach you how to make the up-to-the-moment items rather than Yet Another Scarf(tm). The...

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Address:
2941 Rowena Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90039

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Phone: 1-323-661-4070
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: children's accessories, jewelry, knitting, women's accessories

Empiric

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Rarely does a shop come along that mixes several themes so flawlessly and naturally as Empiric. The shop's own line of 1940s style furniture forms the base of the store. The new sofas, tables, storage units and beds in the line are classic '40s with simple, sleek lines and an air of seriousness to them. Interspersed among these are...

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Address:
7918 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-634-7323
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: antiques, curiosities, furniture, home accessories, lighting, medicine, vintage furniture, vintage home accessories, vintage lighting

Empiric

Rarely does a shop come along that mixes several themes so flawlessly and naturally as Empiric. The shop's own line of 1940s style furniture forms the base of the store. The new sofas, tables, storage units and beds in the line are classic '40s with simple, sleek lines and an air of seriousness to them. Interspersed among these are...

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Address:
6021 Washington Boulevard
Culver City CA 90232

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Phone: 1-310-842-9777
Hours: By Chance or By Appointment

Tags: antiques, curiosities, furniture, home accessories, lighting, medicine, vintage furniture, vintage home accessories, vintage lighting

Entre Nous

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Los Angeles designer resale stores tend to fall into two categories: the we've dressed all the stars for the award shows, we don't serve commoners and the of course that's designer, Lala is Coco's younger sister. So, it is always refreshing for this commoner to walk into Entre Nous. The clothes are gently worn designer...

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Address:
8430 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

Phone: 1-323-655-9096
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: designer resale, women's clothing

Equator Books

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Equator Books is one of the most beautiful bookstores you're likely to come across. The center of the tall, airy store includes a gallery wall featuring monthly exhibitions of original artwork. The gallery space is flanked on either side by long, tall bookshelves. One side holds used art, design and architecture titles, sold in...

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Address:
1103 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 1-310-399-5544
Hours: Mon-Sun: 10-10

Tags: architecture, art, books, photography, rare books

Faire Frou Frou

One of the powers of womanhood, other than the ability to wear skirts and pants, is the ability to make everything we wear pretty. Think about this, has the male undergarment changed since the time of Troy? On the other hand, women have gotten a chance to engage in all sorts of corsetry. Having arrived at the modern bra and panties, we are a...

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Address:
13017-A Ventura Boulevard
Studio City CA 91604

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Phone: 1-818-783-4970
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-6 Sat: 11-5:30 Sun: Closed

Tags: lingerie

Family

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Think of Family as the official library of a sprawling, makeshift family of artists from Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, or Tokyo. Here the staggering creative output of the talented group is cataloged and celebrated. Hard to come by art books are the bread and butter of the shop--inspiring, beautifully illustrated titled line shelves and...

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Address:
436 North Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-782-9221
Hours: Mon-Sun: 12-9

Tags: art, books, zines

Fat Chance

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Fat Chance is where you come when you want the real thing. You don't want Nelson "inspired" clocks or Eames inspired lounge chairs. You want the original article. The mid-century modern furniture and accessory showroom is a collection of iconic pieces. Lots of Herman Miller pieces, some Eames chairs and Saarinsen dressers are...

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Address:
162 North La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-930-1960
Hours: Mon-Sun: 11-6

Tags: mid-century modern, vintage furniture, vintage home accessories

Feature

Reader Suggested: Nestled in between Santa Monica and Beverly Hills in the upscale neighborhood of Brentwood, Feature is a destination boutique that houses both emerging and established designers. Rather than focusing on casual L.A. style, Feature is a selection of ready to wear and one of a kind pieces that suit the more sophisticated,...

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Address:
11958 San Vicente Boulevard
Brentwood California 90049

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Phone: 1-310-826-6600
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10:30-6:30, Sat: 11- 6, Sun: By Appointment

Tags: women's accessories, women's clothing

Fifth Floor

Reader Suggested: Located in the heart of LA's Chinatown, one of the city's main contemporary art districts, the shop playfully mixes design and art in its open and airy space. The tagline, "Accoutrements for Modern Life," refers to its mission to provide beautiful art and design objects, whether they are to be...

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Address:
502 Chung King Court
Los Angeles CA 90012

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Phone: 213.687.8443.
Hours: Mon-Wed: Closed Thu-Sun: 12-6

Tags: crafts, home accessories, jewelry, women's accessories

Fitzsu

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When you happen upon a design store and the salesperson (adorned in all black of course) encourages you to pick up items and fiddle with them you know you're on to something. This was exactly our experience at Fitzsu. The sanitary appearing space displays items carefully, but also reminds us that all these bright shiny gadgets are supposed...

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Address:
7970 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-655-1908
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11-7 Sat-Sun: 12-5

Tags: design, good for gifts, home accessories, kitchen, men's accessories, modern, office, tableware, watches

Flight 001

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These days where every train station and airport have become bastions of legalized assault, it's nearly impossible to be a fashionable traveler. So, you have two options, you could travel in the back seat of your parents' car or you could begin an intensive regimen to re-program your mind. Our suggested starting point: pay a visit to...

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Address:
8235 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-966-0001
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 11-6

Tags: bags, gadgets, luggage, travel

Flight Club Los Angeles

Reader Suggested: The best sneaker store in the united states, period. This store is a consignment store and stock changes daily. Over 1000 styles for purchase.

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Address:
503 North Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-782-8616
Hours: Mon-Sat: 12:30-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: sneakers

Flounce

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On a block that really couldn't get any hipper if it tried, Flounce is an essential element. In the adjacent doors are arty clothing hip and streetwear hip, while Flounce naturally supplies vintage hip. The space is small and stuffed with cute vintage finds. This is girly vintage shopping at its best with darling dresses, tops and...

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Address:
1555 Echo Park Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-213-481-1975
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sun: 11:30-6:30

Tags: vintage clothing

Footsie

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Considering the unassuming store-front and jumbled window, it's hard to imagine the treasures you will find at Footsie. Carrying just about every major European brand (and select American brands), the store is a great introduction to lingerie. When you walk in, you will find yourself overwhelmed by the jumble--ask the amazingly helpful...

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Address:
1105 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica CA 90403

Phone: 1-310-393-2205
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: lingerie

French 50s-60s

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Say mid-century furniture and people will immediately assume you're taking the the Scandinavian and American furniture that was being designed by Eames, Nelson, McCobb and friends. French 50s-60s is like one giant signpost saying "Hey, the French were making furniture back then too you know!" So what is the furniture like? Well...

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Address:
1427 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 1-310-392-9905

Tags: france, mid-century modern, vintage furniture

Galcos Soda Pop Stop

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If it pops, fizzes or hisses, there's a good chance Galco's Soda Pop Stop has it. The shop that looks like an old time grocery store from the outside is obsessed with stocking every soda they can get their hands on from the venerable bubble gum flavored Inca Cola to previously defunct sodas that the shop had reproduced after finding...

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Address:
5702 York Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90042

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Phone: 1-323-255-7115

Tags: foods and drinks, sodas

Giant Robot

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If Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is just cool enough to be sold in Japan). Comic and design books, funky accessories, stickers and...

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Address:
2015 Sawtelle Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90025

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Phone: 1-310-478-1819
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11:30-8 Sun: 12-6

Tags: art, asia, books, japan, toys, t-shirts, zines

Giant Robot

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If Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is just cool enough to be sold in Japan). Comic and design books, funky accessories, stickers and...

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Address:
4017 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90029

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Phone: 1-323-662-4752
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11:30-7 Sun: 12-7

Tags: art, asia, books, japan, toys, t-shirts, zines

Gibson

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"We expect people to shop a little at our shop and then a lot at places like Ikea or Crate & Barrel," we overhead Gary Gibson of Gibson telling a young couple during our visit (we're sneaky like that)--and that's all we needed to be sold on Gibson. The store is a mixture of Gibson's own furniture and rug designs,...

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Address:
7350 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-934-4248
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9-6 Sat: 11-5 Sun: Closed

Tags: furniture, home accessories, rugs

Gogosha Optique

Reader Suggested: The bright, modern, new eyewear boutique on the east side features high-end international designers like Theo, Orgreen, and Anne et Valentin. Visionary Julia Gogosha Clark fits your frames based on your physical characteristics, lifestyle, and personality. She’ll offer up several pairs with proper proportions, but the...

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Address:
3208 1/2 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-323-660-1122

Tags: eyewear

Golden Apple Comics

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At Golden Apple Comics the golden age of comics is still going strong. Go in and get lost among the comics and comic-related items. Besides the thousands and thousands of new and back-issue comics there are DVDs, toys, anime, model kits, T-shirt, 'zines and LPs. The store also stocks lots of items like signed comic books and exclusive...

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Address:
7018 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-658-6047
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-9 Sun: 11-7

Tags: comic books, manga

Golden Apple Comics

At Golden Apple Comics the golden age of comics is still going strong. Go in and get lost among the comics and comic-related items. Besides the thousands and thousands of new and back-issue comics there are DVDs, toys, anime, model kits, T-shirt, 'zines and LPs. The store also stocks lots of items like signed comic books and exclusive...

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Address:
8967 Reseda Boulevard
Northridge CA 91324

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Phone: 1-818-993-7804
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-9 Sun: 11-7

Tags: comic books

GR2

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If Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is just cool enough to be sold in Japan). Comic and design books, funky accessories, stickers and...

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Address:
2062 Sawtelle Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90025

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Phone: 1-310-445-9276
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11:30-8 Sun: 12-6

Tags: art, asia, books, japan, toys, t-shirts, zines

Grey One

Reader Suggested: Live in Boston and still think Bodega has THE BEST retail experience I've ever seen (hidden door in the wall? Damn!). BUT... was visiting the West Coast a month back and hit Grey One for the first time. They're REALLY doing it right.Store design is modern and clean, selection is great but the Pasadena...

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Address:
15 East Holly Street
Pasadena CA 91103

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Phone: 1-626-578-1582

Tags: sneakers, streetwear

Han Cholo

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Han Cholo is what happens when you mash up geek culture with street culture. The arty boutique features its own line of men's and women's gold and silver jewelry that features boomboxes and laser blasters, Pac-Man characters and break dancers. Apart from the jewelry cases are a lineup of in-house T-shirt designs. The T-shirts by the...

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Address:
1549 Echo Park Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-213-482-9180

Tags: jewelry, local designers, t-shirts, women's accessories

Heist

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Leave it to a shop that's a short walk from the beach to figure out how to be stylish and elegant, and even at times glamorous, without looking fussy or being uncomfortable. So we have Heist, it's shelves and racks lined with subtly stylish clothing and accessories in neutral, beachy tones. Think babydoll dress with just enough...

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Address:
1104 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 1-310-450-6531
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: women's accessories, women's clothing

Hillary Rush

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An eponymous boutique where you feel comfortable walking in and chatting with the owner is rare. Hillary Rush is exactly that. A small space, oozing ease and comfort, where you're welcome to hang out, chat, and, oh yeah, shop for clothes. The racks overflow with hip, casual, luxurious clothing, a mixture of New York edgy with Los Angeles...

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Address:
8222 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-852-0088
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-5

Tags: women's accessories, women's clothing

Holiday

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Somewhere in the midst of the feminist movement we forgot the joy of the swish. No, no we don't mean the infamous athletic swish. We mean an entirely different swish. Let us explain. In the ashes of the burned bras we also lost the wives waiting for their husbands, dressed just so with a martini mixer in hand and dinner in the oven--the...

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Address:
912 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica CA 90403

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Phone: 1-310-434-9274
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11-6 Sat: 10-8 Sun: 12-5

Tags: girly, women's accessories, women's clothing

Holllywood Trading Company

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Hollywood Trading Company could have opened a shop with their extensive line belts and buckles and called it a day. Instead they decided to extend the aesthetic and put together a whole collection of high-end vintage, featuring decades old Levi's, military gear and classic workwear. This is complemented with their own line of new...

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Address:
7383 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-964-0080

Tags: denim, men's clothing

Homework

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Homework may be over after college, but most people's homes could definitely use some work. That's why the kind folks at Homework are here. The store carries simple, stylish home and personal accessories. There are pillows, lighting, mobiles, vases and other home accents. Drawing from a number of small designers from across the...

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Address:
139 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-936-6139
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11-7 Sat: 11-6 Sun: 11-4

Tags: furniture, home accessories, men's accessories, women's accessories

Horizons West

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Sure we have some great shops in our guide, but few have legitimate cultural significance. Horizons West is the original location and direct descendant of the Zephyr surf shop. This was the shop that played a central role in California skate culture as portrayed in the documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys. If that's not enough for you, it's...

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Address:
2011 Main Street
Santa Monica CA 90405

Phone: 1-310-392-1122

Tags: skating, surfing

Ige Design

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Ige Design is more designer's store than design store. The centerpiece of the space is Helene Ige's distinctive furniture, featuring unique laminate insets. Modern table with a retro touch can be custom made in a variety of shapes, patterns and colors. Ige also designs pillows, wall hangings and other accessories. Filling out the...

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Address:
7382 Bevelry Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-939-2788
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-6

Tags: design, home accessories

Jonathan Wright

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Jonathan Wright makes the wonders of letterpress available to casual passers by. The store carries on the letterpress tradition with its quaint, one-of-a-kind letterpress cards and stationery. You'll find letterpress cards for every occasion, along with notecards, bookmarks, as well some desk accessories. Everything at the store evokes...

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Address:
7404 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-931-1710
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Fri: 10-5 Sat: 11-5 Sun: Closed

Tags: letterpress, paper goods

Keep

At Keep the lowly canvas sneaker, the most basic staple in casual footwear, is given a new and vivacious lease on life. One of a half dozen or so basic styles are embellished in stylish combinations of dyed and printed cotton fabrics. A pristine white sneaker is given a grass print toe, a high-top combines khaki corduroy with chocolate brown...

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Address:
523 North Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-663-6900
Hours: Mon-Tue: Closed Wed-Sun: 12-6

Tags: local designers, women's shoes

Kelly Green

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Honestly, the fact that the furniture, paper goods, home accessories and tableware at Kelly Green are eco-friendly are just a bonus. We just like them because they look cool. Cards are cute, tableware is stylish, furniture is modern, yet warm.

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Address:
4008 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90029

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Phone: 1-323-660-1099

Tags: design, green, home accessories, tableware

Kendo

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Comfortable and hip, sporty and stylish--these attributes have long been mutually exclusive in women's footwear. As a high-end sneaker boutique for women, Kendo offers women the best of both worlds. The stock is as you would expect if you've visited one of the better men's sneaker boutiques out there: limited-edition...

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Address:
7218 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-934-9450

Tags: sneakers

Kicks

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You don't want the same boring sneakers you can find in any mall. But you're not exactly willing to stand in line for 6 hours for one of 50 artist/sneaker manufacturer collaboration shoes that the more pedigreed sneaker stores specialize in. If this describes your predicament, then Kicks is for you. The store has a large selection...

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Address:
3938 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-644-1272

Tags: sneakers

Kicks

You don't want the same boring sneakers you can find in any mall. But you're not exactly willing to stand in line for 6 hours for one of 50 artist/sneaker manufacturer collaboration shoes that the more pedigreed sneaker stores specialize in. If this describes your predicament, then Kicks is for you. The store has a large selection...

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Address:
141 North Larchmont Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90004

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Phone: 1-323-468-9794

Tags: sneakers

Kidrobot

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To call Kidrobot just a toy store would be like calling Barneys just a department store. The cool, quirky store was a pioneer in selling designer toys. These vinyl, plush and plastic toys are designed by (primarily Asian) artists and often manufactured in very limited editions. They're intricate, creative and often rather strange toys the...

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Address:
7972 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-782-1411
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 11-6

Tags: toys, urban vinyl

Kiki de Monparnasse

Imagine that, someone actually managed to create a sex shop that's actually sexy (and not gross or creepy). Kiki de Montparnasse does have some rather sleek "instruments of pleasure" but they're really more of a sex lifestyle store. For starters they have their own line of lingerie and loungewear, massage and body oils and...

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Address:
8280 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-951-9545
Hours: Mon-Sat: 12-8 Sun: 12-7

Tags: adult toys, lingerie

Lady

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Lady keeps its space much like a stylish urban lady might keep her closet. Down the length of the store is one long rack of clothing in no particular order, with cute dress and tops from a slew of tiny designers mixed with delectable vintage finds. Look to the top shelf, towards the floor or upon the center table for a well-informed mixture of...

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Address:
4974 Eagle Rock Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 9041

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Phone: 1-323-254-6500
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-5

Tags: girly, vintage clothing, women's accessories, women's clothing

L.A. Eyeworks

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In a city obsessed with fixing The Good Lord's little defects, it's refreshing to see at least one storefront encouraging people to yelp "I'm half blind, and damn proud of it". LA Eyeworks does this by turning a sight defect into a fashion opportunity. The store designs and produces dozens of glasses from basic, stylish...

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Address:
7386 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-931-7796
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-7 Sat: 10-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: eyewear

L.A. Eyeworks

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In a city obsessed with fixing The Good Lord's little defects, it's refreshing to see at least one storefront encouraging people to yelp "I'm half blind, and damn proud of it". LA Eyeworks does this by turning a sight defect into a fashion opportunity. The store designs and produces dozens of glasses from basic, stylish...

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Address:
7407 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-653-8255
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-7 Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: eyewear

Lake

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Delicate, somewhat romantic clothing, an apothecary stocked with natural and organic products, and a smattering of distinctive home accessories constitute the ecosystem of Lake. The well-edited collection of clothing and shoes are perfect for a relaxed sunny day but special enough for a hot night out. Apothecary items look good enough to eat.

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Address:
2910 Rowena Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90039

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Phone: 1-323-664-6522
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Fri: 12-7 Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-5

Tags: girly, home accessories, women's accessories, women's clothing

Lawson-Fenning

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If ever a furniture shop encapsulates the eclectic, often contradictory aspects of the Los Angeles area, Lawson-Fenning is it. Consider that the city is ground zero for Hollywood Regency, was the longtime home and workplace of Ray and Charles Eames, and hosts a bright crop of modernist architects and designers and it makes the Lawson-Fenning...

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Address:
7257 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-934-0048
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: furniture, vintage furniture

Lawson-Fenning

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If ever a furniture shop encapsulates the eclectic, often contradictory aspects of the Los Angeles area, Lawson-Fenning is it. Consider that the city is ground zero for Hollywood Regency, was the longtime home and workplace of Ray and Charles Eames, and hosts a bright crop of modernist architects and designers and it makes the Lawson-Fenning...

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Address:
1618 Silverlake Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-323-660-1500
Hours: Mon-Tue: Closed Wed-Sat: 11-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: furniture, vintage furniture

Legion

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Legion is like no men's club LA has ever known. The lushly furnished and finished shop carries the type of men's clothing that was previously difficult if not impossible to find in The Southland. Mostly from New York and Europe, the lines are a bit darker and more brooding then your usual casual fare--T-shirts with less surf motifs,...

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Address:
141 1/2 North Larchmont Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90003

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Phone: 1-323-871-1900

Tags: men's accessories, men's clothing

Le Labo

Le Labo certainly looks like a lab, but it's not all smoke and mirrors. The boutique perfumer operates like one as well, mixing one of its ten scents on the spot. The idea is to ensure maximum freshness and focus on the quality of the raw ingredients rather than spending money on fancy packaging or multi-million dollar marketing campaigns.

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Address:
8385 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-782-0411

Tags: fragrances

Le Pink

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Sitting on shelves and stands, tables and trays are le pink, le brown, le green, even le black. Stocking a clever mix of bath and beauty products and candy, Le Pink is a wonder for the senses. Each niche bath or beauty line (there are dozens in all) is packaged in a unique way, with its own color scheme, its own shape of bottles and boxes....

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Address:
3820 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-323-661-7465
Hours: Mon-Fri: 12-7 Sat: 11-7 Sun: 11-6

Tags: bath and body products

Lily Simone

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If there's any city that should know a thing or two about laid-back style, it's LA yet so often laid-back devolves into just-got-out-of-bed. At Lily Simone observe a laid-back done right. A variety of casual women's labels are represented, some designing hipster-friendly hoodies and jackets, others focusing on super-soft,...

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Address:
5022 Eagle Rock Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90041

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Phone: 1-323-254-0530
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Fri: 11-7 Sat: 11-6 Sun: 11-4

Tags: girly, women's accessories, women's clothing

LIMN

Is it a New York furniture showroom you want? A massive space complete with massively expensive avant-garde furniture, conceptual design accessories and a demure staff clad in back? LIMN is everything you're looking for and more, and in California no less. Browse clever design accessories from world renowned industrial designers and...

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Address:
169 North La Brea
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-931-6500
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9:30-6 Sat-Sun: 11-6

Tags: design, europe, furniture, home accessories, italy, lighting, modern

Lions Den

Lions Den is a dark, stark space, with shoes and streetwear that are the furthest thing from dark or stark. Those, we suppose, would be the lions. Sneakers for men and women range from thugged out to girly, from mega shoe companies to small upstarts. Bright colors, unusual materials and careful details distinguish these lions from your average...

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Address:
945 Sun Mun Way
Los Angeles CA 90012

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Phone: 1-213-596-0887 or 1-866-433-0323
Hours: Mon-Sun: 12-7

Tags: sneakers, streetwear

Liz's Antique Hardware

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Stepping into Liz's Antique Hardware is more like a history lesson than a retail experience. Start with the new, modern fixtures but then work your way back in time as you scan the wall and endless bins of door and window fixtures. The inventory goes all the way back to the mid 19th century, some of the units looking positively arcane.

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Address:
453 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-939-4403

Tags: hardware

Lucky Scent

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The fragrance world is a much more complicated and diverse world than the department store perfume counter would have us believe. Luckily there's LuckyScent.com and its offline counterpart Scent Bar to help us find those fragrances that are impossible to find elsewhere. The hundred or so brands available constitute the best small fragrance...

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Address:
8327 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-782-8300
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 12-7 Sun: 12-5

Tags: fragrances

Maison Midi

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Maison is French lifestyle store complete with demonstration models. Orange, green and yellow colored glass tumblers, stacks of linens, pillows, vases, trays and colorful dinnerware are laid out throughout the large space. And the demonstration models? These would be the dozen or so diners lounging out front or by the counter towards the back...

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Address:
148 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-935-3157
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-7 Sun: 12-7

Tags: france, home accessories, tableware

Matrushka

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Made in China. Made in Malaysia. Made in the Federated States of Micronesia. While we appreciate the forces that permit our stores to sell T-shirts for $9.99, we also worry about becoming sweatshop owners by proxy. Matrushka gives us a chance to wear hip, affordable clothing without the moral dilemma. Most of the clothes are designed and...

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Address:
4281 Fountain Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90029

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Phone: 1-323-665-4513
Hours: Mon-Fri: 12-7 Sat-Sun: 11-6

Tags: local designers, women's clothing

Meltdown Comics

The well-informed know that some of the most engaging writing, art and just general creative output produced anywhere comes by way of the humble comic book and few places do as well to recognize this as Meltdown Comics. Made by comic books lovers for comic book lovers the shop features everything from superhero titles to small press graphic...

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Address:
7522 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-851-7223
Hours: Mon-Tue: 11-10 Wed: 10-10 Thu-Sun: 11-10

Tags: comic books, toys

Michael Thompson Books

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An old fashioned storefront in what has become a hectic fairway of furniture and fashion, Michael Thompson Books provides its customers a calm, comforting place to peruse rare and antiquarian books. Fashioned like a library, the warmly lit store is filled to the brim with rare books from a variety of disciplines. However, the store specializes...

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Address:
8312 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-658-1901
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6

Tags: books, philosophy, rare books, science

Milk

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Consider Milk a staple in fashion-conscious Angelenos' diets. This is as close to one stop shopping as boutiques get. Long racks run down the side of the store with an intriguing mix of high-end European labels, New York staples, trendy casuals and accessory labels seen in many a magazine, little known global lines and some local indie...

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Address:
8209 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-951-0330
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11-7 Sat: 10-6 Sun: 10-5

Tags: women's accessories, women's clothing

Mimio

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Mimio celebrates "the artistry of paper". Their paper gallery has exquisite sheets of hand and machine made papers from Japan, Nepal, Thailand, India, France and Italy. Their selection of hand-bound photo albums and journals, silky ribbons and fountain pens is second to none. They offer custom invitation services using letterpress...

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Address:
38 South Raymond Avenue
Pasadena CA 91105

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Phone: 1-626-685-9090
Hours: Mon-Wed; 10-6 Thu-Sat: 10-7 Sun: 12-5

Tags: paper goods

Mini Melt

The well-informed know that some of the most engaging writing, art and just general creative output produced anywhere comes by way of the humble comic book and few places do as well to recognize this as Meltdown Comics. Made by comic books lovers for comic book lovers the shop features everything from superhero titles to small press graphic...

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Address:
3151 Los Feliz Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90039

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Phone: 1-323-668-1212
Hours: Mon-Tue: 11-10 Wed: 10-10 Thu-Sun: 11-10

Tags: comic books, toys

Mini Melt Too

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The well-informed know that some of the most engaging writing, art and just general creative output produced anywhere comes by way of the humble comic book and few places do as well to recognize this as Meltdown Comics. Made by comic books lovers for comic book lovers the shop features everything from superhero titles to small press graphic...

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Address:
1613 Colorado Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90041

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Phone: 1-323-258-2300
Hours: Mon-Tue: 11-10 Wed: 10-10 Thu-Sun: 11-10

Tags: comic books, toys

Mister Freedom

Reader Suggested: One of the last REAL vintage clothing stores in Los Angeles! A 3000 square feet space filled with authentic clothing from the late 1800s to 1970s from around the world, vintage denim and workwear, vintage boots and accessories, antique textiles... Specializing in men's rugged vintage clothing, Army-Navy, and...

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Address:
7161 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-653-2014
Hours: Mon-Sun: 12-7

Tags: vintage clothing

MOCA Store

LA isn't exactly known as a museum town but is known as a shopping town. So it makes sense that the Museum of Contemporary Art's (MOCA) store would be tack sharp. Next to prints and books highlighting the museums collections are an especially savvy collection of design and fashion items. Bags made of nylon banners from Switzerland....

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Address:
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90012

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Phone: 1-213-621-1710
Hours: Mon-Wed: 10:30-5:30 Thu: 10:30-8:30 Fri: 10:30-5:30 Sat-Sun: 10:30-6:30

Tags: art, museum stores, t-shirts

Modernica

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Some people's heroes are Koufax, Robinson and Mayes. For other people it's Eames, Nelson and Noguchi. Modernica is for the latter group. Finding "original" pieces designed by such icons can be extremely difficult and prohibitively expensive. Modernica has taken designs and faithfully and carefully recreated them for all...

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Address:
7366 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-933-0383
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-6 Sat: 11-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: furniture, mid-century modern, modern

Moss

More museum of industrial design than design store, Moss displays its collection of exquisite modernist home accessories like artwork. Among the items are toasters, toothbrush holders, colanders and ashtrays and larger items such as coffee tables and chairs. The prices will sometimes make you feel like you are buying art right off a...

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Address:
8444 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90069

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Phone: 1-323-866-5260
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-7 Sun: Closed

Tags: design, furniture, gadgets, home accessories, lighting, men's accessories, modern, tableware, watches, women's accessories

Munky King

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For years now, Munky King has been a benevolent steward of the tight knit community of artists, designers and collectors that has formed around the designer toy industry. The store features the work of the best and brightest Western and Asian toy designers, works with said designers to create Munky King exclusives, hosts an art/toy show every...

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Address:
441 Gin Ling Way
Los Angeles CA 90012

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Phone: 1-213-620-8787
Hours: Mon-Tue: 12-7 Wed-Fri: 11-7 Sat: 11-8 Sun: 11-7

Tags: toys, urban vinyl

Munky King

For years now, Munky King has been a benevolent steward of the tight knit community of artists, designers and collectors that has formed around the designer toy industry. The store features the work of the best and brightest Western and Asian toy designers, works with said designers to create Munky King exclusives, hosts an art/toy show every...

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Address:
7308 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-938-0091
Hours: Mon-Sun: 12-8

Tags: toys, urban vinyl

Mystery Pier Books

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The mystery in Mystery Pier Books could be referring as much to the narrow, dark passageway one must traverse to reach the shop than to the number of rare, first-edition mystery and crime novels inside. A humble landmark in the center of West Hollywood, the shop curates a collection of rare books that not only covers mysteries, but also American...

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Address:
8826 West Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood CA 90069

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Phone: 1-310-657-5557

Tags: books, mystery, rare books

New High (M)art

New High (M) art is one of the best stores in L.A. They carry some of the most avant-garde designers from around the country including New York favorites Face Projects and Bijules. We highly recommend New High (M)art.

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Address:
1720 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90027

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Phone: 1-323-638-0271
Hours: Mon-Sun: 12-10

Tags: avant-garde, men's accessories, men's clothing, women's accessories, women's clothing

NoHo Modern

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Noho Modern is more furniture gallery than furniture store. The furniture pieces, mostly from the mid-20th century, are first class representations of mid-century design with prices to match. The pieces are more serious than playful, with lots of grand rosewood sideboards, opulent marble tables and dark leather chairs.

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Address:
750 North La Cienega Boulevard
West Hollywood CA 90069

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Phone: 1-310-360-3990
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11-6 Sat: 12-5 Sun: Closed

Tags: vintage furniture, vintage home accessories

Noni

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Noni, a small pseudo-industrial/mod store does not have any velour or pictures of starlets wearing the clothes they carry. Instead, they carry one of the best-edited, heretofore unseen collection of clothing for men and, mostly, women. Having seen a lot of these boutiques, very few stores actually get us in their dressing room but we could not...

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Address:
225 North Larchmont Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90004

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Phone: 1-323-469-3239
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 11-5

Tags: women's clothing

Noodle Stories

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If you want to buy high-end clothing and don't have a fortune to spend here's a tip: focus on the basics. Buy basic pieces that you'll wear from season to season and that'll class up any outfit. In other words, buy pieces from Noodle Stories. High-end minimalist is in full effect: solid or striped sweaters in luxurious...

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Address:
8323 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

Phone: 1-323-651-1782
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: avant-garde, women's clothing

Now/Again

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Furniture stores tend to focus on one era--somehow not seeing the Queen Anne with the Barcelona. Fortunately, the folks at Now/Again understand man's predilection towards mixing and matching. The store has managed to find the beautiful and stylish in every era. Even if you're into 18th century antiques, it's hard not appreciate...

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Address:
3815 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-323-662-4338
Hours: Mon-Tue: Closed Wed-Sat: 12-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: antiques, vintage furniture

Nucleus

Reader Suggested: I think it should be added because it has amazing prints and art books as well as bags, t-shirts, and other items promoting independent Asian artists. It is also one of the few art stores in its area.

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Address:
30 West Main Street
Alhambra CA 91801

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Phone: 1-626-458-7482
Hours: Mon-Thu: 12-9 Fri-Sun: 11-10

Tags: art, prints

Obsolete

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For the home that has everything consider adding decades old advertising signage or a factory work table or Goodyear slick racing tire. Rather than running after furniture or ceramics or lighting from landmark artists and manufacturers as many antique shops do, Obsolete finds beauty in objects that served a clear utilitarian purpose in their...

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Address:
222 Main Street
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 1-310-399-0024
Hours: Mon-Sun: 11-6

Tags: antiques, curiosities

OK

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OK is the one expression you really can't use to describe OK. Gorgeous, hip, beautiful, classy, stunning--these would do better. The gallery is an ode to exquisite design. Learn a thing or two by picking up a few of their new and used books on art, design and architecture. Apply what you have learned to select among sets of curvy...

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Address:
8303 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-653-3501
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-6:30 Sun: 12-6

Tags: books, design, good for gifts, home accessories, men's accessories, women's accessories

Ooga Booga

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A raw and humble space, Ooga Booga is a product of the collective creativity of today's young artists and designers. These artists and designers publish zines and graphic novels and comics. They release CDs and DVDs. They design T-shirts and hoodies and dresses and shoes. They make funky necklaces and cute tote bags.

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Address:
943 North Broadway
Los Angeles CA 90012

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Phone: 1-213-617-1105
Hours: Mon-Tue: Closed Wed-Sat: 12-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: music, t-shirts, women's accessories, women's clothing, zines

Opening Ceremony

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When we think clothing boutique and New York a store like Opening Ceremony is what we have in mind. The store is hip and worldy, avant-garde but approachable, artful and industrial. The shop contains a collection of hip, chic clothing the likes of which you're not going to see very often. The store focuses on introducing the best...

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Address:
451 North La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-310-652-1120
Hours: Mon-Sun: 10-6

Tags: avant-garde, international, men's accessories, men's clothing, women's accessories, women's clothing

Orange

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For most, Orange will be more about inspiration than commerce, but either way you can't go wrong. Pieces represent the finest in 20th century furniture and accessories design. The collection includes everything from iconic mid-century modern pieces to exquisite glass and metal lighting to furniture from European masters. In this inspired...

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Address:
8111 Beverly Boulevard #1
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-782-6898

Tags: vintage furniture, vintage home accessories

Palmetto

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Palmetto is a store for everything you need to feel and stay beautiful sans someone ambushing you with a perfume or forcing you to buy lipstick when all you wanted was concealer. The amazing staff can help you find everything in the jumble of hard-to-find brands, they may even talk you out of buying the wrong pricey creams. This is a...

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Address:
1034 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica CA 90403

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Phone: 1-310-395-6687
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-6 Sat: 10-5:30 Sun: 12-5

Tags: bath and body products, cosmetics

Palmetto

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Palmetto is a store for everything you need to feel and stay beautiful sans someone ambushing you with a perfume or forcing you to buy lipstick when all you wanted was concealer. The amazing staff can help you find everything in the jumble of hard-to-find brands, they may even talk you out of buying the wrong pricey creams. This is a...

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Address:
8321 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-653-2470
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-6

Tags: bath and body products, cosmetics

Panty Raid

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In the olden days, towns had a general store, a blacksmith and a barber to cover all the retail bases. Fast forward to the future, to another town, with a town lingerie store (across the street from the town wine store and the town record shop, by the way). Panty Raid is the ideal lingerie store for the town of Silver Lake. Though the store...

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Address:
2378 1/2 Glendale Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90039

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Phone: 1-323-668-1888
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11:30-7 Sat: 12-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: lingerie

Pixie Market

With Pixie Market, fashion fans can have their cake and eat it too. The shop has assembled a truly cosmopolitan collection of clothing and accessories coming from small, sprightly designers. Pixie Market subscribes to the "fashion is supposed be fun" school of dressing--expect bright colors, playful patterns and wearable silhouettes....

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Address:
7950 West Third Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-782-1718
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: women's accessories, women's clothing

Plastica

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If "plastic makes it possible" then you'll find it at Plastica. The store is dedicated to our favorite petroleum product and more generally items that are pliable. Housewares, accessories and toys make the balance of the collection. Rubber horsies (to use the technical term), blocks and tiny galoshes will keep the kids...

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Address:
8405 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-655-1051
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: home accessories, plastic, women's accessories

Plushpod

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Yes, if you furnished your home top to bottom with furniture and accessories from Plushpod your space would look rather severe--high-concept modern furniture has a way of going there. But that's not the point. At Plushpod there are hundreds of pieces, big and small, $20-10000, all quite modern. And how you mix and match is up to you....

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Address:
8211 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-951-0748 or 1-866-758-7430
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 10-4

Tags: bathroom, furniture, home accessories, modern, rugs

Pomp & Posey

Reader Suggested: I love this place, I found it at Christmas time. It has the most incredible home-like setting, with classical music playing and candlelight, and it has the most unique collection of home and gift items that I’ve seen. On top of that, everything is beautifully wrapped in one of their gorgeous wrapping papers or placed in...

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Address:
807 Palm Avenue
West Hollywood California 90069

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Phone: 1-310-657-8772
Hours: Mon-Sat: 12-9 Sun: Closed

Tags: bath and body products, garden, good for gifts, home accessories, paper goods

Post 26

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For not a particularly large space, Post 26 does well to capture the sprawling LA fashion scene. For a city were comfort in clothing is still paramount, they're sure to carry soft, basic tees. For the hip, edgy LA are boisterous frocks and serious, almost avant-garde pieces from small New York designers. As a nod to classic Hollywood...

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Address:
225 26th Street
Santa Monica CA 90402

Phone: 1-310-451-0945
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-6 Sat: 10-5 Sun: 12-5

Tags: designer vintage, vintage clothing, women's accessories, women's clothing

Pulp

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Pulp celebrates the art of the card. The expansive (well, expansive for a stationery store anyway) store has row after row, shelf after shelf of interesting cards. Many of the cards are handmade affairs, while the aesthetic of the cards varies from elegant and classy, to silly and sophomoric. The store also carries papers, stationary and...

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Address:
456 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

Phone: 1-323-937-3506
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-8 Sat: 10-7 Sun: 10-6

Tags: paper goods

Realm

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Any Chinatown anywhere in the world has dozens of those shops overflowing with little bits of everything. On the surface, Realm looks like another one of those shops, but a closer look reveals a whole lot more. Sure the place is big and there are items overflowing on every shelf and table. But most of these items are high-end ceramics,...

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Address:
425 Gin Ling Way
Los Angeles CA 90012

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Phone: 1-213-628-4663
Hours: Mon-Sun: 11-7

Tags: home accessories, tableware

ReForm School

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The cottage that houses ReForm School could easily pass as an old-time school house and it is bland, mundane homes that are the pupils. An almost daunting selection of creative output is on display, the collective work of dozens of promising artists and designers. Name it you'll find it from beautiful canvases to perky pillows, clever...

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Address:
3902 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90029

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Phone: 1-323-906-8660

Tags: art, crafts, design, good for gifts, green, home accessories

Re-Mix

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Okay, so we have become somewhat adept at shopping at vintage stores. But, the one remaining roadblock in our psyche is vintage shoes. We've seen some amazing shoes, but we keep thinking gym sock smell and that's the end of that. So, it was liberating to discover Re-Mix. Re-Mix carries new vintage shoes. That means they sell great...

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Address:
7605 1/2 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-936-6210 or 1-888-254-1813
Hours: Mon-Sat: 12-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: men's shoes, vintage shoes, women's shoes

Resurrection Vintage

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Expect to pay more for a vintage dress at Resurrection then you have ever paid for a brand new one. Then expect to be grateful for the honor. Carrying the very best of vintage clothing and accessories including a few dozen incarnations of The Perfect Dress (tm), Resurrection is the place to go for that bold outfit you can be sure know one else...

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Address:
8006 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-651-5516
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-5

Tags: designer vintage, vintage clothing

Retropia

Reader Suggested: I believe that our store would make a nice addition to your store guide based on the other stores that you have listed. Retropia offers a wide variety of antique and mid century furniture, lighting, decorative objects and fine art. What sets us apart from most vintage furniture stores is The Upstairs Gallery at...

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Address:
1442 North Highland Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90028

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Phone: 1-323-871-4000
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sun: 12-6:30

Tags: antiques, art, mid-century modern, vintage furniture

Rewire

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Reborn is more like it. Rewire takes vintage lighting--all styles, sizes and refurbishes them for posterity to enjoy. Some pieces are anonymous but distinctive, others are classics like Eva Zeisel candleholders and some mid-century modern icons.

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Address:
7257 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-937-5254
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-5 Sat: 12-5 Sun: Closed

Tags: lighting, vintage lighting

Room Service

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Full dozens classic modern furniture pieces and hundreds of chic accessories, Room Service is one stop shop for those seeking a fun, modern lifestyle. Affordable reproductions of iconic pieces by Eames, Nelson, Van der Rohe and others sit among the store's own line of modern furniture. The selection ranges from demure, serious pieces...

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Address:
5901 West Third Street
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-692-9221
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: furniture, home accessories, modern

Room Service

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Full dozens classic modern furniture pieces and hundreds of chic accessories, Room Service is one stop shop for those seeking a fun, modern lifestyle. Affordable reproductions of iconic pieces by Eames, Nelson, Van der Rohe and others sit among the store's own line of modern furniture. The selection ranges from demure, serious pieces...

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Address:
81 South Fair Oaks Avenue
Pasadena CA 91105

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Phone: 1-626-795-4800

Tags: furniture, home accessories, modern

Roseark

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Roseark does not concern itself much with the myriad lines of jewelry using semi-precious stones or inexpensive materials like glass and resin. The one of a kind jewelry and accessories boutique (formerly called Kaviar and Kind) seeks out unique jewelry and accessory pieces that combine luxurious materials in daring, unorthodox constructions. A...

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Address:
1111 N Crescent Heights Blvd
West Hollywood CA 90069

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Phone: 1-323-822-3600
Hours: By Appointment

Tags: jewelry, women's accessories

Rubbish

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Too often "vintage" furniture stores come with a staff that wouldn't know wood from MDF. Fortunately, Rubbish offers a bit more depth-in furniture and staff. The furniture definitely speaks to a classy, modern sensibility. These are items for the home of someone who wants more than a trendy chair, but rather appreciates...

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Address:
1628 Silver Lake Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90026

Phone: 1-323-661-5575
Hours: Mon-Tue: Closed Wed-Sun: 12-6

Tags: vintage furniture

Salt

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Among the girly, beachy boutiques nearby Salt at first looks out of place, but where better than near the ocean to sell clothes that are organic and essential. Dominated by solid, understated colors, soft fabrics and loose silhouettes this is clothing that won't look out of place on New York streets but come to think of it would work...

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Address:
1138 1/2 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice CA 90291

Phone: 1-310-452-1154

Tags: avant-garde, women's clothing

Sample

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It's rare to walk into a store, especially one as simple as Sample, and want one of everything. It's even more rare in the case of a store such as Sample, that carries a few simple items in multiple colors. When we walked the amazing collection of cashmere sweaters caught out eye--so much so that we considered breaking our cardinal...

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Address:
7374 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-965-0098
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: knitwear, women's accessories, women's clothing

Satine

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Satine approaches the world of fashion with a truly global viewpoint. In a city where store after store carries the typical LA look of tops, T-s and jeans, Satine bring together the looks of a worlds worth of designers. The hip New York look is evident in sharp party dresses. Casual French elegance appears as cute, colorful separates and...

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Address:
8134 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-655-2142
Hours: Mon- Sat: 11-7pm Sun: 12-6pm

Tags: women's accessories, women's clothing

Scout

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If you need elaborate displays, too-cool-for-school salespeople and obnoxiously loud rap music to create a "hip" clothing store, you're doing something wrong. Here's an idea--let the clothes do the talking. Witness Scout. One long, narrow store. One side women's, the other side men's (praise Jesus). A selection...

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Address:
1646 North Cherokee Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90028

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Phone: 1-323-658-8684
Hours: Mon-Sun: 12-7

Tags: avant-garde, men's clothing, women's clothing

Secret Headquarters

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Remember the comic books shops with dingy carpet floors and merchandise covering every square in of the store? Secret Headquarters is not one of those. Try dark hardwood floors, comic art on the walls and the fit and furniture of an old school library. In a warm, inspiring space you get an interesting cross-section of what's happening in...

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Address:
3817 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-323-666-2228
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Fri: 11-9 Sat: 10-9 Sun: 12-7

Tags: comic books

Selima & Benjamin

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Imagine thriving New York City eyewear shop Selima Optique going on a California vacation, and Selima & Benjamin would be the result. The tiny outpost doesn't bother carrying too many architect and museum curator friendly boxy frames and instead focuses on cute, curvy sunglasses from Selima's own line and other high quality...

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Address:
225 26th Street
Santa Monica CA 90402

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Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: eyewear

Shareen

Reader Suggested: A no-boys-allowed vintage clothing mecca where girls play dress up like they're in their hipper than hip grandmother's closet. Owner Shareen gives her honest opinion and is always there to make adjustments and additions with colored ribbons or wide waist belts. She also has her own line that she sells at stores...

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Address:
350 North Avenue 21
Los Angeles CA 90031

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Phone: 1-323-276-6226
Hours: Mon-Tue: Closed Wed: 10-5 Thu-Fri: Closed Sat-Sun: 10-5

Tags: vintage clothing

Shelter

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Maintaining the grandiosity of a modern furniture showroom minus the snootiness that usually comes along with it, Shelter is a one-stop shop for high-end modern furniture. The large space is organized into different rooms of the home, with plenty of items of variety. There are several beds, dining room tables and chairs, including...

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Address:
7920 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90048

Phone: 1-323-937-3222
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: furniture

Shelter

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Maintaining the grandiosity of a modern furniture showroom minus the snootiness that usually comes along with it, Shelter is a one-stop shop for high-end modern furniture. The large space is organized into different rooms of the home, with plenty of items of variety. There are several beds, dining room tables and chairs, including...

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Address:
1433 5th Street
Santa Monica CA 90401

Phone: 1-310-451-3536
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: furniture

Show

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We've walked through many a 10,000 sq. ft modern design stores and found nothing we wanted or, for that matter, could afford. Then there are stores like Show, where in a couple hundred square feet you find you want every item and you're surprised that you can afford many of them. The "lifestyle" store is full of musts for a...

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Address:
1722 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90027

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Phone: 1-323-644-1960
Hours: Mon-Sun: 11-6

Tags: furniture, home accessories

SilicaThree

Reader Suggested: Okay, this one is a bit strange. There's not really a storefront in North Hollywood, just a warehouse. So here's the deal: David is an ex dot-com graphic designer type, if my memory serves, and ditched it all to hang out in Sweden and Denmark sometime around 2004. Again, these details may be sketchy, but...

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Address:
5533 Satsuma Avenue
North Hollywood CA 91601

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Phone: 1-323-793-4567 or 1-323-461-7515
Hours: Mon-Fri: By Appointment Sat: 10-4 Sun: By Appointment

Tags: denmark, mid-century modern, scandinavia, sweden, vintage furniture

Sirens & Sailors

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While the work of local Los Angeles clothing designers is rather less high-style than their New York counterparts, for the hip, casual look LA is second to none. The clothing at Sirens & Sailors are perfect examples. Each season the store features the collection of over dozens of local designers. Overall the look is a laid-back hip...

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Address:
1104 Mohawk Street
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-213-483-5423
Hours: Mon-Sat: 12-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: local designers, women's clothing

Skylight Books

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Skylight Books knows its neighborhood and its city. In the bohemian Los Feliz neighborhood of LA the independent shop is heavy on books on art, film, LA History (even if some consider LA History to be an oxymoron), and progressive politics.

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Address:
1818 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90027

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Phone: 1-323-660-1175
Hours: Mon-Sun: 10-10

Tags: books

Soap Plant/Wacko

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Soap Plant/Wacko is the only kind of art gallery fit for La-La Land. Sure there are a few demure rooms of hardwood-floored, white-walled gallery space. But that is among a huge store of schizophrenic randomness. There are long, sprawling shelves full of design, architecture, film and children's books. Then there is a wall of cooky...

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Address:
4633 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90027

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Phone: 1-323-663-0122
Hours: Mon-Wed: 11-7 Thu-Sat: 11-9 Sun: 12-6

Tags: art, books, good for gifts, home accessories, toys

Society of the Spectacle

Reader Suggested: Carries unique and hard to find brands, as well as vintage eyewear. While shopping for your new frames and shades you might find yourself eyeing beautiful bronze sculptures by artist Anne Ricketts and relaxing in vintage metal garden chairs. 3-D books and cards by Barry Rothstein amaze your pupils and no dog is left...

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Address:
4563 York Boulevard
Los Angeles California 90041

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Phone: 1-323-255-4300
Hours: Mon-Wed: 11-7 Thu: 11-7:30 Fri: 11-7 Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: eyewear

Some Odd Rubies

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Some Odd Rubies concerns itself mainly with diamonds in the rough. The shop scours the country for promising vintage fashions and transforms them into modern garments. While the bold prints and colors of the original vintage garments remain, what changes mainly are the silhouettes, fits and finishes to make them more wearable by modern...

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Address:
1937 1/2 Hillhurst Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90027

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Phone: 1-323-644-9088

Tags: reworked vintage, women's accessories, women's clothing

Sonrisa Furniture

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Stainless steel appliances may be all the rage now but let us not forget steel's more humble beginnings. File cabinets, office desks, card catalogs and lockers are how steel first entered our home and work lives. Sonrisa pays tribute to this machine-age past by collecting a variety of vintage steel furniture salvaged from schools,...

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Address:
7609 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-935-8438
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: furniture, industrial, office, vintage furniture

Soolip Bungalow

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Soolip Bungalow may have left the paper behind, but borrowing the aesthetic that helped make Soolip Paperie a success has worked out well. The store carries a varying collection of pretty, elegant items. A small selection of women's clothing and lingerie are in one corner, a bureau of fine bath products in another. Lighting and a few...

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Address:
8646 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood CA 90048

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Phone: 1-310-360-1512
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: good for gifts, home accessories

Soolip Paperie & Press

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What started as one person's passion for paper has turned into a perfect little paper shop. Soolip carries its paper by the sheet. Traditional Japanese papers, unique Parisian papers and modern printed papers are among the selection. The store also carries a wide assortment of cards--from its own line of letterpress cards to hip (and...

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Address:
8646 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood CA 90069

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Phone: 1-310-360-0545
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-5

Tags: custom-made, paper goods

South Willard

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The first time we walked into South Willard we walked right out. After all, faced with all this style and elegance in Los Angeles, is it at all surprising that we had to check the street signs and "actors" at the nearby café to confirm our location? A mix of hard-to-find local and international designers, South Willard carries simple...

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Address:
8038 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-653-6153
Hours: Mon-Sun: 11-6

Tags: art, books, ceramics, local designers, men's accessories, men's clothing

Squaresville

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In the world of the vintage store, there are generally three categories: the ever-elusive treasure chest, the ubiquitous punks-shop-here and the sweat-of-the-brow store. For the last, if you work hard enough and search long enough you will surely find the one item that will lead to endless compliments and the sweet music of "It's...

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Address:
1800 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90027

Phone: 1-323-669-8464
Hours: Mon: 12-7 Tue-Sat: 11-8 Sun: 12-7

Tags: vintage clothing

Steinberg & Sons

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Look at all hip, funky dressed people in the neighborhood. Then go to Steinberg & Sons to see where they buy their clothes. For men: cool T-shirts, comfortable pants, button down shirts with bright patterns and hip blazers. For women: adorable dresses, stylish tops, cutesy flats and more. For all: a low-key, artful environment (sharing a...

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Address:
4712 Franklin Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90027

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Phone: 1-323-660-0294
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sun: 12-7

Tags: men's clothing, women's clothing

Strange Invisible Perfumes

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In a country used to buying its perfumes at the department store counter, the idea of customized fragrances and a master perfumer is as good as a fairytale. Strange Invisible helps bridge the gap, bringing a European style parfumerie to the shores of California. The cool, lab-like space is the perfect place to try one of the shops many perfumes...

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Address:
1138 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 1-310-314-1505
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: custom-made, fragrances

Sugar Paper

Sure, sure Sugar Paper is sweet, but there's no artificial sweetener in the place. The shop if firmly committed to the craft of card and paper making. Choose among a selection of cards from the best small design studio in the country or have custom work done on their vintage letterpress printers.

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Address:
1749 Ensley Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90024

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Phone: 1-310-277-7804
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-6 Sat: 10-5 Sun: Closed

Tags: letterpress, paper goods

Sugar Paper

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Sure, sure Sugar Paper is sweet, but there's no artificial sweetener in the place. The shop if firmly committed to the craft of card and paper making. Choose among a selection of cards from the best small design studio in the country or have custom work done on their vintage letterpress printers.

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Address:
225 26th St #27
Santa Monica CA 90402

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Phone: 1-310-451-7870
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-6 Sat: 10-5 Sun: 11-5

Tags: paper goods

Surfing Cowboys

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Surfing Cowboys is what happens when vintage furniture aficionados with good taste go to the beach. In a perfectly pleasant, laid back atmosphere the shop consistently stocks gorgeous collection of vintage furnishings from the '50s to the '70s (iconic pieces from Eames, Saarinen, Cherner and friends go through the store with...

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Address:
1624 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 1-310-450-4891

Tags: mid-century modern, surfing, vintage furniture, vintage home accessories

Svenska Möbler

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In case you were wondering, Swedish furniture was just as cool way back when as it is now. Svenska Mobler displays a whole studio full of Swedish furniture of yore (mostly from 1840-1940). Most distinctive are the chairs and sofas: well cushioned affairs with whimsically curved arms. There are also deco lamps and lighting, mixed wood desks,...

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Address:
154 North La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-934-4452
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-5 Sun: Closed

Tags: scandinavia, sweden, vintage furniture

Tart

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If Tart were to have a motto it would be "You are what you eat on." The airy space is primarily dedicated to tableware, flatware and table linens. From chic versions of the everyday coffee mug to pristine bone china to modern Danish place settings the store provides perfect accompaniment to hectic family dinners and haughty dinner...

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Address:
7977 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-653-8278
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: By Appointment

Tags: ceramics, home accessories, tableware

Taschen

Begun as a humble comic book store, Taschen has become an unrivaled publisher and seller or art and design books. Taschen's lavishly illustrated titles display a blatant disregard for how much the final product will cost and that's what makes them such worthy indulgences.

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Address:
354 North Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills CA 90210

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Phone: 1-310-274-4300
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-7 Sun: 12-5

Tags: art, books, photography

TAVIN Boutique

Reader Suggested: Tavin, is a vintage, consignment and new designer boutique located in Echo Park, Los Angeles. They offer an amazing well-curated collection of vintage clothing alongside redesigned vintage clothing, new avant-garde designer pieces, lifestyle products, ephemera, crafts, unusual books and object d'art.

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Address:
1543 Echo Park Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-213-482-5832
Hours: Mon-Tue: Closed Wed: 1-7pm Thu-Sat: 12-7pm Sun: 1-7pm

Tags: books, crafts, good for gifts, home accessories, local designers, vintage accessories, vintage clothing

The Cook's Library

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When attempting a gourmet meal you're likely to rely on cookbooks. Unfortunately, it's next to impossible to find just the right cookbook, especially since the staff at the mega-stores barely know Salinger from King much less Walker or Vongerichten. Cook's Library is the answer to every undercooked, bland, fusion bookstore out...

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Address:
8373 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-655-3141
Hours: Mon: 1-5 Tue-Sat: 11-6 Sun: Closed

Tags: cookbooks, kitchen

The Elegant Mess

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The Elegant Mess, yeah, that pretty much describes it. This is not some austere, architectural art gallery of a boutique. No dresses and baubles, sandals and dresses, clutches and dresses are scattered about the delightfully busy shop. These are type of fun, fashionable, easy to wear items that we'd expect to see in a cute vintage store...

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Address:
430 North Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-782-9883
Hours: Mon-Sat: 12-8 Sun: 11-7

Tags: women's accessories, women's clothing

The Kids Are Alright

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If the kids aren't alright, they'll be just fine after picking up a few things from The Kids Are Alright. The quirky boutique offers a collection of hip, casual clothing for men and women alongside colorful jewelry, cute shoes and the like. The clothing combines the best of Los Angeles designers, with smaller brands from New York,...

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Address:
2201 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-213-413-4014
Hours: Mon-Sat: 12-7 Sun: 12-5

Tags: local designers, men's clothing, women's accessories, women's clothing

The Soap Kitchen

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After we walked into our 47th soap and lotion store, we started to get a little cynical. The smell of vanilla started to make us nauseous and we wondered how many rosemary-lemon-lime lotions the world really needed. But then we walked in The Soap Kitchen and remembered what a great bath and body store was supposed to look like. There were no...

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Address:
43 North Fair Oaks Avenue
Pasadena CA 91103

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Phone: 1-626-396-9996
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-8 Sun: 12-6

Tags: bath and body products

The Way We Wore

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Considering the number of designers, design students, and film costume designers that use the shop for inspiration, The Way We Wore could easily be called The Way We Wear. But that doesn't mean there isn't something for us regular folks. The sprawling, multi-leveled boutique have something for vintage lovers of all stripes. For...

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Address:
334 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-937-0878
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: vintage clothing

Tim Clarke

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Pure modernism would seem rather incongruous to its beachside environment, so Tim Clarke has embraced another aesthetic, namely coastal modernism. Pieces are clean and simple, but also natural. Slab tables accentuate the cracks and imperfections of the wood. Clear glass vases twist and turn like vines. Couches are upholstered in a sturdy canvas...

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Address:
2110 Main Street
Santa Monica CA 90405

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Phone: 1-310-452-8374

Tags: furniture, home accessories

Tortoise

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So you thought you were cool when you saw "Lost in Translation" before anyone else, but now the whole world has seen it. It's time to kick your Japano-phile induced coolness up a few notches by visiting Tortoise. "Those are some cool forks you have there". Gee thanks, if memory serves they were designed by Sori Yanagi...

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Address:
1208 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 1-310-314-8448
Hours: Mon-Tue: Closed Wed-Sun: 12-6

Tags: design, furniture, home accessories, japan, tableware

Traveler's Bookcase

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The American worker takes an average of 10.2 vacation days after three years on the job. While we would certainly love go on about what the rest of the world is doing (see: Europe, ENTIRE MONTH of August in), let's focus on the matter at hand. With so little vacation time it's crucial to plan correctly. As the name suggests,...

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Address:
8375 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-655-1197
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-5

Tags: books, travel

Turqoise

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Sometimes even furniture needs a nip and a tuck, and that's basically what Turquoise does. The serene cottage space primarily showcases vintage furniture pieces of varying styles and eras that have been lovingly restored and reupholstered with cheery, modern fabrics. Mixed in are mid-century furnishings, and curious, beautiful objects and...

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Address:
1641 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 310-314-2010
Hours: Mon: By Appointment Tue-Sun: 12-7

Tags: vintage furniture, vintage home accessories

Twentieth

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Twentieth rents its furniture for movie and TV sets with regularity and there are no shortage of pieces that are in the compact car price range. But that shouldn't stop you from stopping by anyway. The huge store is a space worth visiting for anyone who enjoys modernism in any of its forms. One side of the split showroom is all vintage...

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Address:
8057 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-904-1200
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-6 Sat: 12-5 Sun: Closed

Tags: design, furniture, home accessories, modern

Twenty Gauge

Reader Suggested: We have been specializing in this polished steel vintage metal furniture for over a decade and are the leaders in our industry, with a finish and inventory of NO equal. We also have a new salvage chic division and have been a major vintage resource in Los Angeles both for consumers and designers.

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Address:
HD Buttercup
3225 Helms Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90034

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Phone: 1-310-945-5438

Tags: office, steel, vintage furniture

Una Mae's

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Una Mae's is purveyor of casual Los Angeles style, past and present. In a city of $200 jeans and $150 vintage band T-shirts, the store offers stylish, laid-back fare at affordable prices. The new items include polo shirts and button downs for men, cute dresses, tops and T-shirts for women and jeans for all. On the vintage side are a...

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Address:
4651 Kingswell Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90027

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Phone: 1-323-662-6137
Hours: Mon-Fri: 12-8 Sat: 11-8 Sun: 11-6

Tags: men's clothing, vintage clothing, women's clothing

Undefeated

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The sight of several burly men gawking at and drooling over shoes may make you think you're in a bizarro world, but that's just what happens everyday at Undefeated. The store stocks a couple dozen pairs of cool sneakers, displayed like the scarce commodities that they are. Many of the kicks are imported limited edition models not...

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Address:
112 1/2 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-937-6077
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-6

Tags: sneakers

Undefeated

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The sight of several burly men gawking at and drooling over shoes may make you think you're in a bizarro world, but that's just what happens everyday at Undefeated. The store stocks a couple dozen pairs of cool sneakers, displayed like the scarce commodities that they are. Many of the kicks are imported limited edition models not...

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Address:
2654-B Main Street
Santa Monica CA 90405

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Phone: 1-310-399-4195
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 10-4

Tags: sneakers

Undefeated

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The sight of several burly men gawking at and drooling over shoes may make you think you're in a bizarro world, but that's just what happens everyday at Undefeated. The store stocks a couple dozen pairs of cool sneakers, displayed like the scarce commodities that they are. Many of the kicks are imported limited edition models not...

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Address:
3827 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-323-668-1315

Tags: sneakers

Urban Country

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Urban Country is an appealing mix of work and play, industrial and rural. The well-curated antique store concentrates on different bits of Americana. Factory ad unrecognizable machinery seems straight of the industrial revolution. Colorful stars and toys and regalia are surely remnants of long bygone county fair. Quaint signs and lettering...

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Address:
218 Main Street
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 1-310-315-1927

Tags: antiques, country

Urbanic

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Urbane would certainly describe the selection of cards, papers and writing accoutrements at Urbanic. The wall of cards rivals the selection of paper shops thrice its size in overall quality. Whether employing letterpress, intricate cut-outs, sharp typography or deep inks, the cards exude class and elegance. Papers are more limited in selection...

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Address:
1644 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 1-310-401-0427
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 11-6

Tags: paper goods

Vamp Shoes

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Vamp welcomes the vamp, the girlie-girl, the city girl and the indie chick, any girl really that appreciates cute shoes (and other accessories). Simple black boots to colorful wedges, delicately woven flats to chunky platforms--the variety is delightfully diverse. While there are some pricier labels, Vamp focuses on affordable accessories.

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Address:
2841 Hyperion Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90027

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Phone: 1-323-662-1150
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 11-6

Tags: bags, women's accessories, women's shoes

Voila

Reader Suggested: At Voila they sell all kinds of vintage oddities and art. From desks made out of airplane parts, to giant beetle collections, to vintage tower clocks, to art by the most amazing contemporary artists. Their style is amazing. A visit to their store is an experience!

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Address:
518 North La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Phone: 1-323-954-0418
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-5 Sat: 11-5 Sun: Closed

Tags: curiosities, vintage furniture, vintage home accessories

Waraku

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Japanese surfwear sounds about as conceivable as Los Angeles snowwear, but the stuff does exist and has for decades. In a kind of global fashion ping-pong match Waraku brings back to America Japanese clothing, denim and sneakers that were heavily influenced by American street/skate/surf culture. If the clothing and shoes at Waraku are...

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Address:
1225 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice CA 90291

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Phone: 1-310-452-5300

Tags: japan, sneakers, t-shirts

Weego Home

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Modernists tend to use "contemporary" as a bad word, a synonym for boring, ordinary, unremarkable. The furniture of Weego Home is contemporary without being all those other things. Just stepping into their space will convince you of that. The store's extensive line of sofas and furniture, some of it in-house, some of it from...

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Address:
2939 Main Street
Santa Monica CA 90405

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Phone: 1-310-392-8460
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 11-6

Tags: furniture, home accessories, rugs

Welcome Hunters

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Thanks to Welcome Hunters those looking for the multitude of young, fresh, often daring design coming out of the many corners of the world can stop hunting and commence with the gathering. How to describe the aesthetic--crazy club kid meets intellectual art student perhaps? If that doesn't do the trick it's probably because it's...

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Address:
451 Gin Ling Way
Los Angeles CA 90012

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Phone: 1-213-687-9905
Hours: Mon-Tue: Closed Wed-Sun: 12-7

Tags: avant-garde, men's clothing, women's accessories, women's clothing

White Trash Charms

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Go for the trashy charms, stay for the not so trashy clothing. White Trash Charms' jewelry is trashy in the sense that it embraces pop culture references and logos--Playboy, the '80s, Warhol and skateboarding each get a treatment. This isn't Tiffany's and that's sort of the point. The boutique's well-informed,...

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Address:
1951 Hillhurst Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90027

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Phone: 1-323-666-9585
Hours: Mon-Sun: 11-6:30

Tags: jewelry, women's accessories, women's clothing

Xin

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Lest we think fashion is getting too serious or too self-important there's Xin, a shop that understands that sometimes a cute dress is quite enough. Xin's own label Issho is all about color, fun and femininity--a bright red blouse, a killer print dress and the like. The in house collection is paired with equally fun clothing and...

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Address:
8064 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90046

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Phone: 1-323-653-2188
Hours: Mon-Sat: 12-7:30 Sun: 12-6

Tags: local designers, women's accessories, women's clothing

Yolk

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There's a good chance that any two adjacent design items at Yolk were produced thousands of miles apart, are made of completely different materials, and are in completely different price ranges. Such is the global, frenetic world of product design the Yolk does well to keep up with. Atop and abound a most modern and serious line of modern...

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Address:
1626 Silver Lake Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90026

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Phone: 1-323-660-4315
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Wed: 11-7 Thu: 12-8 Fri: 11-7 Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-6

Tags: children's accessories, design, furniture, home accessories, modern

Zanzabelle

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For children and the child in all of us, Zanzabelle is a magical little cottage. First thing's first, get yourself a cone of ice cream. Then, take your pick among old time candies, cool little toys, quirky books, bottle of pop, pop design items and countless other products that will have you reminiscing of your salad days.

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Address:
2912 Rowena Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90039

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Phone: 1-323-663-9900
Hours: Winter: Mon: Closed Tue-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-6 Spring-Fall: Mon-Sat: 11-9 Sun: 12-7

Tags: candies, curiosities, foods and drinks, good for gifts, ice creams, toys, vintage toys

Zelen

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Even the coolest home design objects start to look tiresome after we see them in store after store after store. Zelen, an unassuming shop tucked amongst massive furniture showrooms, seems on an indefatigable quest to find truly unique home accessories and tableware. A mix of in-house designed objects, work from other designers and vintage...

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Address:
8055 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90048

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Phone: 1-323-658-6756
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11-6 Sat-Sun: 11-5

Tags: home accessories, tableware, vintage home accessories

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