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Photo of the day: Abbot Kinney street fashion

August 4, 2009 | 11:10 am

Street fashion Over the weekend, The Times sent photographer Colin Young-Wolff to capture sartorial strutters in one of their natural habitats: the Abbot Kinney neighborhood in Venice. He found Lia Montelongo, a "beach diva" from Marina del Rey, who wore a skirt she turned into a dress. To see the rest of Colin's street fashion finds from his weekend outing, click here.

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Photo: Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times


Michael Jackson's style: It's all in the details

July 7, 2009 |  3:43 pm


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Like his signature moves, Michael Jackson’s style was all about the subtle but quirky details. Fans who flocked to television monitors, churches or Staples Center to watch the world pay tribute to the pop icon today found it easy to interpret Jackson’s style and spirit simply by wearing black fedoras with silver rings on the brim, single gloves and dark, over-sized sunglasses. 

With the '80s back this fall, these accessories hardly look costumey or out of place. Jackson had such an influential look during that decade that it will be hard to decipher next season whether people are dressing with inspiration from the runways or from Jackson. Perhaps they’re not so different.

-- Melissa Magsaysay

Fans pay tribute to Michael Jackson in style at Staples Center memorial 

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Photo: Outside the gates of Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, Calif., fans Monique Ransome, left, Anna Hanson and Jennifer Hanson watch the Michael Jackson memorial event in L.A. on a television network's monitor. Credit: Michael A. Mariant / Associated Press


Fans pay tribute to Michael Jackson in style at Staples Center memorial

July 7, 2009 | 11:15 am

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The Michael Jackson fans who gathered around Staples Center and the 11,000 lucky enough to score a ticket and attend the service inside are expressing their love for the late pop singer in a variety of styles from subtle dark loafers and short pants covering a sliver of white trouser socks to large “Michael” belt buckles and oversized reflective aviator sunglasses.

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Street Culture: Femi Kuti, Santigold at the Hollywood Bowl

June 23, 2009 |  3:25 pm

Street fashion Nigerian Afro-beat musician Femi Kuti arrived at the Hollywood Bowl Sunday, with veteran musician Rafael Saadiq and up-and-comer Santigold. While the trio of acts brought danceable rhythms to the outdoor venue, photographer Tara Godvin was on the hunt for another art form -- street fashion. Click here for her gallery of concertgoers' creative styles. Are you also known to show off a particular fashion sense? Upload your own street fashions to this Your Scene gallery.

-- Times Image staff

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Photo: Jayna Kouzouyan, left, and Marah Elorza. Credit: Tara Godvin / For The Times


Street Fashion: Melrose Trading Post

June 17, 2009 | 10:49 am

Melrose mellody What do you wear to shop a flea market in a high school parking lot? For Mellody Vere, it's the same thing she wears just about everyday! She describes her style and outfit as “ '80s-'90s mishmash” or “cowboy punk.” To see what others wore to the Melrose Trading Post on Sunday, check out Colin Young-Wolff's street fashion pictures.

Photo: Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times

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Shopping tips for Steve Lopez, other Fashion District deal seekers

June 15, 2009 |  1:30 pm

On Sunday, Times columnist Steve Lopez scoured the Fashion District for a stylish new suit -- something that could be bought with the dollar amounts advertised on an ATM's fast-cash screen but would fool Antonio Villaraigosa, if perhaps the two men were to take their special ladies out for a double date.

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Street fashion: Ink-N-Iron Festival in Long Beach

June 9, 2009 |  2:16 pm

Ink n iron festival los angeles times From across our spinning blue marble, tattoo and hot-rod enthusiasts dressed in their rockabilly best gathered for three days of bands, burlesque, beer and some unparalleled people-watching at the Ink-n-Iron Festival aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach this past weekend.

Mixing sex and old-school propriety, the style on hand -- like the tattoos on many of its wearers -- seems to require a unique commitment among its followers. There's no rolling out of bed and out into public for this crew. And once you've acquired something like two sleeves-full of ink, there's no going back.

Got an inkling to see more? Click here to see some of the rockabilly styles from the festival.

-- Tara Godvin

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Photo: Roxanne Diaz of Los Angeles has been collecting tattoos for about five years, since she was 17 years old. Her first two were of three roses on each shoulder to symbolize the three other members of her family -- her mom, dad and sister. Tara Godvin / Los Angeles Times


Shopseen aims to be your online guide to local shopping

June 1, 2009 |  5:00 pm

Shopseen We may not all be able to buy a lot right now, but that doesn't mean we have to give up the thrill of the hunt. Or the pleasure of sharing choice finds with the similarly obsessed. A Bay Area start-up called Shopseen.com is making it easy to connect over discoveries — and in the process, it’s aiming to increase awareness of local stores (a move that keeps both community and commerce in mind).

The concept is pretty straight forward: See something in a store you think is pretty cool? Take a photo of it and upload the image and details to Shopseen's database. Others can "like" an item and leave comments. An events section lists sales, trunk shows, fashion shows, etc.

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FAST Fashion Show 'Unleashed'

May 28, 2009 |  9:24 pm

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A cocktail dress made out of Equal packets, a vest of intricately cut brown paper, a highlighter-yellow evening gown – these were just some of the threads produced when trend-setting college student designers were encouraged to shed inhibitions and design clothing for “Unleashed.”

The spring fashion show, by UCLA’s Fashion and Student Trends (FAST), benefited the nonprofit charity Food on Foot with clothing donations from attendees. The entire show – planning, fundraising, modeling, ushering and designing – was produced by UCLA students of all majors and backgrounds.

Set against energizing performances from student hip-hop groups, flashy videography on screens flanking the catwalk provided by VJ COLLABO, and electrifying techno music by DJ Lawrence Chang, the two-hour show sent models down the runway in each respective designer’s set of fashions.

Every student designer was unique from the next: washed denim crop jackets followed green-and-black zebra prints; a coral train ruffle dress with a raised front hem came after a metallic green-and-yellow plaid cutaway bathing suit. There were sailor-influenced navy sheath dresses with gold metal accents amongst boxer-inspired knee-length shorts for men, and lots of patent leather peep-toe platform pumps (seen on the runway and off).

Audience members arrived dressed to impress, with summery corals and teals, sparkly metallic and jeweled sandals and, despite the entrance into summer, a continued obsession with the plaid flannel shirt for both men and women. Male fashions flaunted styles plucked from Grandpa’s closet, but modernized: crisp vests, sweater cardigans and comfy loafers. 

The student designers and models at the FAST performance threw all of their creative selves into their designs. Diana Kohan, a fourth-year history major at UCLA, has been designing “since [she] could pick up a pen.”

Her line, entitled “moi je joue” (French for “me, I play” and a famous Brigitte Bardot song), featured smart business-causal wear that is clean and tailored, with some twists: a mini skirt of red-and-white plaid, a simple white spring dress with elegant gold button accents, long silver chains and pretty bow sashes.

“Foofiness, bows and lace and satin: This is who I am,” Kohan said.

-- Kelsey Ramos

Pictures: more photos from UCLA's fashion show

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Photo: Fashions designed by UCLA student designer Diana Kohan in UCLA FAST's "Unleashed" 2009 fashion show. Credit: Christophe Wu.


Earth Day 2009: Help the environment in style

April 22, 2009 | 12:03 pm

Do-gooder-coverHappy Earth Day! We here at the Los Angeles Times Image section know that desire drives fashion. But as the high cost of our wants becomes clear, some businesses are evolving with an eye to helping people and planet. The new vision? Here's a look at some local entrepreneurs who are bringing it to focus.

* Clothing designer Christina Kim weaves recycled materials as well as the work of artisans the world over into her eco-friendly, human-friendly Dosa fashions. Click here for more on Kim, and here for photos of her work.

* Pierre André Senizergues' Sole Technology, a successful Lake Forest-based skatewear company, is using eco-friendly technology and recycled materials in hopes of inspiring others to do the same. Here's more on him, and photos are here.

* Toms Shoes' entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie has, to date, given away 140,000 pairs of shoes in the U.S., Argentina, Ethiopia and South Africa. Read more about him here, or click here for photos.

* Local boutique The Way We Wore brings in designers to give flat frocks new chic (and fuel its Out of the Ordinary charity auction). More about that here, with photos here.

For more on eco-friendly fashions, including what to wear and what green-friendly online publications to bookmark, check out this package.

-- Times staff writers

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Photos: Top, Christina Kim. Credit: Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times; middle, Pierre André Senizergues. Credit:Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times; bottom: Blake Mycoskie.Credit: Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times



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