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Milkmade Turns One

One of our newer and cooler retailers, Milkmade on Abbot Kinney - Venice Beach, is turning ONE. In celebration the crew is having a party to thank all who’ve supported them along the way.

On Friday, October 2nd, our friend & neighbor, The Stronghold, is graciously hosting Milkmade’s one year anniversary, in conjunction with their First Friday celebrations, in their upstairs space at 1625 Abbot Kinney Blvd.. The night’ll feature performances by Nino Moschella (Ubiquity Records) and DJ Mark Marcelo. We’ll be asking for donations at the bar but the event is free–to make sure you’ll get in, we highly recommend RSVP’ng by 9/25 and arriving before 8:30pm.

LV pops up underground in tokyo

Louis Vuitton has teamed up with Japanese retail brand Seibu (info), in opening a temporary outlet in Seibu’s gigantic Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo. Read more and see more great images via > CT.

this aint your father j. crew, ohhh wait, maybe it is.

Our man Michael Williams at ACL is sharing his experience and images of the newly opened J. Crew men’s store at 484 Broadway in New York City.

M.W says; "The shop, which used to be a newsstand, is a perfect mix between a normal J.Crew store and the more directional J.Crew Liquor Shop that opened last year. So basically, there are special items like Superior Labor tote bags, Alden shoes, staplers, Mister Freedom clothing and all of the basics that you have come to expect from J.Crew."

Personally, I love this new direction and hope its here to stay.

Monocle Los Angeles

image via HYR

Monocle has opened the first U.S shop in Brentwood, a suburb of Los Angeles. A few blogger were in house for the opening:

Bobby from Kitsune Noir: "The shop itself was quite modest, it couldn’t be more than 100 sq. ft., but was filled with all kinds of Monocle goodies. The space looked a bit like a study in a modern home, very warm and inviting and smelled woodsy."

Ryan from HYR: Monocle’s small location is nicely situated in the courtyard with all of the Monocle goodies we’ve been drooling over. Porter bags, custom notebooks, scents by Comme des Garcons and of course all of the magazine’s back issues are now available.

Ryan also clued us into some future collaborations from Monocle: "We can also look forward to a couple very exciting collaboration pieces in the near future with Woolrich Woolen Mills and Tomorrowland."

The new Aesop shop in Armandale.

Aesop's newest store, in Armadale, has been designed by Paphitis in conjunction with Melbourne architect Ryan Russell. The architect says that while the space is small it offered enormous potential.

‘We made use of light, color and texture instead of focusing on size. The design allows Aesop products to be displayed both inside and outside the store,connecting us to the street.’

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L.A Shopping via M.W @ ACL

Michael from A Continuous Lean has just exposed the world to his shopping guide for Los Angeles. Speaking as an L.A native ... its pretty much dead on.

Michael points out the usual suspect like Undefeated, Opening Ceremony, and Supreme, but also a few new shops like Confederacy and Legion LA. M.W promises to follow up with "LA drinking and dining".

[click on map for details]

Partners & Spade

A cool new concept from Andy Spade (JACK SPADE) and Anthony Sperduti. The new shop located at 40 Great Jones (Lafayette and Bowery) NYC. (646) 861-2827.

The shop is full of stuff: antique to modern day relics like Lehman Brother paraphernalia, books, old globes and even custom fixed gear bikes. "They're the relics of our times," Spade says. "It's an archaeological dig for what's happening presently."











 
image via urbandaddy (Photo by Nico Arellano)

 

Number 3 shop

The COMME des GARCONS Guerilla store in Greece is now named Number 3 - by Dimitris Papadopoulos . As the CDG shop closed down, Papadopoulos transitioned the shop into his own -- still a major stockist for CDG, but now a multi brand concept. Super Clean Shop. via SH


Number 3
16 Patriarchou Ioakeim Str.
10675 Kolonaki
Athens, Greece

Legion LA has bags

Legion L.A has bags .... bags from Surface to Air, A.P.C., and Engineered Garments. The L.A boutique stocks some great men's apparel and accessories from: A.P.C., Baracuta, BBlessing, Baxter of California, Comme Des Garcons, Engineered Garments, Gilded Age, Moncler, Oliver Spencer, Phenomenon Beyond Description, Rag & Bone, Rogan, Shipley and Halmos, Surface to Air and more.

Legion L.A
141 1/2 North Larchmont Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90004

Get Directions

(323) 871-1900

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