Flickr shot by Carl Grint I ain’t one to go in for fancy-schmancy designer brands but…look! pretty!…I also can’t deny the appeal of Manolos or Jimmy Choos. So gor-jus they make my mouth water. So I have to acknowledge this fab-sounding sale at Decadestwo, secondhand designer thrift store for the stars and voted the best…
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Wednesday Sales: Will U Be Mine, O Discounted Designer Goodie?
Valentines schmalentines. Even anti-Valentine events seem played out. How about the We Just Don’t Care Day? OR even better, Wednesday? I say, chuck expensive dinners and pricey bar tabs and buy yourself something pretty at these here sales instead.
Old Is New Again: The Way We Wore's Biannual Sale
I’ve never heard of this “iconic store” before but when I spotted a listing for it on CitySearch, two things caught my eye: 1) “The Way We Wore”? Genius! and 2) it’s having a sale on its vintage frocks for the next couple of weeks. Of course prices are reported to run anywhere from $20…
Shop Intuition's Sale IRL
I’ve passed this women’s clothes store Intuition on Pico Boulevard lots of times on my way to John O’Groats and Westside Pavilion and never realized that it’s actually the real-life storefront for Shopintuition.com, expensive online store to the stars. From CitySearch: This celeb-favorite shop shows up in the gossip mags every week for a reason:…
Go Blue! Denim Sale Weekend
Stock up on your fave L.A. staple or dare to Christmas shop for your fashionista friends at the two denim sales going on this weekend. They’re huuuge. The first one is the Holiday Designer Denim Sale at Smashbox Studios in Culver City where you have 4,000 pairs of skinny jeans, bootcuts, etc. to choose from….
Last-Minute Halloween Costume Brainstorm
Flickr Shot by Base10 On a personal note, I got invited to a Halloween costume party this weekend where the theme is simply “Good & Evil.” Sounds easy enough, right? Nope! At this particular party, the usual angel and devil aren’t good enough. Scouring all the online costume shops like buycostume.com and halloweenmart.com, nothing grabbed…
Allure on Location: Pampering in Bel Air
Allure, the beauty magazine for shopping and beauty tips, is taking its know-how on the road. Tomorrow at an undisclosed private Bel Air estate, the magazine will be hosting a party where you can enjoy makeovers, mani/pedis, sunless tanning, skin care consultations, style tips and hair styling by top experts in beauty and fashion all…
TONIGHT: Free Gift Cards and 50% Off Night at Salon Launch Party
Redlight Promotions is hosting a launch party for a new beauty parlor off 3rd and La Brea called Laurence Michaels HairXten Salon. And those in attendance for tonight’s party will score free $50 gift cards for the salon as well as 50% off all beauty services. So you can get full eyelash extensions for only…
L.A. Spa Week Returns: Beauty on the Cheap
Flickr Shot by Blackwings Spa Week is back! That’s right, it’s the only time you can go to a lux L.A. spa and pay only $50 for a treatment that might normally be twice that. You can feel like a million bucks without having to feel like you spent that much. This event, sponsored by…
Sunset Junction Street Fair: What's Your Function?
Every year the Sunset Junction Street Fair comes around and every year I feel its pull of its music, food and people but then dismiss it. Too far, too crowded, too much stress. It’s easy for me to dismiss since I live in West L.A. but now that my friend Julie has opened up my…
