Selling natural history items, including mounted butterflies & insects, sea shells & other sea life, animal & human bones & skeletons, feathers, horns & antlers. Along with antique, vintage,& contemporary jewelry, oddities, funerary items & mourning jewelry, vintage & antique medical collectibles, antique prints and postcards, realistic resin human skulls, and vintage cameras.
Kill City, a Los Angeles based punk inspired contemporary line, was created around alternative music and its associated sub-cultures from the past, present, and future. Stemming from New Wave Punk to Indie and contemporary music genres like Acid Folk and Post-Rock, Kill City provides clothing that supports these lifestyles. Consequently, Kill City has become synonymous with fashion forward designs adding a contemporary twist. Our philosophy is to produce intricately made fashionable pieces with distinctive silhouettes and vibrant colors that reflect today’s evolving interests and cultural influences—all while maintaining an affordable price point for the fashion savvy consumer. Kill City outgrew its initial 20-piece 2006 Men’s Spring Collection, and introduced its first Women’s line in Spring 2008. Using premium fabrics, washes, and construction techniques, Kill City's goal is to be a pioneer in all categories. Kill City's progressive wash and dye treatments include tie-dye batik, wax and pigment dyes to create innovative finishes which solidify an identity for the Kill City brand. Jeans, t-shirts, outerwear, and cut and sew knits are at the heart of the brand with seasonal items revolving around this core group. Deriding the establishment, Kill City strives to sever traditional boundaries with cutting-edge fabrics and key items that evoke an avant-garde and anarchist point of view—one that connects the consumer with revolutionary fashion.
With over 14,000 studio items, and union/student discounts it's no wonder we're number #1 in Hollywood expendables! Don't believe us? Check out our new location, and follow us on twitter and instagram! We know you'll love us as much as we love this industry, and that includes you.
With over 14,000 studio items, and union/student discounts it's no wonder we're number #1 in Hollywood expendables! Don't believe us? Check out our new location, and follow us on twitter and instagram! We know you'll love us as much as we love this industry, and that includes you.
Selling natural history items, including mounted butterflies & insects, sea shells & other sea life, animal & human bones & skeletons, feathers, horns & antlers. Along with antique, vintage,& contemporary jewelry, oddities, funerary items & mourning jewelry, vintage & antique medical collectibles, antique prints and postcards, realistic resin human skulls, and vintage cameras.
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The shops are quite different. The Beverly location is much larger and has most of the Lawson-Fenning line and several other select lines mixed with great vintage pieces. Whereas, the Silver Lake location is a smaller neighborhood shop and it carries many more accessories and has an art and design bookshop.
Pegaso Gallery Design proudly presents unique and collectible furniture, accessories, lighting and art from past and present centuries from around the world. We also offer complete design services, as well as a staff of skilled artisans that can create custom, one of a kind originals in an array of materials and finishes. Come visit us at 6812 Melrose Avenue between Highland and La Brea in Los Angeles, California.
Kill City, a Los Angeles based punk inspired contemporary line, was created around alternative music and its associated sub-cultures from the past, present, and future. Stemming from New Wave Punk to Indie and contemporary music genres like Acid Folk and Post-Rock, Kill City provides clothing that supports these lifestyles. Consequently, Kill City has become synonymous with fashion forward designs adding a contemporary twist. Our philosophy is to produce intricately made fashionable pieces with distinctive silhouettes and vibrant colors that reflect today’s evolving interests and cultural influences—all while maintaining an affordable price point for the fashion savvy consumer. Kill City outgrew its initial 20-piece 2006 Men’s Spring Collection, and introduced its first Women’s line in Spring 2008. Using premium fabrics, washes, and construction techniques, Kill City's goal is to be a pioneer in all categories. Kill City's progressive wash and dye treatments include tie-dye batik, wax and pigment dyes to create innovative finishes which solidify an identity for the Kill City brand. Jeans, t-shirts, outerwear, and cut and sew knits are at the heart of the brand with seasonal items revolving around this core group. Deriding the establishment, Kill City strives to sever traditional boundaries with cutting-edge fabrics and key items that evoke an avant-garde and anarchist point of view—one that connects the consumer with revolutionary fashion.
This extraordinary shopping center houses arguably the most popular Target in the nation where celebrities and the Hollywood elite shop on a regular basis. The center also includes Best Buy, BevMo and Ulta as well as numerous restaurants such as Mendocino Farms, Hot N Juicy Crawfish and LYFE Kitchen plus many more shops and amenities. Your gateway to a good time. Kick back in the courtyard in the shadow of the Hollywood sign and see the cross-section of celebrity and shopping with a West Hollywood twist! Managed by Colliers International
Little shop of horrible hours Stephanie Mata's Never Open Store offers quirky items to those who can get in. December 12, 2009|By Bob Pool Los Angeles Times The Never Open Store is open only when Mata feels like unlocking it and allowing shoppers inside. Those who do get in are intrigued by the merchandise that fills every cranny of the 245-square-foot shop. Collectibles, eclectic art assemblages and funky antiques are crammed onto tables and shelves and hang from the walls and ceiling. Fanciful clothing and accessories are draped in any leftover space. "I pick who I want to come in here. I basically choose my clientele," said Mata, 47. "People put their noses to the glass windows to look inside and see if anyone's here. I can hear them asking each other why this place isn't ever open. They wonder how they can get in." When she is working in the store -- gluing odd pairings of items such as toys and ceramics together or customizing a battered picture frame for assemblages she creates -- Mata doesn't want to be distracted by paying customers. "I say 'no' with tact and grace. I'll tell them I'm cleaning and the shop isn't open," she said. "My store hours are hit or miss." A few moments later, Alexandra Guaderrama timidly poked her head inside the Never Open Store. "I saw the door open. I've lived up the street for a year and this is the first time I've seen this place open," the Cal State Northridge screenwriting student said. "It's amazing. The stuff here is random, eccentric, artistic. Some of the things are weird, but it works. It's perfect for Hollywood." Mata introduced herself as the owner. "I love your place," Guaderrama told her. "But why are you so rarely open?" Mata explained her philosophy as she checked the size of a green satin vintage cocktail dress that Guaderrama was admiring. "I'm the boss, and I don't like bad vibes," she said. Guaderrama commented on a dartboard that was riddled by labeled syringes, some bearing the names of deceased celebrities, and on a handbag decorated with tiny liquor bottles and an Alcoholics Anonymous emblem. "She gets it," Mata said, nodding. Like her policy with customers, Mata's prices are arbitrary, too. "Nothing in here is marked. I basically size people up. I know it's unethical, but it's based on what I feel -- whether I think they really love the item." She recognizes when studio set designers with a substantial budget to spend come in and charges them accordingly when they need a funky piece of artwork or a hip knickknack for the background of a scene. Young people decorating their first apartment on a budget are likely to catch more of a break. The green satin dress would be priced at $125, Mata said; the dartboard $75 and the handbag $125. Guaderrama left empty-handed but promised to return. The most expensive thing Mata has sold was a "cool chandelier I found on the side of the road" that went for $1,500. The cheapest items are $20 stainless steel fortune cookies. She bought a box filled with them at a clearance sale she happened upon in Northern California. Mata prowls garage and yard sales and thrift shops looking for one-of-a-kind items. "I usually like things that other people don't like. It's almost psychic -- spooky -- how things find me," she said. She has several "routes" that she travels on the lookout for castoff treasures on the nights before trash pickup day. Mata makes the loop about 1:30 a.m., after she finishes her shift working the door at local clubs such as the Roxy. Her longtime career as a professional doorwoman helps give her the financial independence to be picky about customers at her store, she said. It also has taught her how to politely tell them, "No, you can't come in." Her nighttime curb searching often pays off. "You'd be so surprised what people throw away. There are some amazing things. And the books that thrift shops throw out. It's heartbreaking. Sometimes I'll take the books and just leave them for people on a corner in a poor neighborhood." Mata's husband of 18 years, musician Dave Gibney, and their 15-year-old daughter, Molly, do not share her love of recycling, she said. They live in an apartment above another shop that is next to the Never Open Store. "When I find something on the street, they cross to the other side and pretend they don't know me," she said with a laugh. Mata decided to open her business eight years ago when her collection of objects d'art outgrew their living quarters. Her small storefront, built in 1929 at 707 N. Poinsettia Place, formerly housed a poodle grooming business and, later, a tiny art gallery. Both the merchandising and the nightclub door work come naturally for Mata. She was born in Las Vegas to a pair of designers who ran a clothing store that catered to such customers as the musicians and actors who made up the famed "Rat Pack." When she was 8 her family moved to Los Angeles, where she said her father worked with singers Bobby Darin and Tony Bennett. Her first husband was a musician who played in local clubs and that is where "somebody asked, 'Steph, can you do the door?' " and her nightclub career was launched, she said. Besides keeping the size of the crowd at the correct occupancy level, she turns away those who are underage, intoxicated or "are weirdos," as she puts it. For 18 years, starting in the 1980s, she held a series of daytime jobs in shops and boutiques on Melrose Avenue. "I did arrangements and design work without being compensated," Mata said. "I finally decided I might as well not get compensated at my own shop." She says she is comfortable as a merchant because her rent is reasonable and the income from her club "night gig," as she calls it, is reliable. So the Never Open Store remains open. Even as some shops on Melrose Avenue struggle to stay that way.
"The earth is already in space." Live Astro's mission is to create unique, high quality garments in and to promote independent artistry and design.
Think Alley Sheedy post-makeover in The Breakfast Club meets Audrey Hepburn on Paris afternoons. This shop will steal your heart. Affordable luxury, soft colors, and minimal pallor grace this Melrose chic boutique near-the corner crushed up next door to Groundlings. I found a full outfit here for under $50. Beautiful, elegant, and old-meets-next-gen Hollywood.
Sexx University (SU) offers a unique brand of “sexxually” charged graduate wear that comes complete with a personalized parchment Sexx University MSA Diploma. Whether you have a Bachelors or Doctoral degree hanging in your office, we’re quite certain you’ve earned a Master of Sexual Administration (MSA) along the way too! And Sexx University recognizes that effort with a line of high-quality casual wear that reminds us of the “good old” college days—and nights—where we enthusiastically completed our own private curricula and aced final exams. After all those years of diligent hard work, you’ve certainly earned the right to wear Sexx University, to complement your pedigree. Become Sexx University Alumni and show your school spirit! To order Sexx University apparel on-line, visit www.SexxUniversity.com; or visit Sexx University's Melrose store in person. We're located at 7311 Melrose Avenue, in Los Angeles--between Pink's Hot Dogs and Johnny Rockets! Sincerely, Faculty & Staff Sexx University