Julia Fox, Michèle Lamy and Erykah Badu. Awards season isn’t over yet. On Tuesday evening, the Fashion Trust U.S. hosted its fourth annual awards ceremony celebrating emerging designers. The dress …
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Dating in Los Angeles is intense. That was the common thread among 10 stories shared at the first L.A. Affairs Live, a storytelling competition that brought the popular Times romance …
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When she has time, Daisy Fancourt likes to sit at the piano and play something by Bach, Francis Poulenc or, if her children are with her, a nursery rhyme. There’s …
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The history of the Louis Vuitton monogram, and why monograms persist
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAmanda wears writer’s monogrammed Art Lewin bespoke button down shirt, Louis Vuitton socks, duffel and luggage, Christian Dior jacket, Manolo Blahnik Mary Jane heels, DE LA GOLD necklace, rings and …
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Pastry chef, baker and champion of whole grains Roxana Jullapat opened Friends & Family in East Hollywood nine years ago, a forerunner among a new wave of artisanal bakeries in …
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Fallen trees get new life as midcentury-inspired furnishings in L.A.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAfter a devastating windstorm destroyed more than 1,200 Pasadena trees in 2011, architect Chris Peck spent the next six years gathering fallen trees, milling the trunks into slabs, and storing …
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A Highway 78 spring road trip through Julian and Borrego Springs
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn early spring, the California mountain town of Julian sits suspended between seasons. At more than 4,000 feet, up in the Cuyamaca Mountains, it rests among coastal live oak woodlands …
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Tiny ADU houses young adult children struggling to pay rent in L.A.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWhen Tina LaMonica and Warren Wellen purchased their South Pasadena Craftsman home in 2001, the one-car garage dated back to 1917, a time when people parked their narrow Ford Model …
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Have digital eyestrain or dry eyes? An ‘Eyeball Care’ massage can help
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAdmission: I suffer from eyestrain. Even right this very second. As a reporter working on a computer more than eight hours most days, my eyes often feel fatigued and itchy …
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I’m looking for something that’s open early on the weekends (9 a.m.?) where we can take our 2-year-old daughter. We don’t want it to be an indoor play place or …