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More Monocle Merch! Monocle Opens First Shop in London

By Valerie Suter

monacle_store_london_111808.jpgFresh on the heels of opening its own branded newsstand in London this summer, Monocle, the art and culture-cum-business/current affairs international magazine extraordinaire, has just launched its very own hometown store. Founder and editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé says The Monocle Shop was inspired by readers' overwhelming response to the magazine's bespoke design, product, and lifestyle partnerships with brands like Comme des Garçons, Porter, Artek, Liberty UK, and Tretorn, to name a few. Their selection of curated, crafted products includes cozy John Smedley knitwear, stationary, candles, and the full collection of Monocle magazines. Whether you're a card-carrying member of the Eustace Tilley wannabies or not, the shop offers a rarefied feast for the culturally inclined. But of course, we expect nothing less than the crème de la crème from Brûlé.

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R29 Avoids Retail Riot: Orders in Curry Instead

By Tina Malred

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That wasn't just rain that blew in with that ill wind this morning. After its launch in Japan the Comme des Garçons for H+M Collection had its long, long, long anticipated New York retail debut today. As many predicted, the lines were long and the buying was as fevered as the surrounding hype (we fully admit to being part of the media wildfire on this one). However, this morning, we looked out our window, sniffed the air, checked our closets, and said, "neh." We decided to leave decided blow-by-blow coverage of the actual crowds at H+Ms around the city was best left to far more capable, bolder, tougher journalists (God bless you, Leslie and Izzy). Perhaps it was exaggeration when someone told Vanity Fair it was, "like piranha in the water," but we prefer to keep our feet dry. We jostle with strangers enough on the subways.

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Cavern's Cave: Bold T-shirts Will Soon Have A Los Angeles Home

By Sarah Moroz

-292.jpgAlert: Cavern, the T-shirt and apparel company best known for its colorful hand-drawn designs, will soon be opening up its own shop in LA. Featuring geometric shapes and fanciful illustrations, the shirts have been seen on the torsos of many an influential type: from freak-folkster Devendra Banhart to (Street Style featured) Teen Vogue editor Sarah Kuhn to, um, Bill Maher in Religulous. We'll let you know when we wear more about the cave they're carving for themselves.

For more information go to www.caverncollection.blogspot.com.

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Shop 'Til You Drop: Paper Mag's 24-hour Dose of Retail Therapy

By Lisa Dionisio

papersale_110508.jpgWe're still a little high from the recent election (who isn't?), and what better way to show our newfound economic confidence than with a visit to Paper Magazine's 24-hour Shop-a-thon? Starting this Friday, November 7, at 6 p.m., through Saturday, November 8, at 6 p.m., Paper Magazine launches its second annual 24-hour Department Store featuring over 30 of L.A.'s best boutiques, designers, musicians, artists, and more.

This Friday night, ratchet up the caffeine, bust open your wallets, and head downtown to this Sunset Boulevard Pop-up for one-stop shopping—featuring goods from Band of Outsiders, Jeremy Scott, Rodarte, Libertine, Henry Holland, RVCA, Katy Rodriguez, and Wren, as well as local retail representations from Opening Ceremony, Show Pony, Welcome Hunters, Confederacy, and more. Plus, to top off the event, Converse is bringing in 24 bands in 24 hours. An all-star retail roster AND new music every hour? Sign us up.

Paper Magazine 24-Hour Department Store, 8873 West Sunset Boulevard, (between San Vicente Boulevard and Larrabee Street); for more information, check out papermag.com.

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  • October 31, 2008 4:11 PM
  • Events

Alliteration is Fun: Hayden-Harnett Halloween Happenin'

By Sarah Moroz

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OK, after a certain age, trick-or-treating is considered unacceptable (see that hilarious season two episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm where Larry David is having none of it from two seventeen-year-olds on his doorstep who demand their candy). But lament not, you overgrown child: Greenpoint's own Hayden-Harnett boutique is giving you some "mature" treats. There will be wine, a 20% discount off Hayden-Harnett's signature handbags/clothing/accessories—and, every half hour between 4 to 8 pm, there will be door prizes! Take that, Larry David.

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I Know What Guys Like: The Brit Shop, Heartless, Gets To the Heart of the Matter

By Marjon Carlos

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Heartless? That's a little harsh. The boys who run the eponymous high-end men's boutique, situated two hours outside of Central London, are just, well, brutally honest. They don't shy away from admitting that their target customers have cash and should blow it on the shop's wears of Yohji Yamamoto, Balenciaga, and YSL. If need be, the owners, former footballer James Brown and retail darling, Darren Rudland, will send their vintage Lambo's, Ferrari's, and VW's around to sweep you off your feet. Chauffeured to the store, you'll be met with a spread of food and drinks and a private shopping excursion within the skeleton wallpapered walls. Aww, and you thought the boys at Heartless didn't care!
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