Mother of London is the coveted, gorgeous, hard-to-obtain-but-so-very-worth-it label, whose flawless cuts and dramatic silhouettes we’ve been drooling over for years. Born in the London underground club scene and most recently seen on the likes of Black Eyed Peas, Juliette Lewis, Kylie Minogue, Marilyn Manson and Panic At The Disco, the creations of designer Mildred Von Hildegard will soon be available to you, yes you. In a few weeks the Mother of London website will launch with a limited pre-sale which will include knitwear, t-shirts, a few newer items and some classic items. Read on for a tour of MoL’s downtown atelier and a chat with Hildegard about her upcoming, much-anticipated ready-to-wear line and working in Los Angeles. For a multi-dimensional experience queue up this brvtal Gojira track – they were playing on the MoL stereo during my visit.
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Art Strange Creatures Reign at Chet Zar’s Conjoined 2
On Saturday, the Bergamot Station Arts Complex flooded with heavy foot traffic headed straight for Copro Nason Gallery, where strange sea creatures, aliens, robots and mutants anxiously waited on the walls and floor displays. It was opening night for the second installment of Chet Zar’s Conjoined, The Sequel – In 3D exhibit, and the art-hungry masses were fired up.
Fashion Get inspired at The Warehouse LA
The aptly-named Warehouse LA is a vast, 4500-square-foot expanse of vintage-hunting heaven, set apart by its distinct lack of clutter and its stylish furnishing. This isn’t a place you come to dig and hope, but a place you come with the option to get styled by in-store experts selecting from vintage, reconstructed and locally-designed pieces.
Fashion Gallery Say Hello to Mister Bear: Mishka NYC’s Street Empire
Mishka is a diminutive of “Mikhail”, can be translated to “Little Bear” in Russian and happens to be the name of a streetwear company you should know about, especially if you like graphic art and cartoon eyeballs. Launched in 2003 by Ukranian expat Mikhail Bortnik and self-proclaimed toy nerd Greg Rivera, what began as a T-shirt line has grown into a lifestyle brand with shops in NYC, Tokyo and now in LA’s Echo Park neighborhood.
Fashion Shop Talk: Miyu Decay
Miyu Decay purveys accessories for the dramatically-inclined romantic. Billowing feathers, gathered lace and vintage silk contrast with silver animal skulls, tribal coins, buttons and heavy pendants. Cascading necklaces, towering headdresses, sparkling bracelets and more are hand-crafted by Stephanie Inagaki, the artist behind Miyu Decay, who launched the brand two years ago. I sat down with Inagaki in her Los Angeles studio to talk about the past, the future, and the art of dark bling.
Fashion Featured Shop Talk: Bubbles & Frown
Since waking from a fateful dream in 2008, miss Slinky Orangina Montgomery Vaughn-Phuckake has been constructing fantasy hats, fascinators and headdresses. Bright, sparkly and whimsical, these unique adornments gained instant momentum – that’s how Bubbles and Frown Haberdashery Shoppe was born. Slinky Orangina has created a breathtaking body of work, decorating the heads of models, performers, fashionistas and celebrities worldwide. I visited the citrus-tressed designer in her downtown LA showroom to chat about hats and snap some photos of her latest creations.
Gallery Oddity You Can Leave Your Hat On: No Pants Metro Ride 2012
It’s not easy to organize a flash mob in a city as notoriously spread out as Los Angeles, which makes the annual international No Pants Metro Ride Day the perfect occasion to rally in the name of fun and public confusion. The requirements: no pants, no explanations.
Oddity Lucha VaVoom Returns with “Lucha is for Lovers”
Give the gift of Christmas/ Hannukah/ Kwanzaa/ Festivus and Valentine’s Day all in one! Lucha VaVoom–the gloriously unhinged mix of Mexican-style lucha libre wrestling, traditional burlesque and blow-by-blow comedic commentary–have announced the return of their annual Valentine’s shows. The three-night engagement is set for Tuesday, February 14, Wednesday, February 15 and Thursday, February 15 at the Mayan Theater (8:00 PM) in downtown Los Angeles. The Valentine’s shows are one of the most popular Lucha VaVOOM events of the year and are the perfect date night, a great night to meet a date, or for those who love the acclaimed troupe’s incomparable mix of SEXO Y VIOLENCIA!
Travel D4RT Launches in Yantaló, Peru
You might remember this post from a few weeks ago, titled “D4RT: Kickstarting art in Peru”, announcing a fundraising campaign for a mobile art workshop aimed at bringing classes and public art projects to impoverished communities worldwide. Thanks to a staggering outpour of support, this dream materialized and D4RT took its first flight three weeks ago.
Featured Gallery Urban Exploration Vintage Fashion & Strange Fruit at Silverlake Farmers Market
We might be rained in this gray October morning, but just last night I devoured my very first dragon fruit (a sweet, fuchsia bulb that looks like an egg from Alien and tastes like sorbet when chilled), giving me yet another reason to love life in Southern California. And dragon fruit in October is just one of the hundreds of treasures spotted at the Silverlake farmers market on Saturday.










