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Slick Kicks
Elizabeth Varnell | February 17, 2012

As you watch and rewatch footage of this season’s step-and-repeats, chances are astonishingly high that you’ll be staring at a pair of Jimmy Choos performing the established choreography of red carpet posing. And it’s all because...

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Body Builder
Andrew Myers | February 10, 2012

With populist rage making consumption look perilous and turning conspicuous car brands such as Maybach into roadkill (Mercedes announced its expiration late last year), how’s a deep-pocketed connoisseur to compete in L.A.’s ongoing cool-car...

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Love on a Silver Platter
Ramona Saviss | February 6, 2012

One decadent plate at the JW Marriott Hotel’s L.A. Market Restaurant is making it easy to forgo the usual box of chocolates this Feb. 14. From homemade Hostess-style cupcakes to heart-shaped Rice Krispie treats and a strawberry...

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Wille Call
Kimberly Davis Tarne | January 27, 2012

We’ve been crushing on Frey Wille jewelry designs for years. This month, the 60-year-old Vienna-based luxury brand expands onto Rodeo, just in time for hopeless romantics searching for the perfect Valentine’s Day present. And...

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Classic Lines
Erin Weinger | January 26, 2012

Mark Bridges doesn’t like to shop. “It’s too much work,” says the costume designer who has outfitted everyone from Dirk Diggler’s porn star persona in Boogie Nights to Micky Ward’s boxing champ in The...

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The Empire Builder Strikes Back
Andrew Myers | January 26, 2012

Young real estate Jedis, look not into the overleveraged black hole and despair. Rather, set the navigation on your leased BMWs to solar system Paligroup, where Palihouse—the 36-room WeHo hotel hot spot that blazed...

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Soap It Up!
Kimberly Davis Tarne | January 26, 2012

During her three-episode run on Entourage, Genesis Rodríguez figured she’d only begun her long ascent up the Hollywood ladder. While the 24-year-old actress of Venezuelan and Cuban descent is already a household name in the soap opera world...

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Center of Attention
Beth Weitzman | January 26, 2012

Digital advances make it easy to stay connected 24/7 (literally). But every once in a while, it’s good—even necessary—to step off the merry-go-round to reconnect to a much higher state of well-being. Enter Cal-a-Vie Health...

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Gypsy Rose
Adam Baer | January 26, 2012

“I have an Addams Family aesthetic,” says Dana Hollister, the affable designer, restaurateur, nightlife impresario and East Side resurrectionist. Dressed casually in a black top and jeans, she fields questions at The Paramour, her hilltop...

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Puck It Up
Lesley Balla | January 26, 2012

When the Hotel Bel-Air announced it was closing for a two-year renovation, you could almost hear a collective gasp across town. When you think of the hotel or lunch on the terrace, you think of the swans, the romance, the comfort. Generations have celebrated...

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