Prototype Issue
LA's Santee Alley: The Price You Pay for Fashion
If the state of today's economy has you pinching pennies more than usual and cleaning dust mites off your treadmill is an everyday occurrence, this is for you.
The High Cost of Cool
Bee Nguyen is cooler than you, and for $5,000 an hour he’ll prove it. Nguyen (pronounced Win), 32, is founder and CEO of Grand Tactics, a business-consulting firm based in downtown LA.
Billboards on the Body Politic
Antonia Serrell-Watts, doesn’t care who wins this years election. As long as people support their favorite candidate by wearing political messages on their bottoms. Six weeks ago, Serrell-Watts, a Los Angeles resident, started selling political themed products via the internet on www.Politikini.com, but not any of the kind that comes to mind, like the usual, T-Shirts, cups and key chains.
Bikini Billboards on the Body Politic
Antonia Serrell-Watts, doesn’t care who wins this years election. As long as people support their favorite candidate by wearing political messages on their bottoms. Six weeks ago, Serrell-Watts, a Los Angeles resident, started selling political themed products via the internet o
Is "Green" The New Black?
The looming issue facing today’s world (besides the obvious like healthcare or unbelievably high gas prices) is of course the environment. While taking care of our natural resources was once a whispered voice, it is now being screamed loud and clear.
Beauty and the Beast
By winning last season’s much ballyhooed Project Runway, it seems that Jeffrey Sebelia painted himself into a difficult position.
Fashion Dos Straight From Chinatown
Chinatown is funky and has a whole lot of color. On weekends, the streets host acrobatic performers and everything.
Fashion Dos Straight From East LA
In the sprawled out 'hoods of East LA, fashion creeps through suburbs more naturally than those closer to the west.
On the Go Gadgets, Go.
If you're lucky enough to afford the toys that technology has recently birthed, then make these some of your top splurge priorities.
Scion-tology: Conversations with four owners of the world’s first digital cult car
It started with an experiment.
Evolution Jewels
Can wearing jewelry help you express your inner light, be successful, find your true direction, reorient your life, feel peaceful and embrace other such lofty possibilities?
Fashion Dos Straight From Hollywood
In a part of LA where traditionally tacky and flashy rule, RTLA fashion writer Karla Perez scooped out the cool.
Toni Ko, Putting On a Happy Face
Toni Ko has always loved makeup, but she was forbidden from using it as a teen—which was ironic since Toni’s mother owned and operated a cosmetics shop.
Fashion Dos Straight From the 'Hood
Pounding the pavement of six different neighborhoods in East, West, North and South LA, RTLA fashion writer Karla Perez stopped everyday people, whose fits are worthy of being emulated, to ask what they're wearing. (Below from Top to Bottom)
Real Fit LA: Gear Guru’s Monthly Guide
For the dedicated fitness aficionado, West LA’s Patrick Netter is the go-to Gear Guru guy for all things related to getting fit.
Fashion Straight From Silver Lake
Hipster being a term that's so played out, Silver Lake boasts many fashdoers; That's a fashion don't turned do, to me and you.
Fashion Design Duo Draws on Mexican Roots
RTLA recently caught up with NoHo designers Tony Aguilar and Vanessa Alonso, who are in the midst of preparing to open their Arts District clothing store.
Bakin' up the Goods for Fashion
Like an idiot I decided to leave the confines of my workspace, located outside of Chinatown, and head west on the freeway at 6pm. Self-destructive much? Check.
Don't Let the Name Confuse You
The tagline concedes that "you can't be naked all the time". I'll tip a 40 to that.
Showing off Their Roots
The lens of legendary photographer Philip Dixon documents the bloodlines of beauty. Virtual continent hopping in a single spin around LA, he captured these LA women with roots in India, Africa, Japan, Trinidad, El Salvador and America.
From High School to Grillz
The rebelliousness that could have made her just another high school dropout instead drives Castro to make her business venture a success. This is the story of how one enterprising girl makes a living off mouth jewelry.
Little India – Big Bargains
Because nobody walks in LA, driving is often reserved for weekdays only. By the time the weekend finally rolls around, Angelenos often find themselves doing anything but getting in the car. Not anymore.
Lean and Mean. Who's to Blame for Skinny Jeans?
Though it seems as if the season of the skinny jean is quickly passing us by, a few loose ends on the trend have gone unexplored. RTLA took it there.
