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Mar

a Tale of II Pop-Ups | the Library + the Party

Art · Arts · community · Dope Shit · Fashion · Ideas · Koreatown · Los Angeles · Phyllis Navidad · Pop tART Gallery · Pop-Up · pop-ups · Sebastian Hull · Shaye McKenney · shopping · style · Temporary Projects · The Library: Fashion Athenaeum · vintage · West Hollywood | Blog · Commentary

Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of visiting two alternative fashion spaces: The Library: Fashion Athenaeum and Pop tART Gallery‘s latest venture, Dope Shit. The taste makers and pattern painters behind these different spaces share a common gift–the ability to filter the past to reintegrate the present. Meet style shamans of Los Angeles, Shaye McKenney, the inspirational […]

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07

Mar

A Tale of Two Pop-Ups: the Library + the Party

Art · Arts · community · Dope Shit · Fashion · Ideas · Koreatown · Los Angeles · Phyllis Navidad · Pop tART Gallery · Pop-Up · pop-ups · Sebastian Hull · Shaye McKenney · shopping · style · Temporary Projects · The Library: Fashion Athenaeum · vintage · West Hollywood | Blog · Commentary

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