Go West, Young Men
It was JFK to LAX for the boys of Warby Parker who teamed up with a bespectacled Ashton Kutcher to celebrate their new shop-in-shop at L.A.’s Confederacy, the label’s first specs-on-the-ground presence on the left coast. “There is a misperception by the rest of the country of Southern California. And the Southern California that we [...]
Cable From Coachella
One Management founder Scott Lipps is our man on the ground at Indio, California’s Coachella festival. Below, his latest transmission.“The Kings of Leon guys, like guitarist Matthew Followill, chilling at the house next door. Life is good on the water.”
“My buddy and all-around rock star, Ben Shulman (Rebecca Minkoff’s business partner, and designer of her [...]
The Best-Dressed Shopgirls In The West?
It took some patience, but Ilaria Urbinati, the stylist and co-owner of L.A.’s Confederacy, finally got Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos over to the West Coast. “We’ve had this on the calendar for a while,” conceded Halmos (pictured above, with Urbinati and Confederacy co-owner Danny Masterson). “We’ve known Ilaria since she started out as a [...]
Sundance’s Inaugural Glow
As Washington, D.C., ushered in a new period of hope and change, Park City continued Sundance business as usual, though with a perceptible spring in its step. Boundary-busting films such as the truly fantastic I Love You Phillip Morris, the story of two gay men falling in love in prison, starring Jim Carrey and Ewan [...]






