“I have 75 appointments today. I feel like an Amsterdam prostitute!” Decadestwo co-owner Christos Garkinos joked as he sorted through a rack of Chanel tweed. Such is the appeal of the L.A. vintage and consignment mecca, which has finally opened on our coast in the form of a three-day pop-up store on the second floor [...]

Warning: The following post may not be suitable for children. Husband-and-wife team Ilya Fleet and Resha Sharma are the minds behind accessories label Fleet Ilya, and for the most part, the goods they design are decently PG. But perhaps you may detect a touch of the perverse in the Fall ‘09 Fleet Ilya collection’s deployment [...]

The association of jewelry and love is long-standing—or, at least as long-standing as De Beers’ “A Diamond Is Forever” ad campaign. (That debuted in 1947, for you advertising and diamond buffs out there.) The link between jewelry and sex, however, has been more under wraps, until now. Meredith Kahn is taking that relationship aboveground. The [...]