Think “Los Angeles fashion” and Rodarte and Band of Outsiders may spring to mind (Ed Hardy we’ll save for another day). But come awards season, the city is transformed into an international melting pot of designers and fashions, which is exactly what was on display at the Recording Academy’s seventh annual Grammy Style Studio this [...]

Andrea Bernholtz is not afraid of thinking big. As president of Rock & Republic and the living embodiment of its edgy-jet set brand identity, she’s watched the company she co-founded with creative director Michael Ball six years ago balloon from a premium denim start-up to a global fashion phenomenon encompassing everything from ball gowns to [...]

Saturday evening’s monthly roundup of gallery openings on the La Cienaga strip of Culver City in Los Angeles has started to resemble something of a public pilgrimage of late. And it can get thirsty looking at all that art. Fortunately for avid art fans, the Mandrake bar provides the perfect salvation—and not just on weekends; [...]