Category Archives: LIFE + STYLE

We’ve got the perfect father’s day present

May 20, 2015

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This month marks the five year anniversary of LA-based online grooming destination, The Motley.In celebration of the occasion, they are excited to launch their limited edition anniversary cologne– Palo Santo.

The newest addition to The Motley fragrance collection, Palo Santo takes inspiration from the traditional 5th anniversary gift, wood, featuring notes of palo santo, woodsmoke, suede, hops and palmwood.

As their cologne collection creates a sensory journey across the globe, Palo Santo evokes the spirit of The Motley’s home, Los Angeles. Deep smoky wood notes, with a hint of suede and sweetness, make this fragrance bold and intriguing. The woodsmoke of South American Palo santo burning sticks, common to Los Angeles boticas, cleanses and purifies. Suede adds a warm sensuousness.  Notes of hops and sweet palmwood give a gourmand complexity.

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Available now at TheMotley.com  in an 8mL roller ball, perfect for laser accurate fragrance delivery to your wrists and neck, plus just the right size for a gym bag or brief case ($55), or in a 2oz spray, if you’re a cologne traditionalist ($105).

NIKE REOPENS SANTA MONICA STORE WITH NEW FOCUS ON WOMEN’S PRODUCT AND DIGITAL SERVICES

April 16, 2015

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Nike reopened its brand experience store at Santa Monica Place on the Third Street Promenade with a renewed focus on women and Nike+ services. The two-story, 20,000-square-foot location reflects the brand’s latest multi-category store concept, featuring premium product alongside enhanced consumer services and experiences.

The updated store leads with an array of women’s product focused on running, training and sportswear, as well as young athletes’ performance product. Men’s running, training, basketball and sportswear, along with Jordan, Nike SB (skateboarding) and Hurley can be found on the second floor.

Overall, the store design reflects a lighter and stronger aesthetic that maximizes the natural light in the space, ideal for the Southern California environment. An open atrium in the center of the store features a custom “Just Do It” art installation created using reclaimed gym floors.

Elevated in-store services include Nike+ Run Analysis for men and women, bra fitting, pant hemming and personal shopping.

Visitors to Nike Santa Monica can join the Nike+ LA community of local athletes through the newly elevated Nike+ Run Club experience and Nike Training Club by signing up at nike.com/la.

Athletes can also register for Nike Women Los Angeles, an epic running and training experience taking place April 24 and 25 led by local Nike trainers. Updated in March 2015, the Nike+ Run Club offers a variety of running and training options for every level of runner and merges the best of Nike+ Running and Nike+ Training Club digital services, live experiences, and expert coaching and pacers to improve athlete performance.

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Visitors at Nike Santa Monica will benefit from Nike.com Assist, a service that seamlessly integrates the physical and digital shopping experience. With Nike.com Assist, consumers can purchase product both in store and from nike.com in a single, mobile transaction, with free shipping. This capability is available at retail locations across the U.S. and is marketed to consumers at several retail locations – including Nike Santa Monica – as Nike.com Assist. Visitors to the store can also utilize contactless payment technology in-store as well as Apple Pay at the register.

For more information about the Nike Santa Monica store, including the current Nike+ Training Club and Nike+ Run Club schedule, consumers can visit nike.com/la or follow @NikeLA on Twitter.

The address is 395 Santa Monica Pl #118, Santa Monica, CA 90401. 

Hey dudes! Frank’s Chop Shop opens on Melrose Ave

April 6, 2015

Franks Chop ShopFrank’s Chop Shop, the premiere Lower East Side barbershop and voted #1 barbershop by New York Magazine in 2006, 2009, and 2012 just made its way to Los Angeles with a new outpost on Melrose. I brought a couple of dudes with me to the opening and they signed off with a “yah, this is cool” stamp of approval. Not to mention, amazing haircuts.

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8209 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046.

The 2000 sq. ft. shop offers a one-of-a kind experience for the distinguished “Modern Gentleman of Leisure” along with a selection of retail goods, men’s grooming products, photography and fine art from the likes of Futura 2000, Jonathan Mannion, Gregory Siff, Block Photo, Harif Guzman, Saber, Ruslan Karablin, David Flores, Craig Wetherby, Estevan Oriol, Akira Ruiz, Keisha Baptiste.

Like its east coast counterparts, patrons of Frank’s Chop Shop LA are in for a one-of a kind, high-end grooming and social experience unlike anywhere else in the world. The ambiance alone, an homage to the classic barbershop, and a feast for the senses, features vintage 1930’s barber chairs, a purple hot rod powerplant motorcycle in the foyer, lacquered black and white checkered floors, along with classically trained barbers who use straight razors, scissors as well as electric clippers. Patrons can also enjoy a cocktail or two in an exclusive lounge area or enjoy a game of pool in the billiard room in between cuts. Portions of the range of services include membership VIP packages, old-fashioned straight-edge razor shaves, along with haircuts and shapeups-perfect for any and every gentleman with a discerning taste.

8209 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046

(323) 424-7326

Open everyday, 12-10pm

Cuts by appointment only

 

Repurpose, Welcome to a Cleaner World

March 14, 2015

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Spring entertaining is upon us and being green is always in style. For your next fabulous party, ditch the paper and plastic products – and swap in some plants – with LA-based company, Repurpose.

Created by a green urban designer, Repurpose’s innovative line of green, single-serve tableware made exclusively from plants is now available nationwide in stores.

Repurpose’s cups, bowls, plates, forks, spoons and knives are made from corn, sugar and bamboo, all of which are annually-renewable resources. And unlike traditional plastic or even paper items, all Repurpose products are 100% compostable in an industrial composter in 90 days (instead of sitting in a landfill forever).

All Repurpose products are BPA-free, chlorine-free, petroleum-free and use only soy-based inks. Furthermore, fewer fossil resources are required to produce Repurpose tableware, which lowers our overall carbon footprint.

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About Repurpose:

Repurpose was founded by a group of eco-entrepreneurs driven to positively impact the environment by changing everyday behavior. Realizing the devastating effect single-use plastics were having on the environment and the fact that no alternatives existed for the consumer, Repurpose decided to manufacture its own. Repurpose, a line of sustainable tableware that looks out for the health of you, your family, and the planet, was born. Our mission is to reduce the amount of plastics in our environment and offer guilt-free, renewable alternatives. By purchasing from Repurpose, consumers support a woman-owned, sustainable company that is changing the world—one cup, fork and plate at a time. Visit RepurposeCompostables.com.