If you’re not keeping it chill for Carmageddon, and simply must get out of the house and paint the town, these are the spots you should hit the next few days (via public-transit, of course)… Sat., Sept. 29th The Anti-Royals  The sovereignty of punk rock in portraiture, ie, people who put the recent nudie and party [...]

We’ve scoured the streets of Los Angeles, documenting the street style of just about every major fashion hub. Hollywood showed us a the gritty and pretty, Melrose turned Anglophile, and Robertson never ceased to surprise us with its variety of aesthetics. Now, from the DTLA, we bring you another installment of Frock Walk. It’s the [...]

HUG A VEGETARIAN DAY We may not be a vegetarian, but veggies –and vegans– happen to be some of the most huggable people we know (animal lovers know how to cuddle)! So we totally plan to participate in “Hug A Vegetarian” Day today! We just hope Peta doesn’t mind us enjoying the hug as well… [...]

Carmageddon. By name, it sounds like a cheesy 80′s schlockfest, by media myth, it was to be every LA commuter’s worst nightmare. With the city on high alert and grid locked from end-to-end, residents were going to be left stranded and abandoned in forced stagnation. With roadwork, detours, and freeway closures stemming from much needed [...]

Social Media Week, Los Angeles is in full swing, with panels and parties going down pretty much all week in Hollywood  (io/LA and the Egyptian Theatre) and surrounding areas. The highlight event for music lovers was probably Janelle Monae’s show at the Nokia Theatre last night, promoting Nokia’s new Playlist app, part of its “Musicology” platform [...]

Mr. Black and the Runway Movement kids join forces at Bardot in Hollywood tonight to once again pay homage to hauteness, this time to psychedelic designer du jour Emilio Pucci. In a string of highly successful designer look nights, including past events honoring Vivienne Westwood, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Versace, the patent leather knee-high white pumps [...]

Before Madonna. Before Gwen. Before Gaga. There was the original blonde icon who fancied black liquid eyeliner and sultry lips, in bright red, sexy pink, or not so demure nude (every shade worked on her)! Yes, we’re talking about Marilyn Monroe, a lady who pretty much epitomizes Hollywood glamour and always will, her irresistible meld [...]

Hip clips, links to love and other post/boast worthy stuff on the web from the worlds of fashion, music and pop culture for the week beginning Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. A RAINBOW OF FLAVORED FROCKS Yowza! Last night, Emmy Awards fashion pretty much blew us and every other show previously away with hot dress after [...]

FROGTOWN ARTWALK If the Downtown Artwalk has become too hectic to bring kids, the Frogtown Artwalk seems a great alternative. The event, happening all day today features family stuff including sidewalk chalk art areas and a hula-hoop contest. For grown-ups there’s plenty of open door art gallery perusing in the area, plus a special project [...]

Music and fashion go hand in hand, in Hollywood, more than anywhere else.  We may not be the capital of couture, but we are the capital of cool, particularly when it comes to rock n’ roll cool. And so, we present a new HSS bi-monthly feature “Swagger-Style” spotlighting designers who live loud and design fierce. [...]