"Homies" For The Offense?

I dunno, maybe I'm just too P.C. But doesn't anyone find the whole "Homiès South Central" line of clothing (and its $150 price tags), while an obvious parody of the luxury Hermès line, even a little bit offensive? Come on. "Homies"? South Central? It's not even subtle. I can guarantee you none of the Kitson shoppers sporting these sweatshirts would ever set foot in the real South Central... it's just... mind boggling.

Don't Stop Till You Get Enough Horribly Ugly Michael Jackson Wear

I suppose this is a rhetorical question... but why does the cheap merchandise created to cash in on Michael Jackson's sudden death have to be so, so gaudy? Does being a vulture automatically preclude you from having any design taste?

Again, rhetorical. From a recent visit downtown, here are a few of the quite unfortunate shirts on display.

Cafe Press Bans Great Los Angeles Walk T-Shirts!

Several Great Los Angeles Walkers told me on Saturday that they tried to buy a shirt (featuring the cool logo designed by Maria)... but that suddenly the shirts had vanished from our Cafe Press site.

Now I know why: Apparently the Cafe Press folk felt that the logo borrowed too heavily from Converse shoes, and that was a no-no.

Too bad. So now we're looking for perhaps a local T-shirt shop to produce a handful of shirts. We still won't make a dime off of them, so it shouldn't provoke a rise out of the fine, fine (quite lovely, actually) people at Converse.

Any of you recommend a good company that prints T-shirts? Once we get it figured out, I'll let all of you know.

It's Not Quite "I Love L.A.," But It's a Start

Not quite ready to profess your love for our fine town? Thrillist points to the I [Stomach] L.A. shirt as one way to show that you still don't quite get your adopted home... but you're trying.

Thankfully, the I Stomach shirt folks are equal opportunity offenders: They also sell a "I [Stomach] N.Y." shirt as well. From their website:

What’s that? You don’t “heart” hanging out in your car for hours on the 10 and/or 405 and/or 101? Or you don’t “heart” paying $1500 for your crappy studio in Murray Hill? Or maybe you’re not “hearting” that one homeless guy who yells horrible things at you when you walk by in the morning? We here at Twee Shirts™ know and want to say, “Hey, it’s OK to just stomach your city sometimes!”. And at least now, when you’re sitting in traffic or writing the rent check, you can be wearing an adorable, printed American Apparel t-shirt that expresses that feeling!

Coming soon, again as equal opportunity shirts: "I [Smell] Vernon" and "I [Smell] Jersey."

Hip Clothes For the Cool Toddler

We discovered last year that one of Evan's playmates is the son of up-and-coming kiddie clothing designer Paulina Quintana. It all made sense: Paulina's kid was always the best-dressed of Evan's pals.

That also meant that Evan scored big time on his birthday, receiving a bag full of hip threads from the Paulina Quintana collection. So yes, we're a little biased. But I wouldn't be doing this blog post if I didn't truly believe that the clothes rock -- and they'll make your little one the best-dressed kid in the room.



Paulina Quintana has a shop in New York and here in Silver Lake, at 1519 Griffith Park Blvd. (right off of Sunset Blvd., next to where the Silver Lake Farmers' Market is held).