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This past week seemed a marathon. On Saturday our Merle, aka, “Merle’s Closet” moderated the Diane Von Furstenberg’s panel celebrating Diane’s powerful documentary (and exhibition – Skirball Cultural Center), “Woman In Charge”, with co-director Trish Dalton, producer Tracy Aftergood and Diane herself. Wednesday we drifted over to Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont for the yearly MaxMara celebration where we captured its sleekly tailored attendees.
There’s a new kid on the block of Beverly Drive: super stylist turned designer Andrea Lieberman opened her second L.A. store, replete with archways and plush furniture designed by AL herself.
THEN THERE IS PICKWICK – Pickwick Vintage | Once a month downtown is simply not enough! Now it’s going twice monthly – turning up at Culver City’s Platform on October 5 of this month. | View our interactive digital Magazine covering this event
SPRING | SUMMER COLLECTION FOR 2025
NEW YORK CITY | SEPT 4 – 11 | 2024
GILLES MENDEL SHOWCASES HIS NEW COUTURE HOUSE
CAPTURING LOS ANGELES’ SARTORIAL SPLENDER
Live auction for finding a cure & L’Agence Fashion Show
THE DAILY FRONT ROW’S 8th Annual Awards Ceremony
PICKWICK VINTAGE is an event that should never be missed.
Exclusive Willy Chavarria brand event at Maxfield.
Welcome to Merle’s Closet. Peak your head inside, follow the multi-hued brick road through some of my best vintage, archival and current pieces – not clothes – articles! Here you’ll find the annals of my writings for publications like The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, The Daily Beast, W Magazine, Women’s Wear Daily, Cosmo, Marie Claire, The New York Post, Town and Country, Los Angeles Magazine, on a variety of subjects: running the gamut from culture to style to Hollywood – and whatever else interesting.
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PICKWICK VINTAGE AT THE ROW
Downtown Los Angeles
16 November 2024
Sweater weather has finally landed at the Pickwick Vintage Fair. Just give these antique clothes devotees a little drop in degrees - out come the boots, suede jackets, tights, faux furs, leathers, plaids. Layering`s a distinctly L.A. obsession - particularly here, when, given the chance, L.A.`s sartorial stalwarts pile onfringe, feathers and funky footwear. Duly noted: fashionista shoppers like designer Trina Turk, designer/stylist Jeannine Braden and dresser par excellence, Judy Jimenez.
This past Saturday we returned to The Row for the always exciting Pickwick Vintage. This time we concentrated on the Vendors and asked them how they find such treasures. Passionate and dedicated all, there responses did not disappoint. Please find said clips on our website https://lamoodboard.com in the next week
Please follow us on Instagram at #icandyla and visit LAmoodboard.com to get the latest fashion and cultural trends going on in our unique City. Sign up for our newsletter to be kept abreast of LA’s sartorial spirit: capturing what people are wearing at events and on the street is a way of sharing its vibrant, visual landscape with you.
@RichardWainwright #Pickwickvintage #Platform #TheRow #vintageclothes @randimolofsky @judyjimenezvisutsiri #vintagedior #vintageFendi @hemsvintage @somethingspecialvtg @almostaarchive @notch_la @debutanteclothing @hirocohata @wilder_losangeles @studioalbazi @checkthetagvintage @pipsonpatterson @kikos.kloset @lesuperbecalifornia @atelier_mira @judyjimeneszvisutsiri @trinaturk @mrmaer @obsoleteinc @jeanninebradenla
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ULLA JOHNSON
A perennial NY fave, Ulla Johnson`s 2025 spring/summer Chelsea runway show contrasted simple dress shapes of complex prints and colors, with solids of lace, silk and nubby knits. They say "Boho is Back!" - for her, it never went away. And neither has her following and loving loyal customers.
TO view the event in it’s entirety, including the pre-show Capturing the Crowd, please visit LAmoodboard.com where we created a digital multimedia presentation.
We ask you to follow us here on Instagram at #icandyla and visit us at https://LAmoodboard.com to get an overview of the latest fashion and cultural trends happening in Los Angeles (and in New York.) Capturing its myriad essence is our goal.
#UllaJohnson @springsummer2025 @NYFW @MaryGabriel @Chelsea @#niveavisage @madisonmartin_ @marygabriel55 @mrmaer @ullajohnson #leekrasner
ULLA JOHNSON
A perennial NY fave, Ulla Johnson`s 2025 spring/summer Chelsea runway show contrasted simple dress shapes of complex prints and colors, with solids of lace, silk and nubby knits. They say "Boho is Back!" - for her, it never went away. And neither has her following and loving loyal customers.
TO view the event in it’s entirety, including the pre-show Capturing the Crowd, please visit LAmoodboard.com where we created a digital multimedia presentation.
We ask you to follow us here on Instagram at #icandyla and visit us at https://LAmoodboard.com to get an overview of the latest fashion and cultural trends happening in Los Angeles (and in New York.) Capturing its myriad essence is our goal.
#UllaJohnson @springsummer2025 @NYFW @MaryGabriel @Chelsea @#niveavisage @madisonmartin_ @marygabriel55 @mrmaer @ullajohnson #leekrasner
Downtown Modernism
Look who WE found at the Downtown Modernism marketplace in Vernon: L.A. stylistas Henry Duarte – the unique denim/leather clothing designer who hails from the L.A. 80’s and dressed every cool rocker around; Church Boutique’s supercool Rodney Burns, who doubles as Lenny Kravitz’s image consultant – and our great friend Jeannine Braden, former retailer, now designer/artistic director of the LeSuperbe line (I donned her leopard shirt), which you can and should purchase on ShopLeSuperbe.com.
Please follow us on Instagram at #icandyla and visit LAmoodboard.com to get the latest fashion and cultural trends going on in our unique City. Sign up for our newsletter to be kept abreast of LA’s sartorial spirit: capturing what people are wearing at events and on the street is a way of sharing its vibrant, visual landscape with you.
@JeannineBraden #JeannineBraden @henryduartedesigner #henryduarte #drotars @merleginsberg @rodneyburns #rodneyburns #lennykravitz #lennykravitz @downtownmodernism @modernica #midcenturymodern @churchboutique @henryduartedesigner @drotars @mrmaer
MaxMara
Chateau Marmont | Hollywood
At the at least decade long annual event, the cocktail party for the MaxMara "Face of the Future" - this year awarded to Joey King - we noticed something seriously cool: the retro elevator to the first floor garden where it`s held, has long curtains tied at the sides in front of it - and a small round mirror behind it. It looks like a Vermeer and van Eyck reference, don`t they? "Girl With the Pearl Earring" and "The Arnolfini" - or what? And appropriately, there were a lot of pearl earrings headed up to the event, produced by David Rodgers Inc.
Please follow us on Instagram at #icandyla and visit LAmoodboard.com to get the latest fashion and cultural trends going on in our unique City. Sign up for our newsletter to be kept abreast of LA’s sartorial spirit: capturing what people are wearing at events and on the street is a way of sharing its vibrant, visual landscape with you.
#MaxMara @Maxmara #miamoretti #joeyking #justinelupe #ashleybenson #davidrodgersinc @kiwynell @giorgioguidotti15 @maxmara @davidrogersinc @jessicawang @elyssiakoulouris @miamoretti
@hayley.law @jessicbelkin @larsenthompson @mrmaer @chateaumarmont
MaxMara
Chateau Marmont | Hollywood
At the at least decade long annual event, the cocktail party for the MaxMara "Face of the Future" - this year awarded to Joey King - we noticed something seriously cool: the retro elevator to the first floor garden where it`s held, has long curtains tied at the sides in front of it - and a small round mirror behind it. It looks like a Vermeer and van Eyck reference, don`t they? "Girl With the Pearl Earring" and "The Arnolfini" - or what? And appropriately, there were a lot of pearl earrings headed up to the event, produced by David Rodgers Inc. VIEW the DIGITAL MAGAZINE of this event at LAmoodboard.com
Please follow us on Instagram at #icandyla and visit LAmoodboard.com to get the latest fashion and cultural trends going on in our unique City. Sign up for our newsletter to be kept abreast of LA’s sartorial spirit: capturing what people are wearing at events and on the street is a way of sharing its vibrant, visual landscape with you.
#MaxMara @Maxmara #miamoretti #joeyking #justinelupe #ashleybenson #davidrodgersinc @kiwynell @giorgioguidotti15 @maxmara @davidrogersinc @jessicawang @elyssiakoulouris @miamoretti
@hayley.law @jessicbelkin @larsenthompson @mrmaer @timelessvixen @mejustinelupe
A.L.C. STORE OPENING
CAPTURING THE CROWD AND CELEBRATING HER NEW STORE
Everyone thinks fashion events: upscale store openings and dinners and the like, with editors, designers, stylists and requisite celebs are so glamourous. Problem is – they are. But along with that tasteful turf: the pressure of what to wear - dressing in the style of the designer/brand? Or is that trying too hard? Constant small talk, obtaining quotes (for coverage) – and a degree of formality that comes with being “on,” can take a toll - physically, mentally, socially.
Which is why the mid October opening of the new Beverly Drive ALC store – the third L.A. locale from founder/designer and L.A. homegirl and former stylist Andrea Lieberman (Pacific Palisades, Malibu – plus Soho, the Upper East Side and Hamptons in NY) was so – warm and fuzzy? Yes.
To read the rest of Merle’s Closet covering this opening - please follow us on Instagram at #icandyla and visit LAmoodboard.com to get the latest fashion and cultural trends going on in our unique City. Sign up for our newsletter to be kept abreast of LA’s sartorial spirit: capturing what people are wearing at events and on the street is a way of sharing its vibrant, visual landscape with you.
@alc_ltd #alc_ltd @andrea_lieberman #andrea_lieberman @bollare #lafashion @mrmaer
A.L.C. STORE OPENING
CAPTURING THE CROWD AND CELEBRATING HER NEW STORE
Everyone thinks fashion events: upscale store openings and dinners and the like, with editors, designers, stylists and requisite celebs are so glamourous. Problem is – they are. But along with that tasteful turf: the pressure of what to wear - dressing in the style of the designer/brand? Or is that trying too hard? Constant small talk, obtaining quotes (for coverage) – and a degree of formality that comes with being “on,” can take a toll - physically, mentally, socially.
Which is why the mid October opening of the new Beverly Drive ALC store – the third L.A. locale from founder/designer and L.A. homegirl and former stylist Andrea Lieberman (Pacific Palisades, Malibu – plus Soho, the Upper East Side and Hamptons in NY) was so – warm and fuzzy? Yes.
To read the rest of Merle’s Closet covering this opening - please follow us on Instagram at #icandyla and visit LAmoodboard.com to get the latest fashion and cultural trends going on in our unique City. Sign up for our newsletter to be kept abreast of LA’s sartorial spirit: capturing what people are wearing at events and on the street is a way of sharing its vibrant, visual landscape with you.
@alc_ltd #alc_ltd @andrea_lieberman #andrea_lieberman
TODD SNYDER IS THE MAN OF THE HOUR
For spring/summer 2025, former J. Crew designer Todd Snyder, now the purveyor of two Los Angeles stores - The Grove and Abbot Kinney - went softer, flowier, prettier, pinker, peacher and sky-blue-er than his tweedy fall fare. In classic mens` club spot Le Rock at Rockefeller Center - an uptown eatery for well-heeled martini culture - showed soft suits, soft layers and shorts suits that push the envelope of menswear. Hey - I`d wear these clothes - if they ever wind up in my boyfriend`s closet. This exquisite Snyder portfolio can be viewed at https://lamoodboard.com/events-30/
Please follow us on Instagram at #icandyla and visit LAmoodboard.com to get the latest fashion and cultural trends going on in our unique City. Sign up for our newsletter to be kept abreast of LA’s sartorial spirit: capturing what people are wearing at events and on the street is a way of sharing its vibrant, visual landscape with you.
#ToddSnyder #menswear #NYFW #LeRock #Rock #30Rock #RockefellerCenter #Martinis #MadMen #DonDraper #genderlessclothes #pastels #realmenwearpink #summersuits #shortssuits #lindagauntco @lindagauntco @toddsnyderny @mrmaer
BEHIND THE SCENES | TODD SNYDER
NYFW SPRING/SUMMER 2025
For spring 2025, Todd Snyder – never one for conventional shows or conventional clothes – presented his menswear collection late afternoon at the Art Deco Stylist boite Le Rock at 45 Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday September 8.
Assembled in all their pastel glory in an empty floor upstairs, the guys in varied trench coat, shorts suit, satin jacket, baggy white linens looks, showed off slouchy silhouettes – one soft suit in a three piece wood rose hue – vogueing it up for the shutterbugs, under the steady gaze of Snyder himself, he and his tailors checking fits and stylish designer flip flops before the male entourage wound its way through Le Rock’s tables, like a style army staking out the best oysters and martinis the city has to offer.
Please follow us on Instagram at #icandyla and visit LAmoodboard.com to get the latest fashion and cultural trends going on in our unique City. Sign up for our newsletter to be kept abreast of LA’s sartorial spirit: capturing what people are wearing at events and on the street is a way of sharing its vibrant, visual landscape with you.
#ToddSnyder #menswear #NYFW #LeRock #Rock #30Rock #RockefellerCenter #Martinis #MadMen #DonDraper #genderlessclothes #pastels #realmenwearpink #summersuits @mrmaer #shortssuits
PAUL ANDREW
Digital Magazine Release Announcement
LAmoodboard.com is proud to announce the release of our Digital Magazine (i-Zine) covering this falls New York Fashion Week’s presentation of Brit-in-NY shoe designer Paul Andrew - who is peaking with his floral collection of ballerina flats and heels for spring 2025 - and his new role as Creative Director of his old employer, Sergio Rossi. Please visit LAmoodbord.com to view our interactive presentation of the Paul Andrew i-Zine release.
And be sure to follow us on Instagram at #icandyla and visit LAmoodboard.com to get the latest fashion and cultural trends going on in our unique City. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to be kept abreast of LA’s sartorial spirit: capturing what people are wearing at events and on the street is a way of sharing its vibrant, visual landscape with you.
#PaulAndrew @SergioRossi #Jennifercox #artemist #designershoes @paulandrew @mrmaer
A New Platform For Pickwick
Once you get sucked into a Pickwick Vintage Show addiction, you can jones for a full four weeks till the next chance at 70’s boho dresses, suede jackets, luxe label handbags, costume and fine jewelry, vintage Dior and Gucci sunglasses galore. But vintage lord Richard Wainwright has now popped up Pickwick at Platform in Culver City on a monthly basis, too. Many of the same great vendors are there: Via Davia Vintage, Trustfund 01 – plus some killer fine jewelry dealers, laden with signet rings, jade and ruby bangles and crystal bracelets. Lots of food options at Platform, so you can make a day of it – boho people watching, included.
Please follow us on Instagram at #icandyla and visit LAmoodboard.com to get the latest fashion and cultural trends going on in our unique City. Sign up for our newsletter to be kept abreast of LA’s sartorial spirit: capturing what people are wearing at events and on the street is a way of sharing its vibrant, visual landscape with you.
@richardwainwright @pickwickvintageshow #platformculvercity @viadavisvintage @earlhunter @objectandhome @trustfund01 @almostarchive666 @debutanteclothing. @rood.boi #vintagedior #vintageFendi @hemsvintage @somethingspecialvtg @almostaarchive @notch_la @debutanteclothing @hirocohata @wilder_losangeles @studioalbazi @checkthetagvintage @viadaviavintage @noren.vintage @chevysvintage @mrmaer
TANNER FLETCHER: CAPTURING THE CROWD
Today we release the digital magazine (i-zine) of the innovative Tanner Fletcher show where we also “Captured the Crowd.” Those attendees decked to the 9’s. The full regalia may be viewed exclusively at LAmoodboard.com And be sure to check out our Tanner Fletcher: Fluid Luxury is more interesting than Quiet Luxury digital magazine; released yesterday and also exclusively available at LAmoodboard.com
Fashion Commentary from Merle’s Closet.
If there’s one thing more unique, joyous, iconoclastic and excellently eccentric than the adorable Brooklyn design duo Tanner Fletcher - Tanner Richie and Fletcher Kasell - is their buoyantly flamboyant - and rabid - crowd of (mostly young) fans and followers who practically vogued their way down west 26th St. on the way to their spring/summer show. Were they getting stopped to pose for their one-of-a-kind mash-up outfits - or were they fashion editors, layered up, posing as downtown boho`s? "I like to look at the collection and have it look like somebody`s closet,” Kasell explained as he and Richie greeted the TF faithful as they entered the multi room tableau theater, where actual models acted out the clothes. "There`s everyday stuff that`s easy to wear, but at the same time it`s fashion." Nothing every day about this cabal.
We ask you to follow us here on Instagram at #icandyla and visit us at https://LAmoodboard.com to get an overview of the latest fashion and cultural trends happening in Los Angeles (and in New York this upcoming week.) Capturing its myriad essence is our goal.
#wearesavi #savannah_engel #tanner.fletcherr #NYFW #toile #tannerrichie #fletcherKassell #Chelsea #JeannetteGetrost @savannah_engel @tanner.fletcher @fluidluxury #fluidluxury #genderlessclothes #dylanmulvaney @dylanmulvaney
PICKWICK VINTAGE
Today we release the full digital magazine (i-zine) of Pickwick Vintage including photography and insight from “Merle’s Closet”. It was held this past Saturday at Los Angeles’ The Row. It can be viewed exclusively at LAmoodboard.com
Pickwick Vintage once a month downtown is simply not enough! The treasures this past weekend included a lime green Fendi bag, a vintage Gucci fine leather bag with no GG`s and a Dior quilted short trench coat by Galliano from the 2000 collection with the Dior Daily News print (rare!). Now it`s going twice monthly - turning up at Culver City`s Platform on October 5 of this month. Check PickwickVintage.com for more info.
Please follow us on Instagram at #icandyla and visit LAmoodboard.com to get the latest fashion and cultural trends going on in our unique City. Sign up for our newsletter to be kept abreast of LA’s sartorial spirit: capturing what people are wearing at events and on the street is a way of sharing its vibrant, visual landscape with you.
@RichardWainwright #Pickwickvintage #Platform #TheRow #vintageclothes @randimolofsky @judyjimenezvisutsiri #vintagedior #vintageFendi @hemsvintage @somethingspecialvtg @almostaarchive @notch_la @debutanteclothing @hirocohata @wilder_losangeles @studioalbazi @checkthetagvintage
TANNER FLETCHER: FLUID LUXURY IS MORE INTERESTING THAN QUIET LUXURY
Today we release the digital magazine (i-zine) of the innovative NYFW Tanner Fletcher presentation. It can be viewed at LAmoodboard.com #SAVI #SavannahEngel #TannerFletcher #NYFW #toile #tannerrichie #fletcherKassell #Chelsea #JeannetteGetrost @Savannah Engel @tanner fletcher @fluidluxury #fluidluxury #genderlessclothes #dylanmulvaney @dylanmulvaney @mrmaer
HOUSE OF GILLES | NEW YORK FASHION WEEK 2024
OUR FIRST OF FIFTEEN CAPTURE BOOKS COVERING THIS YEARS NEW YORK FASHION WEEK HAS BEEN RELEASED AND IS AVAILABLE FOR EXCLUSIVE VIEWING AT LAmoodboard.com PLEASE CHECK DAILY AS WE RELEASE OUR SERIES OF DIGITAL MAGAZINES CAPTURING THIS YEARS INCREDIBLE SHOWS FEATURING THE TOP DESIGNERS
In the 90`s and early aughts, you probably caught site of Amal Clooney, Taylor Swift, Meg Ryan, Scarlett Johansson and so many other stars gliding down red carpets looking all moonlit goddess in gowns by J. Mendel. Now the Marvelous Mr. Mendel (or should we say Monsieur?) is doing a couture and made to order collection with his daughter Chloe. Not a minute too soon to bring that delicate pleating, tiny pintucking, exquisite embellishment, back just in time for Hollywood awards season.
Please follow us on Instagram at #icandyla and visit LAmoodboard.com to get the latest fashion and cultural trends going on in our unique City. Sign up for our newsletter to be kept abreast of LA’s sartorial spirit: capturing what people are wearing at events and on the street is a way of sharing its vibrant visual landscape with you.
@merleginsberg @_marieoliver_ @houseofgilles @veronicabeard @a___potts @sivan_ss_ @thesaltingnyc @johnvarvatos @susan_alexandra @rachelantonoff @sermon.series @stanmenswear @tarpley.us @terrysingh.nyc @erinwalshstylec @bluprintpr @purplepr @LindaGaunt @ToddSnyder #ToddSnyder @degenpenner @mrmaer @brandusaniro #brandusaniro @eddie2275 @dailyfrontrow #dailyfrontrow #lafw #purplepr @jonathancohenstudio @tanner.fletcher @alexisbittar @ullajohnson @sandyliang @bachmai @gabe.gordon @kobihalperin @marinamoscone @markarian_nyc @naeemkhannyc @patbo @aknvas @toryburch @cynthiarowley @michael_fausto @ashlynnewyork @mrmaer
JONATHAN COHEN
Jonathan Cohen`s spring/summer is a real mishmash - in the best of all ways. Like famed fabric/print mixer-uppers before him (Betsey Johnson, Dries van Noten). One pink and blue tie dye sweater paired with a black and white print skirt says it all. Shapes are mishmashed too: strapless peplum mini dresses over loose pants, a red floral dress over a different hue-d midi skirt, over pants. All this layering might sound like a pile up, but it actually works - in a similar way to Marc Jacobs`s famed grunge collection. Call it "wunge" - whimisical grunge.
We ask you to follow us here on Instagram at #icandyla and visit us at https://LAmoodboard.com to get an overview of the latest fashion and cultural trends happening in Los Angeles (and in New York last week.) Capturing its myriad essence is our goal.
#JonathanCohen #SAVI #SavannahEngel #NYFW #grunge #layering #layers #nyfw #runway #mrmaer
NANUSHKA
I`d never heard of label Nanushka, or its Hungarian designer Sandra Sandor, till I got an invite for this downtown runway show. Her lyrical collection was a lovely surprise: super wearable, cool but easy, flattering clothes made from uniquely textured fabrics - like a butter colored three tier fringe midi skirt paired with a simple black blazer. Business on the top, party on the bottom. Somehow this Budapest native created interesting clothes whose ideas (and there are plenty) don`t overwhelm their ease and attractiveness. Turns out, she and her husband also have four stores (NY, Budapest, London, Shanghai) with their own cafes. Please - can L.A. be next?
We ask you to follow us here on Instagram at #icandyla and visit us at https://LAmoodboard.com to get an overview of the latest fashion and cultural trends happening in Los Angeles (and in New York last week.) Capturing its myriad essence is our goal.
#Nanushka #NYFW #fringe #runway @mrmaer
MARIE OLIVER
Sarah Doggett Evenson of Marie Oliver is the perfect customer for her colorful prints and easy pieces: a former finance femme who wants a much more freewheeling life, without heels, body shapers and wire push-up bras. For spring, the colorful was ever more color, the flowy dresses more flowy and the fabrics as soft as the ones on your lawn chairs.
We ask you to follow us here on Instagram at #icandyla and visit us at https://LAmoodboard.com to get an overview of the latest fashion and cultural trends happening in Los Angeles (and in New York last week.) Capturing its myriad essence is our goal.
#MarieOliver #SavannahEngel #SAVI #SarahDoggettEvenson #softclothes #flowyclothes
MARKARIAN
Designer Alexandra O`Neill, better known as Ali, is now doing a bang-up bridal business, which is perfect Markarian material: the beading, fabrics from India, the delicacy of her fabrics and complex lace - spring 2025 conjures up a softer world, one of garden parties - or weddings - held in the midst beautiful greeney, toile china and gentlewomen of another era, who are only missing their parasols.
#Markarian #AlexandraONeill #SavannahEngel #SAVI #Markarianbridal #bridal #weddinggowns @wearesavi
