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Artist Tanya “Nena†Melendez on making her original hairpieces.

My relationship with clothes feels like a constant compromise: an acceptance that it will never quite be good enough.

Every time I think of my old idea of midlife — that dreary pasture full of drab linens — laughter bubbles out of me.

The party felt like the only fitting way to celebrate our biggest issue of the year (our biggest issue ever, actually): Image Makers.

Photographer Eric Solis wanted to capture the conversation he sees happening between the two cities in a way that felt expansive.

Like anything Guillermo Cuevas makes, this belt is experimental — and designed with one secret ingredient.

With his brand C.R.E.O.L.E., Frederic-Colombo creates “new narratives, new references, new visions and new rules.â€

New York Fashion Week this year was fun, hazy times.

Rivera is bringing brands from around the world, including L.A.’s Kids of Immigrants and Equihua, to Paris this September.

Photographer Emanuel Hahn puts his lens on a part of Koreatown history that has not been widely archived or shared.

The new dress is part of a larger resurgence of bows in fashion.

“Opening the doors to everyone has changed the game.†Akers on how she built her confidence and found her path.

Natasha Newman-Thomas, who is working with Keanu Reeves on an upcoming feature, is often tapped for her character-driven approach and vintage-inflected eye.

Chris Echevarria’s latest brand, Academy, puts a spin on “traditional American menswear.â€

From her circus background to her love for people with “a little devil in them,†the fashion photographer has stories.

Image’s fashion director at large Keyla Marquez and photographer Thalía Gochez go to Beverly Hills to re-create their family photographs.

Style should be unapologetic and unpredictable. Take some cues from the L.A.-based wardrobe stylist from Highland Park.

Fashion has always looked to the cosmos for inspiration. Tiffany & Co.’s new Tiffany Céleste collection is the latest in this tradition.

You can tell people struggle with the dress code at the Bowl. It’s an elevated experience that demands a sense of reverence, but it’s also an event that requires one to lug a cooler full of cheese up a hill.

May has released her first drop with lab-grown diamond company GRWN, called Metamorphosis. She wanted the pieces to feel nostalgic and, essentially, for the girls.

Inside you are your main audience. The joy lies in the freedom. Be extra. Go bold.

From Vivienne Westwood “SEX†chokers to John Galliano-era Dior logo rings, the list in this vintage archive goes on, and it goes deep.

The greatest luxury of a vacation is the right to reinvent yourself, to see the world differently. And there’s no better way to see the world differently than through a beautiful pair of sunglasses.

“I try to design as if I’m in the future, not as if I’m trying to imagine what the future is about.â€

Saturn Risin9, a singer, performer and DJ, takes us to Pirate Studios, where the multi-hyphenate practices DJ sets ahead of the weekend.

“I’ve tried colorful styles. I’ve tried classy or minimalist,†says Lopez. “But I always go back to all black, studs, spikes.â€

The multidisciplinary artist recognizes something in a bag that’s always been present in his personal style: utility.

It’s easy to see yourself going somewhere in these clothes, even if it’s to nowhere in particular.

Now is the time to play, clash and bring unlike things together.

The appeal of Prada is that it always feels slightly of the future. The brand’s new lab-grown jewelry collection is, paradoxically, telling a new kind of story about heritage.

Whether you’re commuting across L.A. for a long-distance relationship or a short getaway from home, Gucci luggage is the ideal situation of the intracity adventurer who wishes to stunt.

Never mind wearing them at home. Whatever stereotypes you once clung to don’t make much sense the moment you put on a pair.

In a city known for flipping the switch and letting the void do its thing, embracing darkness in your closet might be the sartorial special time you’ve been looking for.

The brand has remained the gold standard of American fashion precisely because it allows us to lose ourselves in the majesty of it all. Dreams are not the thing modern trends are made of.

On the pleasure and pain of the spiky footbed Adilettes.

Totes can get old. Specialty bags can’t carry anything and make you work for them. But the Cylinder Sling by Building Block flirts with such attitude without becoming rude or insensible.

It’s not for everyone. It’s for those who get it. Just like Armani.

Louis Vuitton bottles up the idea of L.A. and what it inspires.

How a cut once deemed déclassé is now at the forefront of chicness.

When films lose their appeal with the public, turn into cult objects or get killed by giants like Warner Bros. Discovery, what is left of the work? Jackets given out at wrap parties.

The early 2000s saw celebutantes like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton rocking their Uggs to Starbucks runs and lunches. Now, the ‘can’t be bothered’ boot is back.

My go-to L.A. fashion: going topless in my “hot girl†bra

The Dodgers’ hat is bigger than baseball. The interlocking L-A is iconic, and to see it on someone’s head is to feel an instant kinship.

This story is part of our issue on Remembrance, a time-traveling journey through the L.A. experience — past, present and future.

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