Lasting restraint
Lynx, favorite East Hollywood restaurants, Lulah Archive, n/naka, Francis Gallery, Arcana, MORE
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RESTAURANTS • First Word
Upper crust
The Skinny: Chef Josh Skenes, notably of Saison and Angler, has returned with Lynx. After testing his mettle for a pizza and cocktails concept at since-shuttered Leopardo, Skenes is giving it another shot, though this time on a smaller, arguably more focused scale.
LA RESTAURANT LINKS: Mark Cuban opens Pawn Shop, ultra-lux LA sports bar • Cielito Lindo, LA’s 92-year-old taquito stand, reopens • Breakfast by Salt’s Cure closes in WeHo, moves to Silver Lake • The very last Burrito King has closed in LA • Where the Holbox team eats that isn’t Holbox • How Los Feliz’s All Time became Hollywood’s favorite restaurant.
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WORK • Thursday Routine
Think in layers
MYLES PRICE • founder • Myles Price
Neighborhood you work in: Downtown LA/Westside
Neighborhood you live in: Santa Monica
It’s Thursday morning. What’s the scene at your workplace?
It’s a small studio. The walls are filled with felt tiles that double as pinboards holding fabric swatches, color stories, ideas in development, and future collections. I use Felt Right panels to keep everything visible. It helps me think in layers instead of files. There’s usually a window open. Being on the Westside means cool Pacific air moving through the studio, which keeps things from getting stale.
The day moves between screens and physical work. I start with emails and logistics, then get into the actual creative work. Some days, that means a fitting or product development at our factory in Downtown LA. Other days, I stay on the Westside and work from here.
What’s on the agenda for today?
Putting the finishing touches on a turtleneck midi dress for fall. It’s made from a custom rib Supima cotton-and-modal blended fabric we developed with a local mill. Right now, I’m dialing in the neckline and proportions so it feels clean and easy on the body.
Any restaurant plans today, tonight, this weekend?
A reservation coming up at n/naka, that I’m really looking forward to. It’s one of those places that reminds you how much creative depth Los Angeles has. ‘Excited to spend an evening in Niki Nakayama’s world. Also, Bun & Mi on Montana, a family-run Vietnamese spot with bánh mìs that keep pulling me back. It’s such a gift for the neighborhood. Calabra on the rooftop of the Santa Monica Proper is a lot of fun, too. The food is good, the view is better, and it’s an easy way to take a quick escape on a weekday night.
How about a little leisure or culture?
Francis Gallery in West Hollywood. Rosa Park’s space feels more like a quiet home than a white-cube gallery, and her shows around natural materials and Korean and Korean-American artists always reset how I think about minimalist craft. It’s where I go when I need quiet. Carpenters Workshop Gallery on Santa Monica Boulevard is in the same orbit but a completely different scale, a massive converted warehouse showing functional sculpture. What LA does really well is create pockets where creativity lives. When you’re inside one of them, you slow down and let inspiration find you.
Arcana: Books on the Arts in Culver City might be my favorite store in LA. It’s another one of those spaces, a room full of rare and out-of-print art, fashion, and design books, curated by people who genuinely know the material. They also host artist talks and shows, which makes it more than a bookstore.
Any weekend getaways?
Ojai, always the perfect weekend reset. The air is a little sweeter, the pace drops the second you turn off the 33. Meditation Mount, up in the hills above town, is really special. Thirty-two acres of gardens and walking paths above the valley, and you have to register to visit, which keeps it quiet. The sunsets alone are worth the drive.
What was your last great vacation?
Last summer I spent two weeks in Tuscany, just outside Lucca with friends. The food, the weather, the pace of life, all of it: blissful. Rent a bike and ride the walls of Lucca, and make the short drive to Camaiore for a long lunch. But what I keep coming back to is the color. Italy handles pastels differently, strong and warm, washed but never precious. It’s a palette that reminds you how lasting restraint can be.
What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
The Nix Spectro 2 Spectrophotometer. Color is one of the most subjective things in design, and this brings some objectivity to it. In production, I’ll use it to hit lab dips more accurately and keep them consistent with the color story. And when I see a color in the world, a wall, a piece of fruit, a tile, I can scan it and drop the exact value into a future collections file. It’s just something that captures inspiration and starts the conversation.
What store or service do you always recommend?
Sweat Yoga in Santa Monica. Hot yoga in a dark, infrared-heated room with great teachers. I go at least once a week. It’s cleansing, and I always leave lighter than I went in.
LA WORK & PLAY LINKS: Massive $2 billion Downtown development approved • Behind state-of-the-art photo lab and coffee shop combo (yes) coming to Frogtown • After 35 Years, Highland Park’s Delicias Bakery shutters.
GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Shop
Closet shopper
Unless you’re getting your pick-me-up at Cha Cha Matcha on the corner of N. Robertson and Melrose, you could easily miss Lulah Archive. A friend tipped me off to the vintage consignment boutique, which opened at the beginning of the year, and discreetly sits on the lesser foot-trafficked side of Robertson.
Stepping into the space, I was struck by how colorful, well-organized, and welcoming it was. Lilies sat in vases next to vintage jewelry and purses. I later learned that owner Tallulah Rufus Isaacs had (amongst other things) once trained to be a florist in Paris.
I spied a tweed Chanel blazer, large Louis Vuitton luggage, and a pair of Balenciaga leggings attached to high-heeled boots that I could only dream of pulling off. The saleswoman excitedly showed me a vintage Pucci skirt from the ’60s that one of their regular consignors had just given to them. Tallulah shops the closets of wealthy locals and celebrities, and 150-200 new pieces come into the store every week. While Tallulah once had a store in Paris for many years as well as her own fashion line (We are LEONE, it’s the curating of vintage pieces that’s her true passion.
While some items run in the five-figure range, others are more attainable, like a floral dress I gravitated to from Dôen. The mirror is intentionally outside the try-on room, encouraging shoppers to have fun playing dress-up, gladly styled by Tallulah. The day I was in, Tallulah was at the home of influencer Rocky Barnes, shopping her closet for the store. Naturally, I’ll have to go back to see what she’s found. Normally, these kinds of situations tend to overwhelm me, but as it turns out, when someone with impeccable taste is finding the pieces, I’m very much into vintage. –Dyana Lederman
→ Lulah Archive (West Hollywood) • 509 N Robertson Blvd • Tue-Thu 1030a-6p, Fri 10a-6p, Sat 11a-5p.
GETAWAYS LINKS: Silver Lake’s anticipated Hotel Lucile opening pushed back again • More details on the new BUR terminal, opening this fall • Marshall Store team opens high-end seafood spot Bar Auklet in Point Reyes Station • West Maui has had one way in and out, but that may be changing.
RESTAURANTS • The Nines
Restaurants, East Hollywood
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