The Arbiter

Los Angeles fashion, style, shopping and culture
Factory Girl
Accessory designer Calleen Cordero gives us a tour of her North Hollywood factory. And the low-down on what it takes to be a burgeoning shoe queen.
Los Angeles is one of those fantastic cities where the fantastic parts are not always visible on the surface. At least right away. And such is the case with Calleen Cordero, the long time Los Angeles accessory designer whose hand-crafted, studded wares hover just below the radar. For the past six years Cordero has been creating her leather, wood and metal pieces from her fully functioning North Hollywood factory and selling them out of her small Beverly Boulevard boutique. She doesn't do the... keep reading
Art, Meet Function.
It's fairly rare to see a married couple who works together, side-by-side, and lives to tell the tale. But Ted Vadakan and Angie Myung wouldn't have it any other way. The Southern California couple... keep reading
A Tailored Approach
The first thing you notice upon entering Pedro Rubio, a new men’s boutique directly underneath City Yoga on the corner of Fairfax Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard, is how little clothing there... keep reading

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Factory Girl
Los Angeles is one of those fantastic cities where the fantastic... keep reading
Art, Meet Function.
It's fairly rare to see a married couple who works together, side-... keep reading
A Tailored Approach
The first thing you notice upon entering Pedro Rubio, a new men... keep reading

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