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and your Chloe platforms apart. eye, often choosing just two or :.~_
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can wrangle the next hot shoe, like Moschino, and Y & Kei and pre
a YSL snip-to e ankle boot, six ing ample floor space for many
months before it gets past customs. and labels. Customers can sense_
While Neiman Marcus certainly em- thought put into every shoe,
ploys footwear legends, ROBYH and bag-like the latest from Be
PEARLMAN at Madison Fred Segal Veneta, here in a striking ,"4
at Santa Monica remains the litmus instead of the basic black mos: '>!'
test for outstanding shoe salespeo- tailers stock. » 15306 Antio,:- "
ple. Pearlman e-mails recommen- Pacific Palisades, 310-230·88£:::..
dations to customers, hunts down
the perfect match for any frock, and
keeps particular clients in mind
when buyers order for the next sea-
son, Working alongside Madison's
Joi Davis and Heather Subotnick, LA. is full of fabric-store jewe!.5-&
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One-stop shops for furnishing your pad
this fall's "3 P's", platforms, pumps,
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service. In its four buildings
5M.cONTEMPORARY Brea's decorator row, Die
POLIfORm If you're in the market for contemporary Italian de-
sign and NASA-quality innovation, head to Poliform's modern
g1i,~, £~H£I'IES:,. stocks more than 15,000 bee
curtain and upholstery fabric -
showroom, From dressers with secret compartments to custom- Too often contemporary couches store cleaned up its notorio
made closets, this inventive company thinks of everything, have the sitting appeal of a '58 tered space last year to ins"
Kitchens? We're talking space-age modularity that can hide a Edsel-stiff backed, with an angle of among the rows of toiles,
refrigerator as easily as a spice rack, " 8818 Beverly Blvd., repose guaranteed to shred your and wovens. Yardage runs
West Hollywood, 310-271-7836 or poliformusa.com. spine. But at SPAZIO DI VITA (in $12,95and $70, including vint::g;
H.D. Buttercup), the couches are vintage repro styles. Desp.:'!£
Room WITH A VIEW Dreaming of redoing your home in the look not only mod-sleek metal and abundance, the store's sel
of a classy country manor? Search no further, Here you'll find ele- wood frames, low-slung backrests- fabrics is carefully edite
gantly displayed William Yeoward crystal, graceful Bernardaud but comfy and plentiful. Two hun- owner Jason Asch, "We don:
china, rustic buffets, plush bath mats-everything but the birdsong dred fabrics and 50 kinds of leather a lot of blue fabric:' » 611S. -'" S-
and the mice. » 1600 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, 310'998'5858. fill the store, while goose down fills Ave., LA., 323-931-8148 or ct.:._-
the couches (for those allergic to foamandfabric.com.
THE DOCU DOWnTOWn This warehouse is a solution for those down, there's synthetic).
with an executive's taste but a working stiff's budget, Carrying The showroom's full-grain
all manner of overstock from the likes of Shelter, Restoration leather Fleetwood model
Hardware, and Armani Casa, it's been selling to the trade for will look fantastic in your
years, In the spring it opened to the public, offering savings of Neutra apartment, and its
50 to 80 percent. })1481 E. 4th St., L.A., 323-446'0281 or thedock- kidney-shaped pillows will
downtown.corn, have you feeling great, too.
n 3225 Helms Ave., Culver
H.o. BUTTERCUP If you can't find it here, it probably doesn't City, 310'945-5463 or hd-
exist. The mother of all home emporiums carries Khyber Pass buttercup.com.
rugs, and all manner of lamps, beds, and pots for plants. Mosey
through 100,000 square feet of vendors showcasing the import-
ed, the ultramodern, and the antique. » 3225 Helms Ave., Culver SECRET-
City, 310·945·5440 or hdbuttercup.com. HIGH-END
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ROlE BOWL flEA mARUET Just because a shopping venue For those shoppers whose
lacks a roof doesn't mean the floor isn't worth a look, At fashion map rarely leads off
the Rose Bowl's shindig the second Sunday of each month, Robertson or Rodeo, Pacific
Craftsman tables, Depression-era glassware, art deco mirrors, Palisades remains a mys-
~ames chairs-you name it-can be had for a quoted price or tery, That should change,
your best offer, » 1001 Rose Bowl Dr., Pasadena, 323-560'7469. Inside ELYSE WALKER, an

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