Dianne O. Atelier

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Dianne O. Atelier carries exclusive European and New York designer lines sure to outfit the most discriminating boutique shopper. But the real secret to this upscale store is the owner herself and the experience she brings to customers as a former Los Angeles stylist. Transforming her clients from humdrum frumps…

Cecelia’s

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The best thing about shopping at Cecilia’s in Mission Hills is the confidence you’ll have knowing that the owner, Elizabeth Leffler, will hook you up. She’s the hip friend that helps you get dressed using clothes from her really cool closet. Leffler began in fashion as a stylist working for…

Capricorn Boutique

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Walking into Capricorn Boutique in Bird Rock, with its black-and-white checkered floor, antique fireplace and fleur-de-le decor, is reminiscent of a neighborhood boutique you’d find on the Left Bank of Paris or Brooklyn’s Carroll Gardens. It’s a quaint little neighborhood store in a quaint little neighborhood, with cutting-edge fashion, a…

Blends

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There’s a boutique in downtown’s East Village that’s so down low and underground that if you didn’t know it was there, you’d walk right past it. The customers are the hippest of the hip and the coolest of the cool. There’s virtually no sign outside, but true sneaker freaks know…