Style : Carlton Drew

East Coast style in LA : Carlton Drew

 I discovered Carlton Drew on Instagram (@carltondrew) and eventually, on a recent trip to Los Angeles I was able to visit the shop itself. Carlton Drew brings East Coast style with a modern edge to Los Angeles - my kind of shop.

 Naturally, I had on my best modern prep outfit... Louis Vuitton Success brogues in Navy Canvas / Leather mix, Embroidered Anchor Shorts by Bank Fashions, Striped shirt by Vivienne Westwood, Shades by Tom Ford.

 Carlton Drew had posted on Instagram some days earlier the new line of 'Lemon & Line' cord bracelets he had just received - naturally I made a beeline straight for these

 I also picked up a couple of tees from 'Declaration' and some shirts from 'Shades of Grey by Micah Cohen'  (With Carlton Drew very kindly throwing in a freebie - thanks!)

 Carlton Drew is a very well curated shop with a great selection East Coast preppy style product, located at 8016 Melrose Avenue, just up from Fred Segal - it's a great location in a very up and coming area.

Carlton Drew,
8016 Melrose Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA 90046
(323) 782 - 1434

Website : Carlton Drew

A clean out, discovery and re-work

Re-visiting the wardrobe

 Back in the day, I used to make T-shirts for Chris and I to wear out each week. During a wardrobe spring clean I discovered one I made to wear to Madonna's Re-Invention tour back in August 2004.  Chris had a 'Madonna does it better' T, after Madonna's infamous 'Italian's do it better' T.  I remember Will Young approached Chris at the show to say how much he liked it.
 Mine was based around a Madonna dollar bill-:

My Madonna dollar T

It's a bit worn now (it's almost 8 years old) - but I was impressed (!) by how much detail I'd put into it. I've got a $1 dollar bill in my Filofax, and comparing the two - I got a lot of the original detail in.

One Madonna dollar

 So, on a slightly different vein, and to 're-visit an old skill and utilize on it' - I decided to use this idea as a basis for a gift voucher for a friend.
 It's for a Champagne tasting at a local wine merchant, which hopefully is going to be a great night. Not as much detail in this one, and a bit more sketchy - but I think the overall effect is good. And quite pleased I was a bit old school and just used pen and paper, rather than Adobe Illustrator for this.

Champagne tasting invite

So hopefully I'll write about the event later on in the month - It looks great and is part of my 'bringing a bit of SA home with me', and also re-discovering and utilizing my local area...