Los Angeles

Luxury accessories designer, Elisabeth Weinstock opened her first store in Los Angeles last night, which is taking up residence on 8159 W. 3rd street in a 1,800-saquare-foot home built in the 1930’s. Weinstock lavish stock on offer in the space? Everything from jewelry boxes and clutch purses to one-of-a-kind furniture, all in done in exotic skins like python and ostrich.

Sending good wishes to Diane von Furstenberg who is recovering from a ski accident in Aspen. The CFDA president and self-described “Godmother” of the Meat Packing District suffered broken bones, but is recovering at her home in Los Angeles. She took to Twitter to tell her 500,000+ followers: “Sometimes the universe gives you signs…’stay still’ is the message I got from my ski fall and broken shoulder!

“Is Kate’s Nose Spring’s Hottest Accessory?” That’s the subject line of an e-mail that we received from a publicist about Kate Middleton’s honker. This really happened… “The iconic beauty, Kate Middleton, has taken the world by storm and is setting beauty standards

Hottie mod River Vilperi is on the mend after a skiing accident over the weekend that left him with 19 stitches on his leg. River’s cougar Paris Hilton tweeted that he was doing a high jump and the ski sliced into his leg. The couple are now back at her Los Angeles home playing with puppies and looking for rainbows.

DKNY is time traveling back to the nineties by way of Opening Ceremony. The New York-based brand is teaming up with the retailer on a limited-edition capsule collection comprised of 15 DKNY items, reissued from the nineties archive, including the iconic skyline print you’ve been missing circa ’92. Expect hooded sweatshirts, color-blocked, zip-front jumpsuits, bodysuits, logo tees, puffers, and leggings that will retail between $145 and $665. The best part? The buzzy collab is slated to hit Opening Ceremony locations tomorrow in New York. Los Angeles, Toyko, and London, along with OpeningCeremony.Us.

Halston Heritage will not be stopped! The brand announced today that three new stores are scheduled to open in the U.S. by March. Ambitious much? They’ll first be setting up a shop with a two-story, 4,400-square-foot flagship on Madison Avenue at 83rd St., followed by two 3,000 square-foot locations in Los Angeles at The Beverly Cetner and another in Troy, Michigan.

Zzzzz…Saint Laurent’s first campaign starring Beck Hansen (not Beckham) and British mod Edie Campbell gives us the snores. Been there, done that, have the t-shirt. Hedi Slimane shot the black and white ads (surprise, surprise!) in Los Angeles. Historians will recall that Hedi and his buddy Beck worked together on the 2005 22-minute theme song for Dior Homme.