Abbot Kinney Annual Holiday Festival

It's that time of year yet again! With the holiday spirit abound - Abbot Kinney Blvd stays open late on Friday December 7th to welcome neighbors, customers and friends to come down and mix and mingle for the evening.

Shops on Abbot Kinney will stay open until 10PM and many of them will be having refreshments and specials galore! There will be a Santa at Tales and Toys from 5PM to 7PM, Carolers wandering the streets and other stores will be hosting music or art shows.

Brick Lane will be having cocktails and nibbles and absolutely MENTAL DISCOUNTS for the evening so get your christmas chopping started early and on SALE!

Friday December 7th from 5PM to 10PM come join in the merriment in Venice on Abbot Kinney Blvd!

Hope to see anyone close by here!

Cheers luves,
X's Amanda

Divine Design and Project Angel Food

So last night I was fortunate enough to be a guest of the amazing Ted Baker crew at the west coasts premier shopping event Divine Design, benefiting Project Angel Food.

First off a little bit about the amazing Project Angel Food. Founded in 1989 as an outreach program to help people with serious illnesses. At this time they were able to provide meals for drop-in clients and averaged about 15 meals a day. Fast forward through a long amazing history of helping people in Los Angeles and in 2007 with a staff made up primarily of volunteers - Project Angel Food prepares and delivers up to 1,500 meals a day!

Divine Design is a premier shopping event in which 100% of the proceeds from sales, donations and auctions goes to support Project Angel Food in continuing it's mission to never have a wait list for help and support and to feed those who need it in their darkest day. Fashion with compassion.

The Divine Design shopping boutique, located at 9900 Wilshire Blvd until December 3rd is stocked with designers of likes of: Ted Baker, Smashbox, Diesel, Trina Turk, Allegra Hicks, Diane Von Furstenberg, Stephanie Johnson (a loyal customer of Brick Lane since our opening) and many many more! Goods have been donated by the designers and are selling at up to 80% off of retail!

The VIP gala kick off dinner was last night at the Beverly Hilton next door to the shopping pavilion and guests were treated to an enjoyable night of presentations about Project Angel Food, auctions and a FABULOUS runway show by Ted Baker. (incidentally I was thrilled to see several pieces for men and women in the show I already purchased for Spring Summer 2008! Keep checking out Shop Brick Lane so you can be the first to see these items when they arrive)

The event was full of supporters of Project Angel Food. Rebbecca Gayheart- Dane was a recipient of an award for her dedication to Project Angel Food - the award was presented to her by none other then her husband - Dr. McSteamy himself- Eric Dane. Also honored for support was editor-in-chief of Metropolitan Home - Donna Warner and of course Ted Baker! Some of the other celebrity support out to help the cause were long time supporter Eric McCormick, Jai Rodreiguez, radio personality Valentine and Andrew Levy from The Brand New Heavies who did the incredible music for the Ted Baker runway show.

After the gala we all found ourselves mingling and mixing in the shopping pavilion with cocktails and desert being served while we were encouraged to break out the credit cards. I did my part for charity by getting some sassy bedtime apparel by Hanky Panky. Check out the Divine Design website for information on how to get tickets to the shopping and get out your credit cards! You can shop for yourself, for holiday gifts and feel good knowing every dollar you spend goes to help feed someone in your own community who so desperately needs it. Also check out Project Angel Food for more information about this amazing charity and how to get involved. I am personally trying to figure out how to re-work my schedule next year so I can spend some time volunteering! As a small business owner who is always working it will be hard, but worth it in my opinion.

Thank you so much for my friends at Ted Baker for inviting me to such an incredible event!

Cheers luvs,
A

ONLINE SHOPPING

We just keep adding more and more to the online shop. Check it out and subscribe to be on our mailing list! New Items from Simon Carter, Tateossian, ISSA, Pringle 1815 Scotland, Ted Baker, Buckler, Anya Hindmarch and more!

Brand new arrivals from Orla Kiely Resort collection!

Men's and women's fashion from the U.K.

Free standard domestic shipping until 2008!
Web specials and SALE items!

http://www.bricklaneuk.com/!

Brick Lane Launches Online Shopping

Yes it is true fashion blog friends - I have been MIA for weeks in preparation of launching the online shopping site for BRICK LANE!

Starting a website is not easy - and I had help in the form of my amazingly smart, patient and talented brother who has taken 6 weeks out of his life to come to LA and build/set up/administrate my website! God bless him!

So it is here! http://www.bricklaneuk.com/

Check it out and check back often. We have so much more amazing product to upload from all your favorite U.K. designers such as, ISSA London, Oliver Spencer, Fred Perry, Ted Baker, Orla Kiely, Pringle 1815 Scotland and much much more!

I promise to try and post on a more regular basis.

Happy Shopping!

Cheers Luves,

X's

Amanda

Lucky Magazine Bracelet Arrived!

Well my fellow fashionistas - it has been such a long wait - I am sure that people have forgotten - hey we have a short attention span in the fashion world I understand - However the wait is over. The bracelet featured in Lucky Magazine by The Branch has finally arrived. We have only 4 left in stock already in Medium and Large - Retail $226. The back ordered earrings are on route from Foggy London town as well - but you may want to hurry in and snatch up one of these fabulous cuffs before anyone else! We will accept phone orders for those of you who don't live in LA.

310-392-2525

Bricklane is about to go online and offer select items from the shop at it's soon to be launched online shopping site. Be on the look-out - we anticipate a launch date by early November! Cheers!

Anya Hindmarch in Lucky Magazine

Anya Hindmarch in the magazines yet again - and again a bag we stocked at Brick Lane - but alas we sold out already. Don't you think it is time you checked out the "must have" designer - Anya Hindmarch? I know I am putting dibs on one for myself next season for SURE!

Smart House - Smart Car Launch Party on Abbot Kinney

Thursday evening I was invited to the cocktail reception of the opening of the new SMART HOUSE on Abbot Kinney Blvd. I was invited because my lovely sister Kathleen Dugan is a publicist at LaForce-Stevens PR firm in NYC and their LA office is now handling the press for the Smart House.

Now I travel to Europe a bit and have seen the Smart Car for years over there. The cutest little car that looks like you could fold it up and carry it away in your purse ..."It's a purse...It's a car..." I have always found them cute but never really delved into them more than that. Well after an evening of seeing these cars, getting to sit it one - they really are roomier then one would anticipate, and learning more about the car, the company philosophy and how much better they are for the environment - my friend Elizabeth and I started musing on the benefits of having such a little car. I mean we don't drive that much, they are so little parking would be easier - and what a great way to run around town doing your errands without leaving as much of a carbon imprint on the world! Hmmmmm food for thought.

The Smart Car on the roof of the Smart House as seen at night.

Elizabeth Ryan - owner of Tales and Toys on Abbot Kinney Blvd and myself.

Robyn Kures - the point PR contact for Smart House from LaForce - Stevens

Danny Masterson as the evenings DJ

Designer Jordan Cappella and I at the Smart House main floor gallery

How cute are these little cars?

Designer, owner of Turquoise on Abbot Kinney and friend Vanessa De Vargas Schubert

Saturday October 13 from 11AM to 5PM SMART HOUSE will be open to the public for an Open House reception and then remain open Tuesday's - through Sunday's from 11AM to 9PM through January 2008. Stop by and learn more about the Smart Car, see the amazing design of the Smart House and take one for a test drive! Maybe it is time we all give up our SUV's and start to drive Smart!