Fashion & Style

There has been a significant shift in how fashion and sports intersect, both on and off the court. Why now? And how has athlete style evolved?

Unlike the boys’ pairs I used to borrow — long, baggy and cut straight across — these board shorts were actually made for us.

An interview with the designer, who makes clothes and shoes you can move in from morning until night.

At the Mother’s Day home opener, players including Nneka Ogwumike and Kelsey Plum transformed the tunnel walk into a celebration of individuality, autonomy and aesthetic expression.

This is what happens when you let us be ourselves.

Guided by mentors from Nike, Wilson Sporting Goods and Vuori, Otis juniors lock in for their end-of-year fashion show.

In Archived’s L.A. showroom, everything is a reference point or piece of history.

It’s never been more important to assert your sense of personhood and independence.

‘I’m always plotting,’ said Teyana Taylor from the Chanel party, the last stop on the calendar before the big night at the Dolby Theatre.

Santee Alley has become a place for me to bring closer the family I left, a space where I can unabashedly experiment with my style through their selection of menswear.

Sweat pants mixed with Hermès. Coordinated ERL looks. Converse heels. The looks are elevated and easygoing.

The ritual of meeting up and hanging out at a place like Chainsaw in Melrose Hill is a showcase of style.

Styled in Acne Studios’ Valentine’s Day edit, three creative couples in L.A. reflect on their artistic journeys, relationships and personal styles

From Brynn Jones Saban of Aralda Vintage to Clémence Pariente of Le Boudoir, L.A.’s vintage sellers share their most cherished pieces.

A Rimowa suitcase not only contains your life but becomes an extension of it.

Design.Space felt like being in the fanciest department store in an upscale mall 30 years ago.

Equihua’s new collection of pajamas brings purpose, clarity and inspiration to the most meaningful part of a day: sleep.

The designer behind costumes for Michael Jackson and Earth, Wind and Fire created some of the most enduring images of the 20th century.

The boutique offers up a multilevel retail experience, complete with a restaurant.

Emerging from the warehouse fog in full vintage designer.

People seem to think that clothing is the best representation of our personalities, of who we want to be. But it’s actually the jewelry we wear that most often speaks to who we think we are.

This isn’t just a directory; it’s a field guide for fellow fashion fanatics who see getting dressed as a form of creative expression

The store is not just a store. It’s not merely a set of walls and some clothes. It’s a humming, vibrant human expression.

There’s an underlying wit to the fall/winter ready-to-wear collection, which spotlights a collaboration with the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.

The Korean tailoring company not only represents the enduring legacy of this skilled trade, but also of a network of families who have carried its mission across decades.

A Kwame Adusei piece can be clocked by its presence. It’s born of a place that exists beyond trend or hype, taking cues from Adusei’s heritage and reinterpreting them for our city.

At NYFW this year, the music was the journey, becoming a repeating prayer, tapping into the self that’s both esoteric and animalistic, reminding us of what once was.

This isn’t just a directory; it’s a field guide for fellow fashion fanatics who see getting dressed as a form of creative expression

Hats made of hair and feline-inspired eyeshadow framed the spring/summer 2026 collection.

Rocotito Archives is a rental fashion archive and open closet for stylists to pick pieces that range from vintage Jean Paul Gaultier to custom corsets, with a vision of inclusivity

The party thrown in celebration of Image Magazine’s September issue, Image Makers, and Issue 14 of Ursula, Hauser & Wirth’s magazine, brought out the city’s vibrancy.

As Keyla Marquez writes, spring/summer 2026 felt like a celebration of the new.

From fashionable details seen on glamorous guests to dazzling runway moments.

The L.A.-born costume designer of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and owner of Virgil Normal has never stopped venturing around.

A practical and artistic guide to Louis Vuitton’s La Beauté.

There is a lot out there. Everyone I talk to seems to have an opinion. I am almost immediately overwhelmed.

Palace covers over 125 years of style and the collection continues to grow. “I’m not stopping anytime soon,” says Barnett.

Storm Pablo and Marvin Douglas Linares have found a formula that works — and it starts by telling Bad Bunny’s story.

Before settling into art, Hurtado got her start with clothes. She dressed in a uniform of her own creation.

Celebrating the iconic fashion film with a screening at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, ‘Zoolander’ fans dressed the part

The fifth annual Courtside picnic lit up the Eiffel Tower with West Coast energy.

Our curation of must-have accessories this August.

An accessory is an opportunity for fantasy, for gently trying on a new vibe or look — it’s a suggestion, an accent, a little risk.

People seem to think that clothing is the best representation of our personalities, of who we want to be. But it’s actually the jewelry we wear that most often speaks to who we think we are.

Thomas, a personal stylist to singer Foushée, pulls out her 7 favorite accessories from her closet — each worth its own story.

A decade ago, L.A.-based artist Josephine Lee took on the moniker Princess Gollum. The online alias helps the model push her looks to the extreme, while keeping her grounded in her everyday life.

Between picking white lace patterns and digging through scrap bins, Erik Charlotte VonSosen opens up about her designing process, drag culture’s influence on her work and her vendetta against Pinterest — all while shopping for her next creation.

On the runway and off, we saw accessories first and everything else second: the practical, the purely aesthetic, the absurdist combination of them all.

Chew-Bose’s adaptation of the 1954 French novel of the same name is luscious, tangible and hypnotic.

Flipping through “City of Angels” feels like going through the ultimate L.A. yearbook, where everybody wins “best dressed.”

From Zendaya’s creamy white Louis Vuitton suit to Whoopi Goldberg looking like a Victorian-era dandy intellectual, this was masculinity as posturing, as provocation and as protection.

Ahead of Baryo HiFi this weekend, four co-founders of the festival model Filipino-owned brands and share the backstory of their joyous event.

“I feel like a collector in a lot of ways,” says artist aliana mt. For years, they’ve been marking the city’s trees on a map.

Los Angeles Nomadic Division is celebrating 15 years of championing the city’s artists, and cultural curator Anita Herrera is throwing a true Y2K L.A. quinceañera in its honor.

At the third annual Fashion Trust U.S. Awards, a perfectly extra affair celebrating emerging designers, artists from all corners of the industry were grateful for the opportunity to dress up.

With the Y2K revival trend seemingly at its peak, nostalgia for the carefree innocence of the ’00s made this moment ripe for a Murakami relaunch.

As we posthumously canonize Lynch, it might be tempting to assume he came out of the womb as a supremely confident, eccentric auteur. But no one can brag that they figured out their sense of self right away.

How many of us are in relationships this Valentine’s Day just so we have someone warm in our bed? A few wise purchases will help you survive L.A.’s second winter — the dreaded Interior Winter.

Founder Guillermo Andrade launches a new collection at Paris Fashion Week.

On a night out in Tokyo, the cult fashion brand Freak City styled the rap duo Yurufuwa Gang and discovered they spoke “the same language.”

Wearing preloved clothing carries memory forward and also calls us back.

It all feels different this time, like we’re finally entering the upcycling era.

My perverse love for lip stuff traces back to when I was 4 and first tried on my grandmother’s Clinique lipstick in Raspberry Glace.

Steff Yotka of Ssense, Guillermo Andrade of 424 and others wrestle with the meaning of luxury at a time of skyrocketing prices and market saturation.

Artist Tanya “Nena” Melendez on making her original hairpieces.

My relationship with clothes feels like a constant compromise: an acceptance that it will never quite be good enough.

Every time I think of my old idea of midlife — that dreary pasture full of drab linens — laughter bubbles out of me.

The party felt like the only fitting way to celebrate our biggest issue of the year (our biggest issue ever, actually): Image Makers.

Photographer Eric Solis wanted to capture the conversation he sees happening between the two cities in a way that felt expansive.

Like anything Guillermo Cuevas makes, this belt is experimental — and designed with one secret ingredient.

With his brand C.R.E.O.L.E., Frederic-Colombo creates “new narratives, new references, new visions and new rules.”

New York Fashion Week this year was fun, hazy times.

Rivera is bringing brands from around the world, including L.A.’s Kids of Immigrants and Equihua, to Paris this September.

Photographer Emanuel Hahn puts his lens on a part of Koreatown history that has not been widely archived or shared.

The new dress is part of a larger resurgence of bows in fashion.

The shared world of designers Zana Bayne and Mariano Cortez of Bustedbrand.

“Opening the doors to everyone has changed the game.” Akers on how she built her confidence and found her path.

Natasha Newman-Thomas, who is working with Keanu Reeves on an upcoming feature, is often tapped for her character-driven approach and vintage-inflected eye.

Chris Echevarria’s latest brand, Academy, puts a spin on “traditional American menswear.”

Image’s fashion director at large Keyla Marquez and photographer Thalía Gochez go to Beverly Hills to re-create their family photographs.

Style should be unapologetic and unpredictable. Take some cues from the L.A.-based wardrobe stylist from Highland Park.

Fashion has always looked to the cosmos for inspiration. Tiffany & Co.’s new Tiffany Céleste collection is the latest in this tradition.

You can tell people struggle with the dress code at the Bowl. It’s an elevated experience that demands a sense of reverence, but it’s also an event that requires one to lug a cooler full of cheese up a hill.

May has released her first drop with lab-grown diamond company GRWN, called Metamorphosis. She wanted the pieces to feel nostalgic and, essentially, for the girls.

Inside you are your main audience. The joy lies in the freedom. Be extra. Go bold.

From Vivienne Westwood “SEX” chokers to John Galliano-era Dior logo rings, the list in this vintage archive goes on, and it goes deep.

The greatest luxury of a vacation is the right to reinvent yourself, to see the world differently. And there’s no better way to see the world differently than through a beautiful pair of sunglasses.

“I try to design as if I’m in the future, not as if I’m trying to imagine what the future is about.”

Saturn Risin9, a singer, performer and DJ, takes us to Pirate Studios, where the multi-hyphenate practices DJ sets ahead of the weekend.

“I’ve tried colorful styles. I’ve tried classy or minimalist,” says Lopez. “But I always go back to all black, studs, spikes.”

The multidisciplinary artist recognizes something in a bag that’s always been present in his personal style: utility.

It’s easy to see yourself going somewhere in these clothes, even if it’s to nowhere in particular.

Bibs Moreno’s project captures people in L.A. in their natural luminosity. The magazine — much like its cousin Fruits, which documented style and subculture in Tokyo — is a sensory world of aesthetic celebration.

There is something honest about it: The backdrop says, “Perceive me, I beg you.” Schiaparelli speaks this same language.

A certain kind of person is drawn to Johnnie Davis’ brand known for its renegade spirit. A person looking for a vibe that’s wearable with an air of excitement.

Now is the time to play, clash and bring unlike things together.

The Bailey Prado designer is known for handmade crochet used for matching sets, rhinestone cut-out pants, playsuits, envelope bras and airbrushed gowns.

The appeal of Prada is that it always feels slightly of the future. The brand’s new lab-grown jewelry collection is, paradoxically, telling a new kind of story about heritage.

Whether you’re commuting across L.A. for a long-distance relationship or a short getaway from home, Gucci luggage is the ideal situation of the intracity adventurer who wishes to stunt.

Never mind wearing them at home. Whatever stereotypes you once clung to don’t make much sense the moment you put on a pair.

In a city known for flipping the switch and letting the void do its thing, embracing darkness in your closet might be the sartorial special time you’ve been looking for.

The brand has remained the gold standard of American fashion precisely because it allows us to lose ourselves in the majesty of it all. Dreams are not the thing modern trends are made of.

On the pleasure and pain of the spiky footbed Adilettes.

Totes can get old. Specialty bags can’t carry anything and make you work for them. But the Cylinder Sling by Building Block flirts with such attitude without becoming rude or insensible.

L.A. fashion trend analysis: Why everyone wears dad hats

It’s not for everyone. It’s for those who get it. Just like Armani.

Louis Vuitton bottles up the idea of L.A. and what it inspires.

How a cut once deemed déclassé is now at the forefront of chicness.

When films lose their appeal with the public, turn into cult objects or get killed by giants like Warner Bros. Discovery, what is left of the work? Jackets given out at wrap parties.

The early 2000s saw celebutantes like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton rocking their Uggs to Starbucks runs and lunches. Now, the ‘can’t be bothered’ boot is back.

My go-to L.A. fashion: going topless in my “hot girl” bra

The Dodgers’ hat is bigger than baseball. The interlocking L-A is iconic, and to see it on someone’s head is to feel an instant kinship.

L.A. fashion trend analysis: designer water bottles

This story is part of our issue on Remembrance, a time-traveling journey through the L.A. experience — past, present and future.