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Fashion & Style
Pasadena Retailer: How Amply Endowed Women Can Look and Feel Great
Jenette Bras owner Jenette Goldstein works with a client. With her platinum blond hair and her ample bosom, Country Western singer Dolly Parton used to joke about her looks saying, “You’d be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap.†But clients ... More »
Little Sunshine Offers Great Kids Clothes and a Lot of Warmth
What could be better than a children’s shop owned by a warm, friendly grandmother who loves kids and fashion? Little Sunshine in quaint Old Town Monrovia is popular with Moms from Glendale to Glendora because of the cute clothing and accessories on offer, but ... More »
Straight Styling
Victor Granados is no newbie when it comes to the art of hairstyling. Having been in the business for nearly thirty years, he definitely knows his stuff from root to tip. Now he’s off on his own on a new venture called Studio 99. “My lucky number is nine a... More »
Shear Geniuses
The “Crew” at The Factory Music, hair and makeup, an unlikely trio, are the ruling passions of musicians Nina Lares, a make up artist-singer, and Alfonso Afanador, a guitarist-hair stylist. The two compose the team that owns and runs the Factory Hair and Mak... More »
Mark Piscitelli Regraces Green Street
Mark Piscitelli, the irrepressible men’s clothier who retired and closed his landmark shop last June, is back in the game with a wonderful new shop on the corner of Green Steet and Madison Avenue in the Playhouse District. “We like traditionalism with a bit of... More »
Shop While You Explore!
Owner Peter Gallego Out of two shops in central and Old Pasadena, Peter Gallego of Third Generation offers up a beguiling array of random discoveries that fascinate the eye and delight the touch. His eclectic, ever-changing collection presents collectable ha... More »
Unique Handmade Gifts
Giving a gift that really makes someone happy can be tough to find. At Contessa Home Collection, you will be in awe over the assortment of the most beautiful handmade Italian artifacts, crafts, glassware, and keepsakes. Maria Luisa Fabbri, owner of Contessa ... More »
Custom Made Jewelry at Navarro’s Creations
Not your typical jewelry store, Navarro’s Creations specializes in handmade custom-designed jewelry that is unique and creative. Yamilly Navarro, the jewelry designer at Navarro’s Creations, uses a special technique which she calls a “family secret” to create ... More »
Head Trip Salon and Boutique
Going to the salon can be an experience in it of itself; but what if there was something more to experience, something different than your usual routine salon visit? At Head Trip Salon you can have all the hair salon type treatments, and when you are finished,... More »
The Values of an Interior Designer
Being able to decorate, design, and create a happy home environment may be simple to some. But on the contrary, there are some that wouldn’t even know how to begin such an undertaking. For those fitting that description, an interior designer can offer you th... More »
Harry Kamp: A Living Legend You Ought to Know
In some ways, local clothier Harry Kamp is a living legend. The septugenarian tailor is a master craftsman who perfected his skills on that most sartorial of meccas, London’s Savile Row, in an era when men’s fashion was dominated by masculine grace and inc... More »