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Adrian Grenier's Eco-Friendly Website Opening Pop-Up Shop

Filed under: Events, Art

"Entourage" star and activist Adrian Grenier is just one of the names behind the SHFT Gallery and pop-up store opening in downtown Los Angeles on May 13th. Grenier and film producer Peter Glatzer founded the SHFT website after creating the the TV show "ALTER ECO" for Discovery's Planet Green. SHFT is a new media platform with original videos, curated shopping, and other reasources for living an eco-fabulous life.

The SHFT Gallery is located at The Continental - 408 South Spring Street in the Gallery District in downtown Los Angeles. On Thursday, May 13th the SHFT Shop will open during Downtown Artwalk and the official opening night party will be on May 15th from 7:00 - 9:00pm. Also on May 15th, 2010 SHFT will launch its second installment of its original web series, LIGHTEN UP (produced by SHFT and Stonyfield Farm), which follows bands as they reduce their carbon footprint while on tour. An upcoming episode features the Dave Matthews Band.

The shop and gallery, curated by SHFT and Edie Kahula Pereira, is a collection of sustainable designed products with over 50 pieces of art-work by Los Angeles based artists. Some of the featured artists in the gallery include: Tierney Gearon, Jay Mark Johnson, Lauren Bon, Rebeca Mendez and Ramon Coronado. As part of SHFT's launch, Shepard Fairey's Studio Number One designed a SHFT water bottle with 10% of the proceeds going to water.org. All of the items at the SHFT shop are available at online at www.shft.com

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Zimmermann Swimwear Opens Its Doors in Soho

by Annie Scott (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel

We at Luxist are huge fans of the Zimmermann line of swim and resort wear. Their sexy, bold colors and flamboyant vintage prints are eternally fresh and appealing. Last August, we published a story about their fabulous fashion show on the roof of The Empire Hotel -- and now, we can all buy many of those same items in their new store in Soho, NYC.

That's right, Zimmermann has opened their first ever pop-up shop in the USA. Though we Americans can access some of the wild, yet elegant Australian swim and after-swim fashions through Shopbop and some department and specialty stores, many items are exclusive, for North America, to their store at 112 Greene Street (between Prince and Spring). The store also features their capsule collection of footwear and handbags, as well as complementary jewelry collections by Australian designers.

The 2,500 square foot, bright and airy pop-up shop opened Monday, April 12 and will continue through June 30, but Zimmermann is on the hunt for a full-time home in Soho.

Gallery: Zimmermann Pop-up Shop