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Boutique: happy LA
BY Marisa Lynch FOR LA2DAY.COM May 22, 2008
With turquoise blue floors, dressing rooms with Missoni towels, wicker furniture and co-owners Dawn Baker and Lori Bzura personally welcoming you, when you walk through the doors you know why this Los Angeles area boutique is called happy LA. It's the fashion equivalent of Cheers, where everybody knows your name, though instead of a beer and a friendly smile, Lori and Dawn give you their personal style, serving up the latest by Madison Marcus or Kate and Kass.
"A well fitting garment is key," chime Bzura and Baker, former costumers for the Sex and the City girls and Ellen DeGeneres. "Sizing doesn't end at 4." And while Julia Roberts had issues in Pretty Woman being told there was nothing that would fit her, at happy LA there is something to fit everybody and everybody-type.
This mod beach boutique is chic and comfortable, with a wall display of straw hats, Young Fabulous & Broke dresses, and Scoop caftans draped like you're on holiday at the beach; though you're in the Pacific Palisades, not Anguilla.
It's a one stop shop where you can grab a Shoshanna swimsuit and Rachel London terry hoodie for daytime beaching in Malibu and also snag a Diane Samandi hibiscus top with a pair of Hudson jeans and jewelry by bleue for dinner with girlfriends.
With nothing over $600, happy LA is the perfect, accessible location to gather your entire outfit at once. And you won't have to choose between the Chan Luu wrap bracelet or rent for the month. You'll leave oh, so happy.
THE MUST BUY: Signature Strapless Dress by Scoop Beach ($365)
THE DETAILS: happy LA
542 1/2 Palisades Drive
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
+1.310.459.5511
www.happy-la.com
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