January 06, 2009 12:54 PM  (go back to main view)
New Chapters, Wise Men and Well-Endowed Shoes
Love and Hope Twinkles in 2009 (or at least at Barbara Bestor's Door!)
MIA? Sort of. Since the bubbly-filled ritual to ring in the new year, I've been hibernating, nose in the laptop as I try to wrap up one manuscript (Fred Hayman book) and move on to another (Dita's yet to be announced beauty how-to). But, on this 12th night, I'm "back" and the calendar's already filling fast, so I'll have much to share.

As a girl, I always loved this day. My mother practiced many of the traditions she grew up with in Spain, where, like in many other Catholic-heavy countries around the world, the practice on this day is to place a shoe in the window so as the Three Wise Men go by on their merry way to visit the manger, they would know a child lives there and leave something inside. In the morning, Blanca and I couldn't wait to jump out of bed to discover the surprise in our shoe (or, right next to it!). Even as teens, we would humor the tradition, and my mother always tucked in some choice bauble (a vintage brooch or something she made). I'm sure there's some metaphorical wisdom in there about Cinderella or how there are rewards to be had in life when we walk in shoes that are the right fit...or not.

A not so belated Happy 2009.

-Rose
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Rose Apodaca is a pop culture and style journalist and the co-owner of A+R, the design retail lab in Los Angeles, and its online sister http://www.aplusrstore.com. She contributes to Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Glamour, Paper, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Style.com, Preen and other publications, and consulted on the launch of Image, The Los Angeles Times newest style section. Her first book, Style A to Zoe: The Art of Fashion, Beauty & Everything Glamour, an all-encompassing lifestyle guide written for celeb stylist Rachel Zoe, is now in paperback and hit The New York Times bestseller list in September 2008. She is currently wrapping up a biography on Fred Hayman, co-founder of Giorgio Beverly Hills and marketing architect of Rodeo Drive, as well as co-authoring a beauty book with neo-burlesque queen and style icon, Dita Von Teese.

A+R is located in Silverlake and on Abbot Kinney in Venice, CA.

Rose helmed the west coast bureau of fashion-industry bible Women's Wear Daily and was a contributor to W for six years until March 2006, when she left to join partner Andy Griffith in A+R and focus on related projects. She has long championed Los Angeles and California style and design, from the streets and runways to interiors and food. She is the first recipient of the Los Angeles Fashion Awards Communications Prize for bringing global attention to the region's fashion industry and style culture. With A+R, she continues to showcase rising and undiscovered talent from around the world.
 
In addition to co-owning Beauty Bar Hollywood and Las Vegas, she is a conspirator-in-camaraderie with several artists and designers showcased under A+R or related projects. Rose and Andy, who tied the knot in September 2007, live in Silverlake.

* All photographs appearing on this blog were snapped by Rose with her Leica D-Lux 3, unless otherwise noted. Please credit all photographs accordingly.

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