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+Document: WM-085                                                 P. Webb
+Category: Life                                                2026-03-13
+
+                          Fashion Trip to L.A.
+
+Abstract
+
+   Designers! Make it work!
+
+Body
+
+   My wife is in fashion school and was invited to spend a couple days
+   in L.A. to go on a behind-the-scenes tour of various studios, shops,
+   factories, and more. I took the opportunity to take a few days off
+   work to accompany her and do some exploration while she was busy.
+
+   📸[on the way to the airport terminal][IMG1]
+
+   Our hotel was near L.A. Live, which is a huge stadium for events. Our
+   last night in the area was BUSY on account of a Lakers game happening
+   as we were at a restaurant (more on that fantastic food later). Check
+   out the view from our hotel!
+
+   📸[Kobe Bryant mural][IMG2]
+
+   📸[nighttime view outside our window][IMG3]
+
+   Our first full day, I decided to trek to the Fashion District and on
+   the way I noticed a LOT of graffiti and stickers on the sidewalk. I
+   was pleasantly surprised to see graffiti of A$AP Rocky's "Don't Be
+   Dumb" *while I was listening to the album*. That was neat.
+
+   📸[Don't Be Dumb!!][IMG4]
+
+   📸[Dykes! This will change your life. C H A D][IMG5]
+
+   📸[skyscraper graffiti][IMG6]
+
+   📸[cool tag][IMG7]
+
+   📸[another cool tag][IMG8]
+
+   The Fashion District is overwhelming. Fabric, **everywhere**. On the
+   sidewalk, in the street, on side streets, and just...a lot. From what
+   I know about fabric, a red flag is super cheap prices; whatever you
+   make from it most likely won't last long, but it gets people looking!
+
+   📸[lovely floral fabric][IMG9]
+
+   📸[cheap fabric][IMG10]
+
+   📸[even cheaper fabric!][IMG11]
+
+   I had to ask around for nude swim fabric for a tutorial my wife is
+   working on and finally found some at Prime Fabric. I asked one of the
+   employees, Joseph, why everyone congregated here and the answer is
+   just inertia.
+
+   📸[nude swim fabric][IMG12]
+
+   Whenever a celebrity is wearing fabric you sell, you gotta brag
+   about it.
+
+   📸[Jennifer Lopez's runway dress fabric for sale][IMG13]
+
+   As I escaped the Fashion District I couldn't help but to take pics of
+   some gorgeous dresses.
+
+   📸[rose dress][IMG14]
+
+   📸[bedazzled dress][IMG15]
+
+   I also saw a dope mural and Kendrick Lamar's appearance at his popout
+   was at the end.
+
+   📸[Kendrick Lamar mural][IMG16]
+
+   After stopping at a barber shop for a quick beard line-up, I decided
+   to hop on a Lime scooter and make my way to Mood Fabrics. My wife and
+   I **love** Project Runway so any excuse to visit Mood (THE fabric
+   shop the contestants always visit in NYC) is taken.
+
+   📸[Mood!][IMG17]
+
+   The Fashion District was overwhelming but so was this, haha! Look at
+   all this!
+
+   📸[fabric as far as the eye can see][IMG18]
+
+   📸[bolts, everywhere][IMG19]
+
+   📸[i bought two yards of this dark floral fabric][IMG20]
+
+   I will say that the L.A. location is MUCH more spacious than the NYC
+   one. I feel like the NYC location is probably grandfathered into some
+   rent agreement and/or the nostalgia/location is too great.
+
+   My back heavy, I scooted back to our hotel and almost got hit by a
+   Waymo in the process. When you open the Lime app it tells you to use
+   the bike lane and not the sidewalk...but drivers don't give a shit
+   and bike lanes aren't everywhere.
+
+   I also ran into an unfortunate situation around the corner from our
+   hotel. I was ZOOMING down the street and suddenly the scooter slowed
+   down so I pulled over (thankfully I was the only vehicle around) and
+   realized I had driven into a no-drive zone? I had to walk the scooter
+   to the end of the block before I was allowed to use it again.
+
+   I eventually met up with my wife again and we went to this soul food
+   restaurant in the L.A. Live plaza.
+
+   📸[wife smiling as we wait for food][IMG21]
+
+   Deviled eggs are delicious to me so I had to order the deep-fried
+   versions. The description on the menu reads, "deep fried egg cups
+   filled with creamy yolks topped with bacon and hot sauce."
+
+   📸[deep fried deviled eggs][IMG22]
+
+   BRUH
+
+   Phenomenal. My wife doesn't like eggs so that was all for me. Our
+   food came soon after and it smelled great, tasted better. She had
+   fried fish, red beans and rice, and collard greens. I had the
+   gumbo with shrimp.
+
+   📸[right before we demolish our food][IMG23]
+
+   The weakest part of the meal was the peach cobbler (too sweet, and
+   wife didn't like the texture) but that's such a minor quibble. If
+   you're in L.A., go to Fixins[1], and have a reservation because they
+   stay busy!
+
+   On our last day I met up with one of my online friends IRL! Several
+   years ago I was interviewing for a job at Sonos and Brad[2] and I had
+   a great convo. I didn't get the job and he later left the company.
+   Some time later I recognized his name on Farcaster when we were both
+   on that social platform and we kept in touch since then.
+
+   It's not often I get to nerd out in person with someone who
+   understands WTF I'm talking about so the time flew.
+
+   📸[Brad and I][IMG24]
+
+   The bacon breakfast burrito[3] was pretty good too.
+
+   📸[bacon breakfast burrito with salsa][IMG25]
+
+   The last stop of the day was meeting my wife and her classmates in
+   the Fashion District to check out a warehouse-sized store. By this
+   point I was POOPED so I only took a few pics before relaxing on a
+   bench while my wife got some yardage cut.
+
+   📸[hey look, more fabric][IMG26]
+
+   📸[fabric detail][IMG27]
+
+   All in all, a good trip! The next time we go back, an extra suitcase
+   to fill with Fashion District finds is gonna accompany us. Also, did
+   you know that there's a FLOWER District too?! I want to explore that
+   next time, we're a floral family.
+
+   📸[my shirt drawer][IMG28]
+
+   This isn't even all my (floral) shirts, I've got some in the laundry
+   and others in storage.
+
+   Oh yeah, after we got back home my wife saw an ad that was like "Join
+   us in L.A. for Fashion Week!" Womp, maybe next time. 🕸️
+
+References
+
+   [1] <https://fixinssoulkitchen.com>
+   [2] <https://mastodon.social/@bradbarrish>
+   [3] <https://www.sandcouchcafe.com/menus/breakfast-burritos>
+   [IMG1] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-01.JPG>
+   [IMG2] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-02.JPG>
+   [IMG3] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-03.JPG>
+   [IMG4] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-04.JPG>
+   [IMG5] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-05.JPG>
+   [IMG6] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-06.JPG>
+   [IMG7] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-07.JPG>
+   [IMG8] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-08.JPG>
+   [IMG9] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-09.JPG>
+   [IMG10] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-10.JPG>
+   [IMG11] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-11.JPG>
+   [IMG12] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-12.JPG>
+   [IMG13] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-13.JPG>
+   [IMG14] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-14.JPG>
+   [IMG15] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-15.JPG>
+   [IMG16] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-16.JPG>
+   [IMG17] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-17.JPG>
+   [IMG18] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-18.JPG>
+   [IMG19] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-19.JPG>
+   [IMG20] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-20.JPG>
+   [IMG21] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-21.JPG>
+   [IMG22] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-22.JPG>
+   [IMG23] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-23.JPG>
+   [IMG24] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-24.JPG>
+   [IMG25] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-25.JPG>
+   [IMG26] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-26.JPG>
+   [IMG27] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-27.JPG>
+   [IMG28] <https://cdn.webb.page/blog/2026/wm-085-28.JPG>