LA///SCENES FROM PAPER MAGAZINE’S 24 HOUR POP (UP) SHOP…

November 12th, 2007

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Cobrasnake’s giant furbie might just be furrier than him…

LA retail got a kick in the ass this weekend when PAPER MAGAZINE opened their 24-hour pop up shop/”Cultural Storefront” on LaBrea Ave @ 3rd Street where local hipsters swarmed (and queued) to get their hands on superfly goods on offer from international retailers like Colette, Opening Ceremony, Undefeated, M.A.C The Smell, Levi’s Damien Hirst, Screaming Mimi’s, Ooga Booga, Mollusk, Citizen-Citizen, PAPER art store, Family, RVCA, Kime Buzzelli’s Showpony, Creative Growth, Jack Spade,  Lost + Found, William Good, Heartschallenger, Cobrasnake, Supreme, A+R, Ingo Maurer, Three Asfour, FUCT, Rodarte, and Jeremy Scott. And just like that, 24 hours later, it was all gone, with nary a trace of the hipster heaven that 233 S. LaBrea once housed. PEEP THE RECAP:

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Paper co-founder David Hershkovits & artist Tim Biskup…

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A very Skullphone Christmas at Colette…

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“DR” Romanelli, The Cobrasnake, and MC Lyte spend hard…

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Miguel De La Barracuda owns up…

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The lovely face of Fruition…

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Legit Damien Hirst skull keychain…

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Andy Warhol x Damien Hirst silkscreened Levis bag…

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The youngest customer…

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UNFTD’s great white whale (the ball, not the girl!)…

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The joy of commerce…

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Mollusk surf shop T by Barry McGee…

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Original art by Thomas Campbell..

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Tigerlilly Biskup was not impressed…

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