90291: Archive

Happy New Year!

Be careful this New Years! Don’t do anything these two wouldn’t do. GL

Jan 1st

The Sartorialist Knows

The other day one of my idols came into the store. Although I have only been reading his blog regularly for a little over a year, Scott Schuman (click his name for his blog) aka The Sartorialist (click his pseudonym for his blog at STYLE.COM) has been a complete inspiration to me on so many levels. From his photography to his writing and mainly his amazing eye for fashion his work has quickly...

Dec 29th

Dec 25th

More Party Photos

These photos are courtesy of Mike Selsky. I know the sizes are weird, but I refuse to distort his images again. These are straight from his BLOG. Sluder and Me A. Kinney Court balloons were a good call. Local Jazz Trio I hate tomatoes. Truly I do. Excellent mozzarella though. Mother Goose. Gainor and the I. Anthony Darnell Washington & Casey LaBow Adrian Mardyks &...

Dec 24th

Grand Opening Photo Recap

I knew it was going to be hard to stay in the past. Theres still so much that I plan on showing you from the first day we soft opened the store and some more buildout photos, and trade show trip to Vegas. But I wanted to get these pictures up from our opening night. Photos below are courtesy of my dad, Larry Leight. He has been getting way into photography lately and talking about shooting the...

Dec 24th

Blessed by the Moons

You probably already know of Becca Moon…our talented employee/shoe designer/friend extraordinaire. Well, now I’ll introduce you to Ron Moon. A very talented film maker who also happens to own a photo camera and share the same last name as one of our own, but the two have no relation. One thing that is very true about Venice is that it is filled with extremely talented creative...

Dec 22nd

The Real Fuel

So two days ago we celebrated the opening of our store in Grand fashion with a private event for friends and family. The event was amazing and first and foremost I would like to thank every one that came out and supported what has been a dream come true. This endeavor has been non-stop from the get go and although I don’t see it slowing down anytime soon, wednesday night definitely felt...

Dec 19th

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Grand Opening

This is why I have not been posting blogs the past few days. I’ll be back on it after the event. GL

Dec 17th

Rain and Shine

Let it be known that I absolutely love the rain. It instantly puts me in a great mood. Whether I am at home in front of the fire place or right here in the store’s adjustment room with rain pitter pattering against the window, I love it. I’d even say that rain inspires me. It inspires me to write, to create, to take photos, to sell, to communicate. I spent part of the last two days...

Dec 13th

Inventory, Inventory, more Inventory

We have fun with most everything we do here at A. Kinney Court including checking in over 3000 individual pieces of product. We started to receive products slowly but surely throughout the month of October. Due to the fact that we were so busy with so many other things it was my genius idea to wait until every single product arrived and check it all in over two or three nights. Let it be known...

Dec 10th

Watch

Check out Mr. Selsky’s Blog today. Just click on his name! GL

Dec 9th

Progress

(Still in the past) Slowly but surely the space is starting to come together. All the travel and street festivals are done and we can focus solely on getting the store open. At this point the main display case is installed and the cash rap is in, as well as half the shoe wall, and the electrical is done. But we still needed to lacker the floors, put the hang racks in place, paint the building,...

Dec 8th

Home At Last

After two weeks out of Venice and on our feet non stop, we were very ready to get home and see what had transpired at A. Kinney Court. From the sound of it, we heard that there was a whole lot of progress going on, but anyone who has ever been involved in a construction project knows, there was A LOT more to do. Not to fret though, we came back just in time for Abbot Kinney Festival. Adrian and...

Dec 5th

First Fridays

Dec 4th

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Dec 2nd

Above SatisFactory

It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Simone and Renato of Moa Ottica. Two of the coolest italian dudes I’ve ever met. They run what I would consider the polar opposite of the type of factory I showed you yesterday. They are the little engine that could, the little engine that does. These two along with other family members run a small but efficient operation. They deliver quality...

Dec 2nd