The clothes are bold and unique, hailing from international designers like Margiela, Yohji Yamamoto, Craig Green, and Namacheko. In fact, H.Lorenzo introduced many of these designers into the US market.

Many of their pieces add playful twists or distinct infusions to classic templates. The Greg Lauren cargo trouser features a tapered silhouette, cuffed leg elastics, and a professional-style charcoal pinstripe design.

Meanwhile, their  A Cold Wall Corrosion jacket is a normal button-up, but with a large spread collar and a graphic splatter print on just one side of the jacket.

If, like Robert Downy Jr., you’re the kind of guy whose style can organically go from irreverent to suited-up to regular t-shirt joe, you’ll have a lot of fun at H.Lorenzo. Bonus points for a helpful and unpretentious staff, happy to answer questions from the fashion-curious, even if they’re fashion-rookies.

Fred Segal

A local legend and pop culture icon, Fred Segal pioneered the LA retail experience. Segal’s shop-in-shop concept proved more seamless than a mall and more interesting than a department store. 

Head to their Sunset strip flagship and pick up work shirts and canvas pants from Dickies, light pink Camp Beverly Hills sweatshirts, paint splattered jeans, or any piece of cable-knit outerwear by Rowing Blazers.

Fred Segal has always represented the fun, colorful, and breezy style of California, and very much still does.

The store was founded in 1961 and is still a destination for the fashionable, artists, musicians, and actors. For a city whose attention span collectively caters to the new and shiny, that’s an impressive feat.

Part of the reason is that the shopping experience is truly unique and fun, but mainly it’s because the clothes are incomparably Californian.