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] [2] [3] [IMG1] [IMG2] [IMG3] [IMG4] [IMG5] [IMG6] [IMG7] [IMG8] [IMG9] [IMG10] [IMG11] [IMG12] [IMG13] [IMG14] [IMG15] [IMG16] [IMG17] [IMG18] [IMG19] [IMG20] [IMG21] [IMG22] [IMG23] [IMG24] [IMG25] [IMG26] [IMG27] [IMG28]