Style & Shopping Archive

Fashion on the Edge

In 2005, Los Angeles architecture firm Marmol Radziner revealed its prototype prefabricated, steel-frame Desert House on five acres in Desert Hot Springs. The perfect setting for our February Fashion Shoot.

Photography by Trevor Brady

Sleek Home Accessories

The communities of Greater Palm Springs are packed with stores of every stripe offering myriad products that evoke the ’50s and ’60s.

By David A. Lee

Uptown, Baby

Uptown Design District in Palm Springs continues to grow and engage casual window shoppers, to dedicated collectors of all things midcentury modern.

By David A. Lee

Hipster Chic

Celebrities like Zooey Deschanel, Gwen Stefani, Ryan Gosling, and Lenny Kravitz are known for their signature styles. You can snag their best looks locally.

By Ebony March

Shop – Oases For Retail Therapy

Palm Springs offers great shopping at multiple "Malls, Centers, Towns, Drives, and Districts" throughout the valley. Destination shopping at it's finest!

Shop - Rock Your Winter Wear

Winter in the Greater Palm Springs area brings chilly days and lots of nippy evenings. It’s the perfect season to shop for hot winter wear. Whether you need warm clothes for desert nights or to venture out of the Coachella Valley to truly icy climes, you can find what you need locally.

David A. Lee

STYLE — The More, the Merrier

“Today’s trend is to stack it up,” says Raju Mehta, vice president of El Paseo Jewelers. “Many people are stacking lots of bracelets or wearing a design that has multiple rows. It’s a single piece, but everyone will think you’re wearing five straight-line bracelets.”

Lawrence Karol

PSST! — Walk This Way

Digging your heels into fine Italian leather turns that walk into a strut within a few strides. Resuscitate any look, no matter what you’re wearing (if anything), by investing in well-polished couture footwear. Shoes make the outfit.

J. Everette Perry

PSST! - Vroom, Vroom

Rev your engine, because tardiness is unacceptable — unless you arrive in one of these bad boys, in which case you’ll likely win a second date.

PSST! - Best in Show

You’ll surely turn heads with your fashion prowess and purebred companion at the Palm Springs Kennel Club Dog Show on Jan. 6 at Empire Polo Club in Indio.

J. Everette Perry