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Los Angeles Times
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Inside the buzzy closet sale for L.A. fashion ‘it' girls
Some advice: If you love something, set it free — even the Miu Miu heels. This was the notion that two friends, Quinn Shephard and Francesca Goncalves, were discussing in a sun-kissed setting (a 'pool somewhere,' Shephard recalls). They wanted to barter their old clothing, but that was a sticky prospect in Los Angeles — the scene is riddled with suspicious stares from thrift store employees and digital cold wars with teenagers on Depop. There's pomp and circumstance at every turn. 'So many people are like: I go to Wasteland or Crossroads and I get $3,' Shephard explains. 'They're not nice to me.' Shephard and Goncalves wanted to start a closet sale that felt more like a fun hangout with friends. So one day last summer, Shephard and Goncalves hit the streets of Silver Lake, asking small businesses if they'd host an event that they were calling Outfit Repeater L.A. Shephard jokes that Goncalves is the 'mayor of Silver Lake' — the kind of Gatsby-like woman who makes Los Angeles feel like a small town, chatting with strangers with an endearing openness. Finally, they arrived at Constellation Coffee, a contemporary, sleek coffee shop. To their surprise, the manager agreed to host Outfit Repeater L.A. that upcoming Sunday. 'She's used to indie filmmaking, where you have to go up and ask people for things, and there's power in that,' Goncalves says of Shephard, the director of TV shows including the Hulu drama 'Under the Bridge.' Goncalves works in Stanford Medicine's genetics department. With their event fast approaching, Shephard and Goncalves created a blitzkrieg of advertisements across social media and posted fliers on lampposts throughout the neighborhood to drum up excitement. 'We literally put up fliers until 2 am. It's so funny because Quinn doesn't do anything unless it's 100%, and I'm like that too,' says Goncalves. The first Outfit Repeater L.A. event was a success, drawing a crowd of fashion enthusiasts and women who wanted to sell their beloved wardrobes directly to buyers, bypassing the intermediary of a thrift store. Women attendees eagerly inquired about selling their own clothes at the next event, offering up locations and contacts. 'New coffee shops wanted to host us, and new girls wanted to sell,' Goncalves says. 'It snowballed into this thing where it's just getting bigger and bigger, completely by accident.' Since then, Outfit Repeater L.A. has garnered a reputation as the Eastside's hippest trading post for 'it' girls, creatives and fashion trendsetters. Sellers have included independent film darlings like Geraldine Viswanathan and Francesca Reale, as well as fashion influencers with enviable style, such as Macy Eleni. Despite its newfound fame, at its core, the closet sale is inclusive and accessible to people of all income levels. 'I wanted to keep it very accessible. I charge a seller fee that's so low, just to cover expenses. It's not just vintage resellers or influencers that can afford to sell,' says Goncalves. Goncalves attributes the success of the event to a hunger for social events that offer an alternative to the monotony of bar hangs. 'People are tired of the bar scene,' she says. Shephard explains that the appeal is simple: 'It's like going to a party with your friends for the day, plus you make money.' At a recent Outfit Repeater L.A. event at Lamill Coffee in Silver Lake, actor Kate Mansi was selling her wardrobe after discovering the event through a friend's recommendation. 'I'm always selling stuff on Instagram,' Mansi says. 'It's nice to do it face to face. Clothes have a story. It's nice to hear the story of the piece you're inheriting.' Mansi adds, 'I have a very Virgo system with my closet where I turn the hanger backwards if it's something I haven't worn, and if in a year, I still haven't worn it, it must go.' On this Sunday, one of those items was a well-loved blue polka-dot romper with puff sleeves, which Mansi found at a vintage store years earlier, and she sold it for $20. Another was an All Saints trenchcoat, priced at $40, and a gray A.L.C. blouse, for $30. A classic denim Levi's jacket found a new home for $30. Mansi parted ways with a black dress by Jonathan Simkhai, one of her favorite designers. To the woman who bought it, Mansi wisely prescribed that she wear the dress casually with flats or boots. At a time when fashion retail has shifted online due to the pandemic, an in-person thrifting event has been warmly received by the community. 'I'm focused on each sale being a unique thing that people walk away from, having gotten a cool piece and making a few new friends and maybe a lover or boyfriend,' says Goncalves. Alena Nemitz, who has been creating social media content for Outfit Repeater L.A., met her partner of five months at one of the events. 'I was selling, and they were walking through and introduced themselves to me,' she says. 'Now we're dating, which is so cute.' Eleni, who wrote a book on thrifting called 'Second Chances,' was one of Outfit Repeater's earliest sellers and champions. Growing up with a single mother in Dayton, Ohio, Eleni explains that she was bullied for thrifting during her childhood and is overjoyed to see a new generation embrace it. She believes some of the newfound eagerness for thrifting comes from an increased awareness of the devastating impact of fast fashion. 'When I was a teenager, I wasn't seeing videos on my phone of the inside of a Shein factory,' she says. 'The curtains have been lifted, and there's no way to claim ignorance as to where things are coming from anymore.' Outfit Repeater L.A. has built a community of shoppers excited about clothing, Eleni explains. 'Everyone is gassing each other up about how fabulous they look,' she says. 'I love seeing people's faces light up over other people's things that they're ready to be done with. It's less [about] people trying to flip a profit and more people just trying to swap their clothes, share their clothes with each other.' Goncalves describes the endearing experience of spotting items she sold from her closet on other women around Silver Lake. The world suddenly feels smaller and warmer. 'I think clothes are so personal, but they are fleeting in a way,' she says. You love something and you want to pass it on, but it's still your life and your ecosystem, even if it's not right for you anymore.'
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lily Gladstone on Her Rom-Com Turn in ‘The Wedding Banquet': 'I Imagined Myself in Comedy'
After her somber, awards-nominated roles in Killers of the Flower Moon and Under the Bridge, Lily Gladstone has quickly established herself as a top dramatic actress in Hollywood — but she wants you to know she can do comedy, too. Gladstone makes a rom-com pivot with The Wedding Banquet, starring alongside Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran and Han Gi-chan in a remake of Ang Lee's 1993 original Taiwanese-American film. Gladstone and Tran play a lesbian couple, with Tran's character, Angela, agreeing to marry Han's character, Min — who is dating Yang's Chris — to get him a green card, in exchange for paying for her IVF treatment. Things quickly get complicated when Min's grandmother discovers he's getting married. More from The Hollywood Reporter Bowen Yang Opens Up About "Painful and Detrimental" Experience With Conversion Therapy Bowen Yang Wants Lorne Michaels to Recast J.D. Vance on 'SNL': "Please Don't Make Me Do This" Bowen Yang Says "It's a Miracle" That 'Wicked' Is Out Given the Political Climate: "It's About Racism and Fascism" For Gladstone, taking on a comedy 'felt like a return to origin. I'm naturally kind of a goofy person; when I was a kid and thought I had any inclination to do any of this, I imagined myself in comedy,' she told The Hollywood Reporter at the film's L.A. premiere on Monday. 'It was kind of a surprise to people who know me that I ended up being such a subtle dramatic actress, so it really just felt like a chance to stretch my wings and be myself a little bit more,' she continued. 'And anybody who knows me well that has seen this film — my best friends who I gave screener links to early on — they're all like, 'This is the most Lily character of all your characters.'' Gladstone said she 'absolutely' wants to do more comedy, and Yang confirmed, 'She is so deeply funny. She can do it all.' Writer-director Andrew Ahn noted that in casting her, 'I had seen interviews with Lily where I was like, 'Oh, she's a goofball, she's funny.' And I get that she has such an incredible presence that people cast her in these dramas but I was so excited to get to work with her where she could be funny and dorky and cute.' Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran and Han Gi-Chan arrive at the premiere of #TheWeddingBanquet — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 15, 2025 Ahn, who previously helmed Fire Island and Driveways, was given the idea to remake The Wedding Banquet and felt an immediate connection with the material, since the 1993 movie was the first gay film he ever saw. In updating it for 2025, he 'thought about how much has changed for the queer community' when it comes to marriage and having children. 'As a huge fan of the original I went in with the expectation that it would just be an updated retelling,' Yang echoed. 'I was surprised and I was also so blown away by how necessarily modernized it was because marriage is, for now, legal for queer people and you have to sort of work around the plot holes of the original to make sure it works and it's solid and makes narrative sense today.' The group also weighed in releasing the film in the current political climate, as Ahn admitted 'it's so scary and there's so much anxiety about queer people and people of color and our identities not being recognized or supported. And so my hope is that this film can offer people the opportunity to be vulnerable and open themselves up to art and use that to heal, use that to gain strength so that we can go out there and protect the ones we love.' Tran added, 'I think it's really, really special to be part of a film that gets to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community at a moment in time when it's being attacked viscerally. It's hard to hold both truths at one time but I'm grateful to be here, hopefully showing the queer community some joy in the middle of this time.' The Wedding Banquet hits theaters on Friday. Best of The Hollywood Reporter "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked 20 Times the Oscars Got It Wrong
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
SAG Awards: 'Very Worried' Michael Urie, Hopeful Lily Gladstone Respond to Trump Attacks on DEI Initiatives
Actors Michael Urie and Lily Gladstone are opening up about how the war President Donald Trump is waging against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives might affect Hollywood. Both Gladstone and Urie attended the SAG Awards Sunday in Los Angeles, where they were nominated for Hulu's Under the Bridge and the Apple TV+ series Shrinking, respectively. More from The Hollywood Reporter Karla Sofía Gascón Set to Attend Oscars After Resurfaced Tweet Controversy American Music Awards Set Memorial Day Return on CBS SAG Awards Analysis: Does 'Conclave' Ensemble Win Mean 'Anora' Is Vulnerable at Oscars? 'I am concerned, and I am very worried about about all of the minority groups that this administration seems to be going after,' Urie said when asked by The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet if he's concerned about how the Trump administration's stance against DEI initiatives might reverse the strides Hollywood has made in recent years in terms of representation. 'And [I'm worried] about the big corporations that are taking it in such stride — the companies that are rolling back their own DEI just because the administration has rolled back the federal DEI.' Since Trump took office and signed executive orders directing federal agencies to terminate all 'equity-related' grants or contracts and requiring that federal contractors not promote DEI, companies like Disney, Google, Amazon, Meta, Target and PepsiCo have all made changes to their DEI practices, with some corporations abandoning their diverse hiring goals completely. 'It scares me,' Urie said. 'It worries me, because I've been so proud of what we've been doing these last few years in terms of all of the DEI, and they've just turned it into a big old joke, and it sucks. We all seem to be in a bit of shock right now. There's so much coming at us that we don't know what to do.' #Shrinking's Michael Urie shares his thoughts on what the Trump administration rolling back on DEI could mean for representation in the entertainment industry. — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 24, 2025 The actor went on to share his thoughts on how those who oppose Trump's views on DEI initiatives can fight back. 'There are a lot of people hurting right now, and I don't know what to do,' Urie said. 'And I know most of us don't, and I think once we do, once it becomes clear, how do we fight this? How do we combat it? We've got to be ready. We all have to brace for it.' Gladstone, however, is hopeful that Hollywood will continue to tell diverse stories. 'I feel like Hollywood, of course, is an amalgamation of storytellers and we reflect the stories that audiences want to see,' Gladstone told THR. 'America is a big DEI experiment. We are an incredibly diverse nation, always have been, and I think storytellers are going to represent what the people want to see.' The Oscar-nominated Killers of the Flower Moon star, who won a SAG Award in 2024 for her role in the Martin Scorsese film, went on to share how Trump's second term may actually lead to more creativity and diversity in Hollywood. 'When there's something to resist, a lot of times it turns up the creativity,' said Gladstone. 'The flame to create and tell the stories gets a little bit hotter. So I'm really looking forward to seeing how beautiful the moments of transcendence and resistance are that come out of our artists over the next however many years.' #UnderTheBridge's Lily Gladstone shares what they anticipate the entertainment industry response will be to the Trump administration's rollbacking on DEI programs — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 24, 2025 A federal judge on Friday largely blocked Trump's executive orders that aimed to end government support for DEI programs, as the judge found that the orders likely carry constitutional violations, including against free-speech rights. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Highest-Profile Harris Endorsements: Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and More Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2024: Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo and More
CBC
31-01-2025
- CBC
Reena Virk's killer arrested for breach of parole conditions, Surrey police say
Social Sharing Kerry Sim, formerly Kelly Ellard, who killed teen Reena Virk in 1997, has been arrested following a breach of parole conditions, according to the Surrey Police Service (SPS). SPS spokesperson Ian MacDonald confirmed Sim — known as Kelly Ellard at the time of Virk's murder in Victoria, B.C. — was arrested midday Tuesday in South Surrey on an outstanding Canada-wide warrant. In March of last year, the parole board extended day parole for Sim, who is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder. The decision described a 41-year-old struggling with children, single-parenting, the high cost of living and the consequences of her actions. In November 1997, Sim and Warren Glowatski followed Virk, 14, across the Craigflower Bridge and dragged her into Victoria's Gorge waterway, following a savage beating by a swarm of teens Virk thought were friends. Sim held the 14-year-old's head underwater until she drowned. The murder was the subject of a Hulu true-crime series, Under the Bridge, released last year. WATCH | Reporter Jason Proctor recounts what it was like to cover the high-profile murder case in 1997: New miniseries turns spotlight back on 1997 murder of Victoria's Reena Virk 8 months ago Duration 6:41 The new Hulu series Under the Bridge is drawing renewed attention to the murder of 14-year-old Reena Virk in Victoria. CBC's Jason Proctor, who covered the story of the killing when it happened in 1997, takes us through the latest court documents and reaction to the show from those involved. On Friday, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) provided a written statement about Sim's arrest. "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Reena Virk at this time as we know the impact that this offender's crimes still has on them and the community," said CSC spokesperson Lucinda Fraser. "If there is a change in an offender's behaviour or compliance with their conditions, CSC takes immediate action, which can include returning them to custody and/or reviewing their supervision strategy," said Fraser. "We can confirm that measures have been taken regarding this offender," she said, without detailing what conditions Sim is alleged to have breached. MacDonald said officers weren't aware of the details of the breach. According to 2024 parole documents, Sim was living in a community-based residential facility in the Lower Mainland, where she was struggling to cope with life on a limited budget and a lack of child-care options. Sim gave birth to her first child after getting pregnant while in prison, but the parole board's 2024 decision said she gave birth to a second child while on day parole. In March last year, the terms of her release included prohibitions on consuming alcohol or drugs and not to have any contact with members of Virk's family. She was released on day parole in 2018 but had been hauled back in front of the parole board for domestic violence and a positive urine test for codeine. According to the parole documents, Sim was arrested in 2021 because of a deterioration in behaviour.
