Los Angeles, California City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Los Angeles, California Travel Guide has been your connection to Los Angeles's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Shopping
 Shopping in the Los Angeles is like nowhere else in the world, from the famous Beverly Center and the high-class Rodeo Drive to the eclectic Melrose Avenue. Shopping enthusiasts will get a taste of designer super stores along with small LA fashion boutiques, where storefronts alone are works of pop art. As one of the largest ports in the world, nearby Long Beach provides goods with a multiethnic mix that is unmatched, providing numerous shopping areas that are distinctly ethnic, such as Little India, Chinatown, Olviera Street, and Japantown, to name a few.
Probably LA’s most famous shopping area is the “Golden Triangle” which is home to more wealth and fine stores than most small countries. Featuring the exclusiveness of Beverly Hills and the cutting-edge cool of Melrose, this small stretch is where Hollywood celebrities shop. At its center is the renowned Rodeo Drive, host to such designer stores as Tiiffany's, Cartier, Chanel, Bally, Gucci and other key notables. On nearby Wilshire Boulevard shoppers will find the Regent Beverly Wilshire, Niketown, Barneys, and Saks Fifth Avenue. There are Curve's modern and edgy outfits, high-end Maxfield's discount outlet, Maxfield Blue, an Industry MAC store, and a shimmering Georgio Armani Home store. Slip into some Hogan shoes, or grab a gift at Kitson's. Ivy, one of the best restaurants in LA, is also located here (with “wall-to-wall celebs” it’s nearly impossible to get reservations), as is the Newsroom Café, across the street, in the building housing New Line Pictures and a great kids bookstore, Storyopolis. Red Balls, Slow, and Von Dutch should be explored for great clothing. Aardvark's and Wasteland specialize in secondhand items.
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