Our Favorite Shop (OFS) is our first retail/creative space located in Mid City, Los Angeles. The space will serve as a retail platform for us to showcase our shoes and present an assortment of creative products as well as house our design studio. The interior was a collaboration with our founder and creative director Sung Choi, architect Nathan Lentz and Shin Okuda from the furniture design company WAKA WAKA with assistance from architect Francis Ireifej. We have partnered up with longtime friend and retail veteran Pete Arbelaez, a Union LA alum and the creator of Craft/Los Angeles, to expand our vision for the shop. Both native New Yorkers and long time residents of Mid City LA, Sung and Pete felt it was important to add on to the eclectic mix of shops in the their own neighborhood and extend the community vibe, providing a welcoming space for everyone. Stop by if you're in the area and say hi.

Our Favorite Shop
5455 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Store Hours: Tuesday - Sunday (11am-6pm)

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A great book for short distance air travel, preferably 3-5 hours in length. Paul Rand's conversations with Students is a must for the designer and artist in all of us.

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Our founder/creative director Sung Choi had a nice Q&A session with the good folks over at the malcolm, discussing the current state of footwear as well as the future...... [More]

WestOne, the prolific graffiti writer, artist and longtime friend, was kind enough to bless us with three new paintings created to celebrate our Clae shop-in-shop at the Stussy Los Angeles chapter store. The paintings will be on display until feb. 19th, so take a trip to La Brea to check them out if you’re in LA.

West sat down with us for a quick Q&A to tell us his… [More]

Thanks for the books and mags Andre. Great addition to the studio reads and visuals.

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Considering it is the season for giving, we wanted to share with one of you a gift bag from our Shop-in-Shop opening at the Stussy LA store this past August. Email us at amusement@clae.com with a brief explanation on why this Gift Bag will help you or someone else out this Holiday season and on Dec. 22nd, we will announce the winner of the Gift Bag Contest. 

We would like to thank all the sponsors for their contribution in making this gift bag.

Happy Holidays

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As Thanksgiving approaches, it's an opportunity to look back at things we are grateful for. In a letter to the President offering to buy his land circa 1855, Chief Seattle had a clear picture of what thanksgiving truly is.

Happy Thanksgiving


Chief Seattle's Letter

"The President in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land. But how can you buy or sell the sky? the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?
Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every meadow, every humming insect. All are holy in the memory and experience of my people.
We know the sap which courses through the trees as we know the blood that courses through our veins. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters. The bear, the deer, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the dew in the meadow, the body heat of the pony, and man all belong to the same family. [More]