Mandy Kahn
Mandy’s Contributions
Jenny O.
Listen to Jenny O’s single “Well, OK Honey” at your own risk: it’s addictively warm and impossibly charming, and you might find you simply can’t turn it off. And the video that goes with it? Well, that clap-heavy dance sequence in the redwoods just makes...
03/04/11 // Tuneage // By Mandy Kahn
Ooga Booga: Yaosers
You'd never guess from street-level, but Chinatown's tiny shop Ooga Booga is a vibrant art world hub, buzzing with interns, band shows and general activity. If you're looking for, say, a handmade screen print by Chris Johanson, etched dice by Geoff McFetridge...
02/22/11 // In the Curl // By Mandy Kahn
Book Club: Get Lit
After Claude by Iris Owens Though I dislike historical fiction, I love fiction that has become historical– that rare novel I'd savor anyway that now acts as a portal into not just another life, but another time. Iris Owen's After Claude– first published...
12/18/10 // In the Curl // By Mandy Kahn
Le Bac by United Bamboo
We follow the collections of certain lines that are entirely outside our budgets for two main reasons: one, because we’d like to think that someday our budgets will magically expand, and two, because we’re holding out hope they’ll eventually launch a ready...
12/18/10 // In the Curl // By Mandy Kahn
Hot Tuna Swimwear
Let's face it: mummies aren't sexy– but that's only because they've covered too much skin. Bandages, used sparingly, can have a whole different effect, as evidenced by the surging popularity of the bandage-style bikini. Australian-based swimwear designer...
12/06/10 // In the Curl // By Mandy Kahn
About Mandy Kahn
“On the first day of my spring break trip to Hawaii, I thought it would be wise to float on a raft before I’d applied any sunscreen. I couldn’t sit for days and had to wear an Amish-style cover-up for the rest of the trip. My friend Ann was kind enough to apply aloe to my, err, backside (by the way, thank you Ann!), and I still have the incriminating pictures to prove it.” Mandy Kahn lives in Echo Park, Los Angeles. In addition to having been a guest columnist for the Los Angeles Times, she’s currently co-writing the forthcoming book, Collage Culture.