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"  ELLE&amp;#039;s Creative Director takes his styling tips to the West Coast I have a secret: I \u2665 L.A. Those who know me well know it&amp;#039;s not such a startling confession, but for a hard-core New Yorker, it&amp;#039;s a very controversial statement to put in writing. Personally, I think New Yorkers have a love/hate relationship with Los Angeles: They love to hate it. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s so much traffic!&amp;quot; (right, because there&amp;#039;s none in NYC); &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s all fake boobs and blond hair!&amp;quot; (plastic surgeons are just as booked here); &amp;quot;The season never changes!&amp;quot; (because slushy snow is better?); &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s no style there!&amp;quot; (Oh, I beg to differ.)  I have a South African friend who, after living in London and New York, finally settled in Los Angeles. She is an incredibly chic woman who has worked at the top of the fashion industry her entire life. When we both confessed our love of L.A. over salmon and salad one night, it was a meeting of the style minds. We immediately got each other, understanding that L.A. is a place\u2014ironically, it&amp;#039;s quite like New York in this respect\u2014where anything goes. In L.A., you can be a grungy rocker in a ripped T-shirt, tight jeans, and pumped-up lips driving a Porsche and lunching at the Ivy, or a businessman in a Hugo Boss suit biking down Venice Beach. Either way, no one bats an eye. In fact, this is the town where a lingering stare just means you&amp;#039;re a celebrity.  Like those star sightings, style\u2014good or bad\u2014is everywhere. It&amp;#039;s just how you define it. In celebration of our annual Women in Hollywood issue, I wanted to tackle the women of Hollywood\u2014Hollywood Boulevard, to be exact\u2014and help that famed boulevard stay on its fashion feet. One final note: After living in L.A. for less than three months, my dear friend e-mailed me and said she&amp;#039;s finally retired all her strict, black, New York clothes and is living in her Ron Herman tees, cargo pants, and flip-flops. Only on special occasions will she slip on a Miu Miu or Marc Jacobs dress and wear it with a low heel. Super easy. And she&amp;#039;s still one of the chicest women I know. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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