Platform

Los Angeles


Contemporary architecture, fashion and design collide at this mixed-use development. Eye up the street art and shop-hop its small, sharply curated booty of retailers. Drop into Magasin for avant-garde men’s threads, Poketo for quirky gifts and design, Aesop for botanical skincare, and Tom Dixon for edgy (albeit expensive) design objects and women's fashion.

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