![]() ![]() I grew up in an environment where sustainability and nutrition were intrinsic to food. But I have a little network of farmers I’ve been working with for the past 10-plus years. ![]() Locally sourced, farm to table – these are phrases we’re all kind of getting sick of. In what way are you shaping things for the better? I try to flow with the change and contribute to it, shape it for the better, if I can. It’s inevitable that places are going to change, so I try not to hold on too tight to what I think it used to be or what it should be. I’ve been partly blamed for it, or credited, depending on how you look at it. How do you feel about its gentrification? You’ve lived in Venice Beach for 12 years. To celebrate the launch of MR PORTER’s Made In California capsule collections, we gathered together a group of six local movers and makers – a chef, a performer, a designer, an artist, an entrepreneur and a surfer – to tell us how to make it in LA. California has always had good weather, but it wasn’t until the recent explosion of social media that the world has been reminded of this on a daily basis. ![]() Creatives are heading west in a one-way migration, attracted by affordable rents, a healthier work-life balance, to say nothing of the sun and a sunnier disposition. But a different kind of West Coast buzz has been building of late in the city that sits on the San Andreas Fault. Long derided as a soulless void where you had to fake it to make it, Los Angeles is riding a new wave of genuine innovation in the fields of food, art, fashion and tech, as well as entertainment. With its long history of earthquakes, they’re used to tremors in California. Six creatives test drive MR PORTER’s exclusive Made In California capsule collections – and explain why LA is the place to be right now. ![]()
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