DIY: How To Look Cool This Spring

943 N Broadway #103, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (map)

So hip it's disease-proof: Master your futuristic, eco-friendly look with the help of modern Asian designers at this Chinatown gem. Select from clothes made entirely of recyclable materials-- like coats with SARS masks and other refurbished threads.

1202 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90026 (map)

For those digging the '60s-looking floral dress movement, this Echo Park boutique offers these groovy prints in sheer, airy fabrics and in assorted pastel colors. Other vintage, more '70s-style flair is also up for grabs. The store also carries L.A. makeup line Feraph in frosted pinks and Easter-hued tones perfect for spring.

144 S Flores St, Los Angeles, CA 90048 (map)

Wearable art for men: The Filius line is made locally in limited editions. Cotton shirts, linen pants and the like are ripe for the picking. Much of Alessandro Tomassetti's conceptual clothing for men is made from light, spring-friendly fabrics.

225 N Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004 (map)

9970 S Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (map)

The Beverly Hills location of this extremely cutting-edge Belgian couturier--a former student of Jean Paul Gaultier's--is for big ballers, but you get what you pay for with men's and women's wear worth drooling over. The sparkly exterior looks almost like silver sequins were applied to the outside and definitely merits a look-see.

350 N Ave 21, Los Angeles, CA 90031 (map)

Motor downtown to this semi-secret warehouse--no photography or boys allowed--on Thursdays for vintage couture dresses and other assorted finds, when prices reflect a pay-by-the-pound policy. You may have to fight Lohan for that perfect spring frock ...

2023 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025 (map)

Perhaps the nighttime art events at this Sawtelle superstar serve as inspiration for the well-curated clothing collection of dresses, denim and jewelry. Trendsters can find their wearable Kanye-inspired '80s vented sunglasses here.

343 E 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (map)

'90s grungewear aficionados may want to consider going easy on the flannel for spring, but between the super-short shorts for the girls and Popkiller line of tees for the boys, there's plenty of season-appropriate loot--including loads of colorful eyewear.