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Founded by Beastie Boy Mike Diamond, this extreme boutique offers pricey gear for skaters and hip-hoppers.

by Kim Cooper at Citysearch

Hip-hop meets skate couture at this men's and women's West Coast shop: Look for old-school sneakers, uniform pants, faux-preppy button down shirts, blaxploitation T-shirts, backpacks, stickers and watches. The back wall features copies of the Beasties' hard-to-find Grand Royal fanzine, featuring detailed reporting on campy and neglected topics. No one will snap if you chill and read for a bit. Upstairs you'll find the in-house women's line, X-Elle, and muted, clunky Royal Elastics sneakers. Also keep an eye out for X-Girl, a tailored, defiantly simple line for club kids, started by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon. Fans include Donovan Leitch, Ione Skye, Zoe Cassevetes, Sofia Coppola and Janeane Garofalo. If you bought this stuff at the surplus or thrift shop it would be a lot cheaper, but then it wouldn't have the cache of indie rock royalty, would it?