On May 18th, the hotel will give Golia’s Luminous Sphere installation its own launch exhibition. The glowing globe will only be lit up when Golia is in town  -  presumably staying at the trendy hotel.

Part of the LA><ART Public Art initiative and Los Angeles Public Domain, the 1-year installation is part of LA><ART’s space for “provocation, dialogue and confrontation by practices on the ground in LA and abroad.” The space has the goal of providing contemporary artists, architects and designers with an accessible exhibition space.

And, if you happen to be one of those creatives, it looks like they’ll leave the light on for you.

Boutique fashion shops often have no online presence, an idea that seems foreign in the age of internet retail where stores that are exclusively online attract just as much attention as traditional shops.

The reason lies in boutique shops†often limited resources that cannot handle the cost of creating and supporting a high quality site along with the challenge of processing deliveries and returns. Additionally, fashion products appear on the Web in such overwhelming volumes that attracting customers can be challenging for a small boutique. {The Business of Fashion}

If you’ve tried surfing the Web for your favorite boutique or indie brands but discovered their products were nowhere to be found on the net, here’s a piece of good news: the recently launched US division of FarFetch could change that. {Fashionista}

FarFetch, the site that aggregates inventory from lots of independent (but highly regarded) boutiques, always shipped to the US and gave a dollar option for prices, but this marks a move towards working directly with US merchants. Previously focused on UK and European stores, the move will now make inventory from stores on this side of the Atlantic available through a single site, and allow boutique brands and small retailers an easier entrance into the online market.

Michael Mente and Michael Karanikolas, who’ve led the company behind RevolveClothing.com, ForwardForward.com and ReverseReverse.com, have partnered with FarFetch to create the online retailerâ€s US site, which will feature items from New York and Los Angeles stores including American Rag, EVA New York, Manhattan indies Assembly New York, Fred Segal Man and BBlessing. Labels like C. Neeon, Manish Arora and Camilla Skovgaard are among those to be highlighted. {Los Angeles Times}

A launch party, headlined by recording artist Angel Taylor, was held this Thursday evening at American Ragâ€s South La Brea Ave. store.

“We chose to launch FarFetch because so many of the best brick and mortar stores in the world donâ€t have Web sites,” Mente told Fashionista. “Weâ€re able to … use our experience and skills to build individual Web sites for amazing stores that may not have been able to do so on their own [and] put all the products from these great stores on one site, which is unlike any other shopping experience out there.”

Started in 2008, the global opportunity to goof off is part of an “urban playground movement” that aims to get people out from in front of the television, and out into the streets having fun. Let’s hope it catches on as a way to settle differences, because we’ve never seen more people look so happy to be in a fight.

Our thanks to Doug Tangren, Margaret Griffis, Dilip Bhoye, Bas van Duijn, Chris Beckett, Holger Eilhard, Paul Oberle, Angel James de Ocampo, Emmanuel Alvarado, William Hoiles, Jennifer Strauss and Steve Stearns for sharing their photos.

Amsterdam Pillow Fight photo set
Bas van Duijn

Chicago Pillow Fight photo set
Steve Stearns

Cologne (Koln) Pillow Fight photo set
Holger Eilhard

London Pillow Fight photo set
Chris Beckett

Los Angeles Pillow Fight photo set
Jennifer Strauss

Miami Beach Pillow Fight photo set
Margaret Griffis

New York Pillow Fight photo pool
With images from William Hoiles

New York Pillow Fight photo set
Doug Tangren

Paris Pillow Fight photo set
Angel James de Ocampo

San Diego Pillow Fight photo set
Emmanuel Alvarado

Taipei Pillow Fight photo set
Dilip Bhoye

Washington, DC Pillow Fight photo set
Paul Oberle

Although this year hasn’t been the best financially, to say the least, that hasn’t stopped the fashion industry from flourishing with numerous new lines and retail venues emerging. To round up some of the best store openings of the year, Refinery29 has complied its list of the Top Ten. We could easily spend the first part of 2010 exploring any of the choices, but we choose Topshop’s New York outpost as most likely to play a role in our own financial crisis.

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