Alessandra Codinha

1 week ago | whowhatwear.com | Alessandra Codinha

I have, by virtue of my years in the worlds of fashion and publishing, had plenty of occasions to sit in restaurants with all kinds of very famous people. I cannot remember a single one who was received as warmly as Florence Pugh was at The Benjamin Hollywood on an early Friday in April. To put it another way, I have never in my life gotten better—or more rapturously friendly—service in the entire city of Los Angeles.

1 month ago | downtime.substack.com | Alisha Ramos |Alessandra Codinha |Ali Slagle |Yossy Arefi

Today’s newsletter is sponsored by East Fork. I’ve been slowly collecting pieces from East Fork Potteryfor years now. It always surprises me when a friend hasn’t heard of them—but once they see the joyful, beautifully made pieces, they’re almost instantly converted. My own obsession reached a peak a few years ago when my husband gently suggested I maybe slow my roll on all the colorful pottery purchases. Little did he know I had calendar reminders set for new glaze drops.

2 months ago | harpersbazaar.com | Alessandra Codinha

On a cloudless Tuesday morning in early December at Los Angeles’s BMO Stadium, a stretch of mezzanine had been arranged to look like an exceptionally well-stocked toy store. Amid the shelves, Kendrick Lamar considered a fluffy pink stuffed horse. Ali Wong reached for a Lego set. Kelly Rowland appraised a board game. Olivia Wilde scooped up slime. Demi Lovato located a hard-to-reach plastic dinosaur.

2 months ago | vogue.com | Alessandra Codinha

I was inverted in the cavelike yoga studio at Hume, the almost alarmingly chic new Los Angeles fitness club in Venice, considering my pedicure, when one of my classmates asked what I was doing after. “A few of us are going to sauna, cold plunge, and then get matchas on the roof,” she said. I told her I’d catch up after my massage. “Ooh,” she said. “Ask about a B₁₂ shot, and then come join.” I might as well—I wasn’t going anywhere.

2 months ago | vogue.com | Alessandra Codinha

If you’re planning a ski trip to Lake Tahoe—a region centered on the largest alpine lake in North America, straddling California and Nevada—when you plan to go is as important as where. While the ski season has historically started well before Christmas, in recent years the better ski conditions have been arriving later and later, making early spring the ideal time to turn up and indulge in some serious powder—provided you have four-wheel drive and snow tires.