Life & Style

Known With Meaning

April 11, 2008

Ara Shanlian Jr.

Unusual store on Third Street

Eventually, every street draws a new neighbor that gets the residents talking.

On Third Street, haven of leisurely Sunday brunch and petite boutiques, that new resident is the unusual shop called Known.

As soon as you approach the store, you’ll suddenly find yourself clutching a rifle—the handle on the glass door is an actual-size replica of a rifle. And inside is a scrawny young man who goes by the impressive name of…Moonshine (In this case a surname would be superfluous.) He’s the ambassador for the blue and gray store, and he’ll point you toward nicely broken-in jeans from PRPS and Goldspun, shirts from No Mas, and soon, merchandise from Oak.

The stock may seem small, and it is, but Moonshine has big plans for the immediate future that involve eclectic options for your home, not just your closet. In addition to more found vintage goods like the mid-century Gucci luggage and Louis Vuitton tennis-racket cover near the front, he’s says he will be soliciting the clothing designers stocked inside to create one-of-a-kind pieces.

Maybe you can convince him to get going on a pair of Tom Ford martini glasses.

Known, 7922 W. Third St (W. of Fairfax), 323-655-6696