Classic Hits

"The most satisfying, exhilarating, and, I would argue, important store I visited in L.A. was located in the least assuming location of all: on the second floor of a Chinatown plaza, in a space no larger than my tiny Brooklyn bedroom. It is only open (for now) on the weekends, but more than any other store I visited, Classic Hits, run by artist and Come Tees designer Sonya Sombreuil, is actively creating the conditions under which cool retail projects can actually exist. First, there's the batshit selection. Where else can you find Online Ceramics lot tees alongside a pair of purple overdyed Cactus Plant Flea Market jeans hanging next to a silk shirt with an allover print of a grinning Grimace? (The Grimace shirt was homemade by a customer—when he walked in wearing one, Sombreuil immediately placed an order.)"