Cultivating creativity
● In “Fashion in LA,” edited by Tania Fares and Krista Smith, dozens of studio visits and interviews map the luminaries of L.A.’s fashion design community, including Rodarte’s boundarybreaking Mulleavy sisters, handbag hero Clare Vivier, as well as Apolis’ menswear designers Shea and Raan Parton. Phaidon, 280 pp., $79.95. amazon.com