I'm well aware that I'm late to the game on House of Love and Luck, the vintage costume jewelry shop that opened a little while ago on La Cienega near the new Largo theater. But I stopped in on Saturday and wanted to move in. The store is full of primarily 60s-80s era pieces, and most of it is oversized and dramatic, as I believe all jewelry should be. The store is cute and quirky, and you can tell the owners wouldn't mind if you lounged around all day opening drawers, trying on rings, and generally fawning over their collection.

While every item is clearly carefully selected and the prices are very reasonable, there was on particular necklace I fell in love with: the vintage Lanvin cross choker in silver (pictured on he far right.) It is so Madonna-meets-Diana-Vreeland. I couldn't quite bring myself to make the splurge, but if it's still there next time, I might have a harder time controlling myself.