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Downtown Digging

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  • 2009 Riverside Dr, Los Angeles, CA
  • 5 hours

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Class Description

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Join French General and Jessie Chorley, visiting from London for a day of digging for treasures in downtown Los Angeles!  We will go hunting for beads, baubles, buttons, fabric and inspiration!  Meet at French General for a petit dejeuner and then drive downtown (less than 10 minutes away) where we will spend the morning at some of our favorite fabric, bead, and old millinery shops. 

We return to French General for a wonderful lunch and show and tell.

Wear comfortable walking shoes and digging clothes!

Includes petit dejeuner, lunch and a downtown digging map.

Refund Policy

No refunds. No cancellation within 48 hours. Credit towards a future class.

Reviews of Classes at French General (73)

(4.8-star rating across 73 reviews)

This class: 4.8 out of 5 from 10 reviews

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    Great
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    Great people, very organized, oversaw every step of the way. I did not give it 5 stars because I expected more “secret” shops and I do not sew. It was primarily objects related to sewing and the shops were ones I was aware of by being a garment district shopper anyway. French General women were very helpful and overall a fun time.
  • Downtown Digging

    Thank you for a great intro to the shops in LA - and especially yours, French General!
  • Downtown Digging

    super fun
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  • Downtown Digging

    It was a great class, I loved everything about it! Kaari is a great talented teacher and a wonderful person. I keep coming back and back again whenever I can
  • Downtown Digging

    Great day learning about different shops I never knew existed (for the public). Great to go to stores that sell to anyone, not just resellers.
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French General

Kaari Meng began designing jewelry for Bergdorf Goodman after graduating from the jewelry program at FIT in New York City in 1992. In need of a hat pin, Kaari designed a collection of pins and presented them to the jewelry buyer at the monthly open-buy day. The buyer at Bergdorf's bought all of Kaari's...
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