Just as Los Angeles’s Rick Owens has entered national notoriety under the not-so-accurate label of "new designer," Hollywood’s Magda Berliner has been awarded the media-friendly standing of "ultimate insider." She has famous friends, and they wear her clothes. Her husband, Alex Berliner, is the photographer of choice for Jewish rites of passage at the Dustin Hoffmans’ and for celebrities in need of a discrete passport photo. But family ties with sundry Stillers and Coppolas aside, Berliner has established herself as a designer to watch, working in the old-meet-new genre and whipping up quirky, seemingly one-of-a-kind pieces. The former I. Magnin shopgirl and Fred Segal manager, who as a child was watched over by the Hare Krishnas while her father minded the parking garage, is now in Fashion.
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