Nathalie Seaver Boutique

I’m absolutely in love with my new hand made belt and the wooden money clip I got my boyfriend. This store has one of a kind really beautiful things. If ever in doubt what to buy me as a gift, anything in this store is a go. Every thing from crazy gorgeous silver baby rattles and outfits to handsome money clips and hand made belts. My favorite new place.

Love this little boutique for kids and baby gifts — random accessories, blankies and stuffed bunnies etc. It’s pricey — but they take the KCRW Fringe Benefits card so subscribe to local radio and save. The person working there is always super nice and helpful and they will help you pick out something unique every time.

I have been in love with this charming store for years. Nathalie Seaver’s designs are feminine, whimsical and very flattering. She has a knack for finding and using the most unique and lovely fabrics. One of her specialties are reversable skirts, and I own several of these in a variety of styles and colors. I love the concept of getting two things for one to begin with, but aside from that, they are unique and have a lovely way of flowing as you walk. I also own several of her cardigans which are cozy and also very flattering.
The store is filled with countless other treasures, many with a Parisian theme, which is perfect for me as I’m a bit obsessed with France lately. It’s the perfect place to go if you are looking for a unique gift for a friend (or for yourself, frankly!)

I found this place during my post-​lunch walk with friends down West Third Street. I was instantly smitten with the boutique’s Paris-​inspired decoration and was even more drawn when I found all the pretty airy silk dresses with beautiful floral prints.
I found a lovely Maggie Tunic on sale and it was love at first sight. It was really atypical of me to purchase something on an impulse, especially something that’s almost $ 120 (even with 40% discount) but I couldn’t help it — I was madly in love. I’m totally happy with the quality, the design, and how the shirt makes me feel.
In today’s world where we are surrounded by cheaply-​made mass produced clothes from retail chains, it is refreshing to find such hidden treasure on the street of LA.
Nathalie, the designer and owner of the boutique, was very friendly and helpful. It’s not every day that the person with her name on the clothing label actually helps you out.

nathalie is extremely helpful and sweet!

I love this place. Clothing from a creative wizard of design along with odds and ends found nowhere else. If you need a frock for your sweetie or yourself you won’t leave empty handed. Imagination is funny. It makes a cloudy day sunny. Nathalie Seaver’s on Third is a room full of whimsy and style unlike most any other and her creative nature is expressed wonderfully by her wares. A real pleasure. It makes spending my money a pleasure and is not in any way over priced or unfair. Visit the place. Don’t worry, be happy.

Because I’m a bit of a store name timmy, I will first point out that I believe the name of this particular store to be Nathalie Seaver (not just Seaver). Now that I have dispensed with that little detail, I can move on to the heart of the matter. I fear that I’m falling in love with Nathalie Seaver. The store, that is. Not that the person isn’t lovely and charming, I’m sure (I don’t know whether the person in the shop the day I discovered this gem was in fact Nathalie or not).
So anyway. What I’m trying to say here is have you ever walked into a store and found 5 things you absolutely could not live without (even though mere moments before laying your eyes on those items, you had no idea that they existed)? That was my experience at Nathalie Seaver.
After I walked to the front with my gifts for a friend and my gifts for me, I had a moment when I was trying to pay. One of those moments when you stop the clerk mid-​checkout to add an item to your stash. Then immediately have to stop the transaction again to add just one more item.
The next time I hit up this shop, I will refuse to start the checkout process until all possible merchandise has been properly reviewed. I realize that I’m the one at fault for messing up the order of things because I simply could not resist that apple lip balm (in the cute designer tin). I take full responsibility. Please don’t take away my shopping privileges!

Sometimes we forget just how good we have it in LA with the plethora of neighborhood boutique shops right under our noses.
Seaver — which is right in the middle of the West Third shopping stretch, just a couple of doors down from Joan’s — is a great reminder of that fact. It’s one of those quaint shops which makes you sigh a breath of relief knowing options still exist to spy a gift or great find, without making another trip to a cookie cutter mall with the rest of the sheep.
Specializing in clothing (designed by the owner, Nathalie), gifts and little treasures, there’s something here for just about everyone. We stumbled in after brunch and were amazed by the variety of unique offerings the shop is nearly overflowing with — designer rubber duckies (we left with «decorator duck»), vintage stripper cuff links, stenciled leatherette checkbook and ipod covers in yummy pastel colors for spring, magnets, soaps, custom aprons (that give Anthropologie a run for their money), some beautiful things for baby, and of course, clothes and accessories. Not all of Seaver’s clothes fit my taste, but aside from the super fab aprons that actually make you want to cook, her brocade jackets are beautifully sewn and well worth the price of admission.
If you’re trying to find a special gift for someone hard to buy for, this boutique is not to be missed — not that you could miss the beautifully painted black and white floral exterior. Nathalie is a super helpful sweetheart, there’s something for just about every budget, and she’ll even gift wrap it for you before you go. LA doesn’t get much better than that.

I was drawn to this boutique by an article in the LA Weekly (
). A development exec who decided she was happier designing clothes? who doesn’t have that fantasy of dropping the job and opening a shop. [And, Growing Pains was also my favorite show way back when.] The shop is a lovely little space with a lot of vintage jewelry and French housewares in addition to Nathalie Seaver’s designs. I never really responded to the clothes, but have been back several times to pick up gifts. Parking in the area is, as usual, horrible.