. "She liked the neighborhood???s funky and authentic character, which she had experienced in the mid-90s working as a buyer for Joy Wear, a little-known British street-wear shop on the stretch that introduced designers such as Patricia Field and Ben Sherman to L.A. Back then, the store???s only neighbors were mom-and-pop shops, a punk store called Funk Essentials, and the caf?? Quality. (The restaur" . . .