Ulla Johnson Celebrates L.A. Flagship With Gabrielle Union, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Fanning

It was a homecoming of sorts for Ulla Johnson. The New York-based designer was back in Los Angeles, where she lived for a few years when she first started her brand. “I have a special place in my heart for L.A.,” she said. It’s where she chose to open her new flagship, a 3,000-square-foot, residential-feeling Kelly Wearstler-designed store on Beverly Boulevard, after making a mark in Manhattan and Amagansett, N.Y. Naturally, the new space — with its back parking lot transformed into an outdoor garden for the occasion — served as the perfect setting for a celebratory dinner Thursday night. “I didn’t know how to drive. I failed my driver test,” Johnson laughed, reminiscing. “I did love it, and ever since then I’ve had a piece of L.A. in my heart. It was a long time coming to open our home here. We really see it as a home.” She gathered longtime friends of the brand, actresses and their respective stylists — Gabrielle Union and Cynthia Erivo with Jason Bolden; Dakota Fanning with Samantha McMillen; Rachel Bilson with Nicole Chavez, and Melanie Lynskey with Misha Rudolph, all dressed in Johnson’s color- and print-filled designs. Cynthia Erivo, Gabrielle Union, Ulla Johnson and Dakota Fanning. Dinner was prepared by

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