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Melrose welcomes yet another hip boutique to its extensive list of top-notch shops with the arrival of Foundry and its impressive inventory of rare, hard to find designer collections. The latest addition to L.A.'s growing community of fashion-forward retailers threw itself a chic little launch shindig Friday evening with the help of style mavens Alexa Chung and Taylor Jacobson where a crowd of fashion-minded locals came out for a first look at the new shopping destination.