Today's special: Stylish servers, designer uniforms

Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

Gone are the days when a white button-down shirt and a pair of generic black slacks cut it on the service floor. At Akasha, the organic Culver City restaurant from celebrity caterer Akasha Richmond, servers wear organic cotton jeans and hemp aprons. At LA Mill, the super-hip Silver Lake coffeehouse/restaurant, the uniforms are designed by the owner's wife -- tissue-thin gray jersey peasant blouses and high-waist jeans. Comme Ça in West Hollywood has its waiters in geek chic gingham short-sleeve shirts. They make all the guys' arms look big, like those of 1950s-era hunks. We found some of the city's most appealing uniforms, from a little black dress to a "Lolita"-style "maid," modeled by the actual servers who wear them. The look: Bond Street server Catherine Kresge wears a dress by Debra Rodman.

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Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times