Below is a sneak preview of the photos that were taken by nadav and gisel for our website. It will be opening very soon, I poromise, in the meantime, if you’re interested you may purchace our shirts at Sodafine in Brooklyn, according to this announcement they should already be somewhere in the store.
Archive for the ‘Boutiques’ Category
Lucyology Update
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006Velvet Goldmine…
Monday, February 27th, 2006
I’m loving Etro’s fall collection. The colors and richness of the velvets reminded me of what’s going on at the store Geminola in the West Village. I stopped in the other day and was overjoyed to see dresses grafted together mixing the top of one dress, with the bottom of another. This shop is one of my favorites in NY, it’s located on 41 Perry St. It carries a plethora of reconstructed vintage party dresses which are overdyed and trimmed up with wild touches of color. Their website does not do their store justice, so try to avoid checking out this link.
J Brand jeans…
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
Check out J Brand jeans, I just bought a pair of their cigarette jeans, in black. I purchased mine at Knit Wit, a philly fave, they are also available through Rawclothing. Don’t bother looking at the J Brand website because it looks dreadful.
The simple style of this jean is a relief from all the cluttered destroyed denim that is still lurking in stores. The solid black color is refreshing, today’s market is sooooo saturated with blue washed out and blasted legs, it’s time to try something solid. These jeans are needed now more than ever, with all the long tunic tops which are so popular right now we need a simple smooth waistband and back pockets ( to avoid unfortunate bulges). These snug fitting jeans are ‘tapered with a 15″ leg opening’, translation: your foot will actually fit through the bottom opening without lots of tugging!
update: In addition to J Brand, FashionStyleChic pointed out Tsubi jeans which also are very slim and are worn by the likes of Ashley Olsen and Lindsay Lohan. My favorite thing about them is that the black/blue color is called ‘Richard Gere’.
Store Alert : Honeymilk
Thursday, January 26th, 2006
Honeymilk is a concept store based on the idea of gift giving. The shop is located in the back of Vagabond (37 N 3rd St, Philadelphia). This space has been the breeding ground of many boutique/fashion moguls, think Emma Luv and Sodafine. The products in Honeymilk are made by young artists and designers, their creations are mostly as one of a kind pieces and small editions.
The store has a variety of gifts ranging from paintings, baby+dog clothing, to Kinked Works tees, and jewelry. Linda (one of the owners) is especially know for her intricately cut leather earrings, she has begun a collection of Valentines’ Day necklaces with charms and lockets which are great ideas as gifts.
Store Alert : Mamastone
Thursday, January 26th, 2006
Check out Mamastone Vintage for awesome vintage pieces which are styled beautifully. Back in the day they were my favorite for Boho pieces, but now that Edie Sedgwick is en vogue they carry a nice supply of mod graphic styles. In addition to their ebay store, they also have a website which has great lookbooks of the pieces they have sold recently which is great inspiration for fun outfits.
More on NY TOPSHOP…
Monday, January 9th, 2006Harrod’s Girl wanted to know more about the NY TOPSHOP and how it compares to the Oxford Street Top Shop in Londion, I thought that you all might want to know too, so here’s my response:
The Top Shop in NY is soooooooo drastically different than the one in London. You enter on a small street off of Canal St (our crazy China Town st). Topshop is actually within another small store, Opening Ceremony. OC is very international and homemade looking. In the very back of the store you go up a small stairwell and then you have a mini Topshop. Seriously it’s the size of my bedroom. They carried key items (mostly what, I believe, they were previously calling the Siouxsie Collection) consisting of that amazing b+w striped bubble tunic, narrow grey jeans, lots of bags, and a few pairs of shoes. My friends and I were the only people in the entire store! It’s very boutique and very calm, pretty much the exact opposite of the Oxford Street Top Shop.
I hope all of you fashionistas out there in the NY and Philly areas get a chance to check it out!
Topshop in NYC
Thursday, January 5th, 2006
Today I picked up this bag at the NYC Topshop within Opening Ceremony (35 Howard St NY, NY) Mine is a nice warm brown color. Opening Ceremony is a cute men’s/women’s store in SOHO which dedicates a large portion of their space to promoting international designers. Every year Opening Ceremony focuses on a new designer/brand, and this year the choice was Topshop. The Topshop environment was drastically different than that of the original Topshop (in London) which is the equivalent to a mega H&M on speed. Opening Ceremony hosts a chill atmosphere with soft lighting and plenty of elbow room. Although it’s tucked away on Howard Street, I’ll definitely make the pilgrimage out there again. Thanks Lizz W for pulling me and my aching feet down the street!