Your Brooklyn Retail Therapist

My friend Ben wrote a wonderful article about Williamsburg fashion and picks the mind of Malin Landaeus.  Please check it out!

From RACKED:

“A reader sends us this photo of newish menswear shop ID in Williamsburg offering a very special Brooklyn Borough President markdown. Marty Mark, as the kids call him, took a stroll along Bedford Avenue today to promote neighborhood businesses, stopping to decorate cookies at Whisk and introduce a new clam chowder at Blackbird. He also stopped by ID for a chat with the owner, Pema Kongpo, who also owns Norbu Bijoux next door and Pema across the street. No word on whether he bought anything, but we’re just going to pretend he left with a pair of Superdry jeans for 10% off.”

The Queen of Hearts and I LOVE HORTENSIA.  I fell in love after I felt their pieces in person at OAK.

Chimu is A+!  Their food is to die for!

“Join us this friday to Celebrate Peru along with fellow artisans and host Emily from Huitzili.
Drinks & appetizers provided by Chimu, one of the best peruvian restaurants in NYC.
Beautiful ceramic from Runa Studios,  Hortensia’s super soft & warm alpaca knits & Huitzili’s beautiful selection of Mexican jewelry & clothes will all be available.

Huitzili
624 Metrolitan Avenue
Brooklyn”

»NEW DARR LOCATION OPENS SATURDAY, JANUARY 30«
101 Metropolitan Avenue
(718)387-8887 
W-Sat 12-8
Sun 12-7

I’m marking this one on my calendar!

via racked.com:

Atlantic Avenue antiques shop Darr takes the ye olde Brooklyn trend to dark, moody, wonderful places with its collection of battered armoires, vintage anatomical charts, and taxidermied animal heads. Now, the people behind Darr are bringing their special brand of creepy to Williamsburg. Starting Saturday, they’ll be operating a second branch of the store at 101 Metropolitan Avenue (at Wythe.) If this all sounds vaguely familiar, it might be because Darr is owned by the people behind old-timey South Brooklyn menswear boutique Hollander & Lexer, which opened a second Williamsburg location earlier this year.

Thistle & Clover Open Call: Monday, February 8

Calling all local designers! Thistle & Clover is hosting our first open call of 2010 on Monday, February 8th from 11AM-6PM.

To sign up for a slot, please email info@thistleclover.com with a link to your website and/or jpegs of your work. Appointments are on a first come, first served basis and are only open to designers from the New York area (our latest success story, Dusen Dusen, is pictured [above]).  For more info, visit our New Talent page.

Please forward this along to any fashion forward friends!

xxT&C (221 Dekalb Ave, Fort Greene)

ps: Pre-Spring 2010 is now in-store! Check out recent arrivals at our online store. And come visit our newly decorated dressing room, outfitted by Fort Greene furniture designer, Nightwood.

Osborn’s shoes have amazing prints!  Prices range from $48-$150.  My pick would be the Mystic bootie for $125 — they embrace the native american prints that are so In right now and they’re in classic black and white, so they go with a lot of my wardrobe!  Thanks fashism for the tip!

fashism:

Fashism Find: Shoes from Osborn Design Studios

These awesomely unique shoes are designed right here in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, by the adorable husband and wife team Carla Venticinque-Osborn and & Aaron Osborn.

Their shoes come in many different styles and patterns, but I particularly like these dark denim oxfords. And they are on sale, so hit up their site and snatch em up while they’re hot.

Annie’s Blue Ribbon General Store has put out their Valentines Day wares.  Highlights on the blog.  Also:

“PLEASE SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR SECOND ANNUAL MAKE YOUR OWN VALENTINE’S PARTY. If you’re in the ‘hood please come by Saturday  February 6th from 10-11am for lots of fun treasures to MAKE YOUR OWN VALENTINE’S with– you know what I’m talking about- pom poms, GLITTER, doily’s, all that good stuff! Hot chocolate and home made treats too. Lots of fun for ALL ages! (like I wrote last year- why should the kids have all the fun!?!). See you there. B.Y.O.S. (Bring your own Scissors please).”

Annie’s Blue Ribbon General Store is located at 365 State Street, in Boerum Hill.