Today's Street Scenes subject is Mattia, shot on Ninth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets in the Meatpacking District. Feel free to vote on whether you like or dislike his outfit below—your choices are 'Perfection!,' I feel strangely ambivalent about it,' or 'Who Did This To You.'
[Photo by Krieger; click to enlarge]
Mattia is wearing a G-Star jacket, a Cut Cut Cut hoodie, Miu Miu jeans, Paul Smith shoes and H&M sunglasses. His favorite store is Urban Style.
Last night, Meatpacking District boutique Jean Shop debuted a line of button-down shirts with Turnbull & Asser, a 122-year-old English company known for their made-to-measure clothing. The T&A long-sleeve button-down shirts arrive at Jean Shop white; the store then dyes them whatever color you'd prefer. The price for this type of customization: $280. Since the idea behind Jean Shop is to take Selvage denim and wash or distress it to the customer's specifications, working with tops seems a natural next step. The partnership goes both ways: Turnbull & Asser's 57th Street shop will also sell specially-design Jean Shop jeans.
· Jean Shop [Official Site]
· Turnbull & Asser [Official Site]
The Chelsea Car Wash on 14th St and Tenth Ave in MePa will be closing soon to make way for new retail. "There’s currently no tenant booked, but in the next year or so, the Milk Group (as in Milk Studios, next door), aims to find a design, fashion, or other retail tenant for this 40,000-square-foot space directly underneath the High Line. Renderings from their sales office show wrap-around windows in Car Wash-like glass. There’s also apparently a subterranean level for more retail." [High Line Blog]
MEATPACKING—Earnest Sewn's next pop-up concept has been revealed: The denim store's collaborating with the designers of Ruffian. "From May 27 to June 9, designers Brian Wolk and Claude Morais will take over Earnest Sewn's back room project space to showcase their fall collection. For the two-part collaboration, Ruffian will use the premium denim from Earnest Sewn and fashion it into tailored garments, while Earnest Sewn mixes Ruffian's custom-designed European textiles and adds their own unique denim expertise to create the ultimate luxury jean." [FWD]
ONLINE—From a Racked source: "Just a tip that the Ralph Lauren private sale will be starting online on 5/15—if people search for Ralph Lauren (Google, yahoo, or MSN) on the first day, there will also be an extra 15% coupon code floating around. Shop well!" [RackedWire Inbox]
Today's Street Scenes subject is Raphael, shot on West 14th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the Meatpacking District. Feel free to vote on whether you like or dislike his outfit below—your choices are 'Perfection!,' I feel strangely ambivalent about it,' or 'Who Did This To You.'
[Photo by Krieger]
Raphael is wearing a Jil Sander jacket and shoes, a Charvet pocket square, a vintage tie, Prada jeans, a Marc Jacobs shirt, an Asprey belt and a Mulholland bag. His favorite store is Jeffrey.
A Steve Madden store will open in the Meatpacking District space currently occupied by the Hog Pit. The rumor was that Ralph Lauren was interested in the storefront, but WWD confirms that the next tenant will be the cheap shoe chain. "As for Steve, which will take over The Hog Pit after it closes on Jan. 19, [Hog Pit co-owner Felisa] Dell said, "I'm actually kind of happy. Everything around here is so chi-chi." [WWD; Racked]
Today's Street Scenes subject is Emillan, shot on Ninth Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets in the Meatpacking District. Feel free to vote on whether you like or dislike her outfit below—your choices are 'Perfection!,' I feel strangely ambivalent about it,' or 'Who Did This To You.'
[Photo by Krieger]
Emillan is wearing a jacket from Catch a Fire, American Apparel leggings, a belt from Le Château and Bakers shoes. Her favorite store is American Apparel.
Stilettos on Cobblestone, a woman of few, very important words, has this crucial update from the Meatpacking District: "Just to let you know, Jeffrey will not be carrying Castañer this season. Find another source for your everyday wedges." [Stilettos on Cobblestone]
Buckler MePa via 24gotham/Racked Flickr Pool
Local
· New Soho Equinox is oh so hip [Chic Report]
· There's a Billabong shop in Herald Square now [Fashion Herald]
· Brokers of One Hanson hoping Microsoft opens store there [Brooklyn Paper]
National
· Many chains struggling, slowing expansion [NY Times]
· Amazon not going to charge you sales tax if it has any say in the matter [NYT]
· Dr. Martens wants you to design their shoes [Core77]
· The new BlackBerry flip phone, revealed [Boy Genius Report]
· Home Depot shuttering 15 stores [Reuters]
Tiffany volunteers take the High Line
MEPA—A bunch of Tiffany staffers helped clean up the High Line last week. The park's blog has photos of the exercise, in which the all-female crew bagged up trash that was then hauled off by the parks department. Beats a day behind the display case? [High Line Blog]
CARROLL GARDENS—The Brooklyn Indie Market, the bazaar that sits under a little collection of striped tents on a lot at the corner of Smith and Union Streets, is opening for the season this Saturday, May 3rd. According to the press release we received on the market, "opening festivities include unplugged indie musicians, temporary tattoo parlour for kids of all ages, face painting, kiddie artisan-craft workshops by Stars and Sprinkles and BIM's designers, giveaways and meet-and greet with indie designers." [RackedWire]
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