Shop Girl
So you don’t have a shopping disorder, but you’re damn near close. You love it all, from Salvation Army to Salvatore Ferragamo, and all at once. Put on your walking shoes and hit the pavement (or the computer chair) to pick up some of our favorite goodies.
C.O. Bigelow Chemists
Eschewing the indistinguishable mordern aesthetics of a drugstore - including the word “drugstore” - Bigelow Chemists makes shopping for toothpaste or a hairbrush a complete joy, especially for the modern girl. It’s a real live old-timey apothecary, carrying modern products in a vintage space. You’ll feel you’ve stepped into a black-and-white 40’s movie [...]
Beacon’s Closet
I know I should love thrifting, but after a childhood spent pawing through smelly or weirdly-colored clothes at various Salvation Army stores in the suburbs, the very idea of thrift stores sends a little shiver up my spine. Happily, there’s Beacon’s Closet.
Well-known to Brooklynites, Beacon’s Closet has outposts in the two Brooklyn neighborhoods of [...]
Agnes B
Ladies, I confess - I am addicted to chic, well-tailored clothing. Cigarette pants, a car coat, and daring red ballet flats? I’m seduced. For over twenty-five years, Agnes B, a French designer who must be channeling Audrey Hepburn as a muse for her elegant but not conventional fashions, has charmed her way into our closets.
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