Churoncalla-Jewelry

There are so many reasons to check out, hang out and shop Brooklyn bazaars these days. Community. Discovery. Distraction. Destination. All are worthy and honorable. But there’s another reason: shopping direct from independent designers is cool. Not just cool as in everyone’s doing it, but cool as in it makes you feel good because it [...]

Vintage Fur Folio

January 26, 2012 Fabulous Finds
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Check your politics at the door for a moment. Forget the street walkers on Broadway in their shocking frocks of bright orange or candy-apple red. Fur is making a comeback. And the old adage is certainly as true as true can be when it comes to fine furs: they don’t make them like they used [...]

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It’s Better to Look Good, Damnit

January 23, 2012 Weekend in Images
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Don’t let them tell you otherwise. The crew loves to play dress-up any chance they get. And that was so apparent this weekend when The Vintage Trove’s Shari Neal and indie rocker and former Nicole Atkins bandmate Irina Yalkowsky got down on it. Name that vintage piece on Irina, above right. It’s priceless for sale.

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Funk, Fur, Handmade & HardWear: What’s New From Who

January 20, 2012 What's New From Who
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Fresh from shows around Brooklyn, the boroughs and beyond is stylish it and wit accessorizer Dollsville with a crowd-pleasing array of vintage and rock-and-roll inspired accessories for all ages. Designer Laura Billard aka Laura Rebel Angel (above) sets up this Sunday. Watermarbledworld’s Osman Arslan debuts a collection of handmade, individually pigment-painted silk scarves and more. [...]

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Are You Knit-Worthy?

January 18, 2012 Artist News
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Ansley Davenport learned the ways of the world by knitting her way through it. The rural West Virginia native turned Brooklynite got her first lesson in knitting from her older sister whose sage advice was to knit her way over a bad boyfriend breakup. Fast-forward some years and Ansley, whose Ansley Knits debuted earlier this [...]

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Artists & Travelers

January 16, 2012 Weekend in Images
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They come from everywhere with their stories. Each object has one – look at Dog Tag Designs and you will see (above). As dizzying as the choices can sometimes be, their stories are equally compelling. Jimmy Bradshaw is but one of them that came out this weekend. He was the mellow guy whose bespoke vintage [...]

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Short & Sweet: What’s New From Who

January 13, 2012 What's New From Who
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A hip array from the vintage to the bespoke to the offbeat to dazzle and inspire a Williamsburg market weekend. Lanie Lynn Vintage and off-shoot Dog Tag Designs are familiar to market lovers who’ve made the visit to the DeKalb Market in downtown Brooklyn (now closed). The devotee of the pop-up shop brings her vintage [...]

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The Maker’s Revolution or “Eff Yeah, Kickstarter!”

January 11, 2012 Re:sources
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It’s still early enough in the new year for pronouncements and predictions. A recent Kickstarter email blast entitled “2011: The Year in Kickstarter” shook us to our core with its rundown of accomplishments in 2011 for this Brooklyn-incubated, downtown Manhattan start-up. $99,344,382 pledged towards over 27,000 projects. That’s not a movement. That’s a revolution. We’d [...]

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Williamsburg Weather, a Spring Teaser

January 9, 2012 Weekend in Images
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The New Year got off to a whiz-bang this Saturday with a tease of Spring and things to come on the horizon in Williamsburg. People were feeling the love all around – whether they were fueling up on the latest and greatest pop-up Brooklyn brunch spot to serve up fine fare our friendly confines (Good [...]

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Put a Knit on It: What’s New From Who

January 6, 2012 What's New From Who
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A blustery start to the new year has knitting mavens of all stripes and colors and textures and patterns and styles coming out this weekend. It’s not just newbies knitting but also some vintage knits surfacing from across time and space. Yes Jess Knits is Brooklyn-based Jess love song to all that yarn can be. [...]

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2 Turntables & a Microphone

January 5, 2012 Events
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Since Day 1, DJs have worked the market, spinning tunes to set the vibe and help shape the market experience. It’s not a club. But it’s not a lame soundtrack at retail. It’s fresh, live and real-time. As the Brooklyn and beyond obsession with classic vinyl has waxed and waned and waxed anew, so too [...]

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Chelsea Market: What Happened Was…

January 3, 2012 In Case You Missed It
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Though we are huge fans of nostalgia and tirelessly on the hunt for stories, sometimes less is more. In the case of our Manhattan maiden market voyage at Chelsea Market that wrapped up late Saturday evening after a 2 week residence in the shadows of the High Line, the photos say it all. And if [...]

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