Bringing Fashion Back to the ‘Burg
They’re bringing it back to the ‘Burg. This weekend brings a little something special to the mix as we welcome back 3 pioneering Brooklyn-based fashion designers to A&F — individuals who have been on the scene in Williamsburg and Bushwick for some time and are coming back for a spin through the market to show, ...
Merch for You & Your Mom
Market mavens, take note. Though this might be a weekend for Mom, have we got killer cool merch from new designers, makers and vintage collectors coming to show. Vintage Robot taps into 2 classics with cult followings with their line of apparel and accessories that pays homage to pre-R2D2 robots. Iconic and old-school, these hand-pressed ...
Hey, Mister DJ: Anthony3000
Since the early days of the market, bringing DJs to set the mood and keep the beat has been a touchstone of what the A&F shopping experience is all about. Over the years, we’ve had resident DJs who were neighborhood fixtures – Sasha (aka DJ Sport Casual) from the now defunct Grand Street cafe and ...
5 Williamsburg-y Gift Ideas for Mom
The playground taunt used to start off with Your Mama is… and things could get pretty nasty from there. But let’s put aside childhood bickering and get our game on to celebrate Mom. Slacker Mother’s Day shopping hook-up? We’ve got 5 gift ideas available at the market this weekend in Williamsburg depending on who your mama ...
Your Weekend Trifecta
Whether your weekend involves a Derby Party (with the requisite Derby pie, ‘course), some celebrating for Cinco or some gawking at the 5-Boro Bike Tour as it passes by on Kent Avenue this Sunday, we’ve got a whole lot of perfect accessorizing to make your weekend out a great one. Hilo x Hilo means “thread ...
Do the Derby, Brooklyn Style
The 139th running of the greatest 2 minutes in sports happens this Saturday. In these parts, Derby Day is a great excuse for folks to play dress-up – as opposed to your average weekend in Williamsburg, right? Allow us to give the dudes and damsels a few hand-picked recommendations for looking dapper and dandy: 1) ...
Globetrotters Come to Brooklyn
This weekend, vintage collectors and creators from places near and far descend upon the market.But don’t get too comfy — these free-spirited jewelry makers, fashionistas, and curators of cool will be back on the road come Sunday. Tick tock, the shop clock starts at 10AM tomorrow. You may recognize Andrea Bocchio‘s jewelry line from past ...
A Girl Gone Wild for Guys (Underwear)
With a firm handshake, a wink and a smile, Vasumathi Soundararajan is unafraid to say it like it is. So when she brings her men’s line Ken Wroy back to Williamsburg this weekend, expect to hear her call herself Chief Underwearist and to do so without the slightest trace of irony. Though a newbie brand on ...
Cameos and Crowns and Going Bi-Coastal
Our 1-week pop-ups at Chelsea Market inevitably seem to bring to surface tons of cool stories, chance encounters and inspiration tales for our sellers beyond just the stated purpose of playing show and sell. When Lynette Vertoch, owner and founder of Seattle-based Cameos and Crowns, first applied this past Winter, she decided that bringing her ...
Roadtripping a Vintage Wanderlust
Want to know what the antidote for vintage-obsessed wanderlusters living in the Information Age is? It’s called get up and go and Coast-to-Coast Mobile Vintage seems to have figured it out. This past weekend, collectors Jaimee Dormer and her boyfriend Adam brought a cross-section of their handpicked women’s vintage clothing to Williamsburg to tease and kick ...
