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 ...
A Brooklyn Community, Pure and Simple
Community, like curated and authentic, feels like a played-out term. Hell, come to think of it, invoking Brooklyn when speaking of it in the abstract way as in “Brooklyn is more a state of mind than an actual place…” is also a bit tired and lame. But we hear folks use the word community a ...
Sneak Peeks of a Williamsburg Weekend
It’s not just cherry blossoms that are in bloom in Brooklyn this weekend. There’s an amazing brave new world of curated (ahem) art, design, fashion, jewelry, and cool merch by local artisans and designers. Of course it happens every weekend in Williamsburg but this one holds promise for more wow than usual. Chris & Pam are ...
The Art of Dress Up: Vagabondia Vintage
Sylvia Karcz was getting fed up with life in the 9-5 fast lane and decided to take her worldly curiousity, sartorial freedom and vintage fan-dom a bit further. Welcome to the world of Vagabondia Vintage. Since kicking it off, this free-spirited hip-chick with heart hasn’t looked back. And this Spring, Sylvia turns her weekend gig into ...
M2DF’s Daniel Martinez
Daniel Martinez’s story of coming to New York to make it as a designer and setting up shop in Williamsburg is both an Everyman story and a Cinderella story all rolled up into one. Growing up sorting through tons of forlorn garments that made it into his family’s rag house outside of Houston in the ...
Makin’ It: Dea Dia
Jessica Lawson of Dea Dia started making jewelry as a creative outlet aside from her day jobs. After overwhelming success at the Brooklyn Night Bazaar during holiday season last year, she decided to quit her job and focus on making jewelry full time. Her inspiration comes from the natural world such as the geometry of the earth, ...
Devin Kain is Your Full-Time Lover
Devin Kain is on the verge of having a moment. His Love Hue Studios, a fixture at the market on weekends since last Fall, is crushing his current Fab sale, getting noticed and his wide array of old school analog media turned inspiring toys for techies and non are finding their way into homes beyond ...
Sweatertoys, so Twee, so Sweet
Sure, we’re all just kids at heart but like kids today, we’ve got that bit of edge and eco- social awareness that makes us a little different. And that’s why we LOVE Sweatertoys, Caitlin Wicker’s genius spin on recycled sweater and vintage fabrics cleverly adapted and repurposed for today’s know-it-all kids. Caitlin has popped in ...
A Very Brooklyn Easter
Had Charlie Brown been looking for a place to pal around with his crew this lovely Easter weekend, he’d might just end up taking a spin through the market. And while Charlie’s a little bit of a fiction, we do see our own cast of characters get it together in their Sunday best with plenty ...
Makin’ It: Evolving Habitat
It all started when Meri Vallo started designing beautiful backyard landscapes with reclaimed wood and found objects. She was only doing it for friends until she found that people were into her style and aesthestic. From that, she began making furniture and lighting and soon Evolving Habitat was born. Her current line of products includes ...
