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Return to Craft: Brooklyn Artist Boosterism

February 15, 2012 In Case You Missed It
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I just read a FastCompany interview with David Gensler, the man behind Brooklyn-based design label and fashion house Serum Versus Venom (SVSV) and it has my head blowing up. For one thing, David is a seasoned designer and industry veteran. But the idea of being part of the industry is what set the wheels in [...]

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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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From Flea to Flea

November 18, 2011 In Case You Missed It
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On the eve of the Brooklyn Flea‘s final weekend outdoor at the Williamsburg waterfront, we thought it only appropriate to bid our seasonal neighbor adieu. They came, they saw, they flea’d. We’ve seen a lot happen in the neighborhood over the past 8 years but there’s no question that they worked the crowds and whet [...]

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Brooklyn Holiday Gift Guide #1: Shopping with Cynthia Rybakoff

November 9, 2011 Gift Guide
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Part 1 in a 7-week series of holiday gift recommendations carefully curated by a current market seller to make the burden of gift-giving a bit less of a drag and more of an opportunity to explore some one-of-a-kind Brooklyn finds this season. Cynthia Rybakoff of Cynthia Rybakoff Jewelry is a life long New Yorker with a [...]

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The Village Voice’s Best of NYC

October 25, 2011 In the News
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We were both humbled and caught a bit off guard the other day when we stumbled across the current copy of The Village Voice and discovered that we were awarded Best Flea Market for 2011. It’s a good omen of sorts to kick off our anniversary month (8 years ago November the wheels got set [...]

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Williamsburg Waterfront Concerts: Long Live Rock

October 6, 2011 Re:sources
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When Fleet Foxes ended their sold-out show late last month at the Williamsburg Waterfront, so came a close to an amazing Summer music series at one of the best outdoor live event venues ever created. With breath-taking views of the Manhattan skyline, a creative use of East River State Park’s concrete ‘slab’ (sorry, kickballers) and [...]

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Shopping Markets & Retail Therapy

September 28, 2011 In Case You Missed It
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Daphne Merkin nailed it. Her piece in this past Sunday’s New York Times T Magazine, entitled Bare Market, captured that delicately driving impulse that has had Amy and me obsessed with markets every time we travel. It was what had me find myself daily at virtually every possible street fair or food cart in almost [...]

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It’s Just as Important to Look Good as it is to Feel Good

September 22, 2011 Re:sources
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This is the intro to a 3-part series dedicated to merchandising make-overs for folks as they start to think about the Fall season and the inevitable onslaught of the Holidays that is a quick follow. Markets are all about change. Many of the world’s top flea markets are places where professionals (stylists, designers, decorators) and [...]

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3 Stand-Out Moments from FNO

September 13, 2011 Fabulous Finds
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A lot has been said, shot, blogged about and tweeted about the flea market scene especially in the past year with the arrival of both new markets popping up all over the place and the Brooklyn Flea coming to Williamsburg. But one thing that stood out last Thursday at our first of many Fashion’s Night [...]

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Brooklyn FNO Free for All

August 25, 2011 Events
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While last gasp of Summer blows in with gale-force winds, we are putting the finishing touches on our Fashion’s Night Out program and roster in Brooklyn 2 weeks from today. Vintage veteran and sartorial stylist Ricky Becker of Spooky Boutique Vintage (below, right) was sharing conversations he had over the weekend with buyers and stylists [...]

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Looking Good: Merchandising Matters

August 10, 2011 Re:sources
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When was it that online shopping killed the art of merchandising and gave rise to a generation of merchants who never had to pass the test of getting noticed by real life would-be customers? Selling online has its own challenges: attracting attention, optimizing search, inviting the eyeballs to come visit, play and shop, cultivating a [...]

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Brooklyn Markets & the Creative Commerce Class

July 20, 2011 Re:sources
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The alt retail movement is getting another serious notch in its belt with the opening of Dekalb Market – brought to the Brooklyn borough by the heavy hitting Urban Space team, known for their international market prowess. There’s been quite a bit of press, hype and eager anticipation about the arrival of the market. And [...]

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