Vendor of the Week

Some Things that Sparkle, Shine & Shout

December 2, 2010 Vendor of the Week
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Angela Monaco of Angela Monaco Jewelry showed up on one of the hottest days this past Summer fresh off the road (she drives up from Philly, yo) all business. But for Monaco, business is about talking to people, swapping stories, making connections and having a good time. And that spirit of being in it for [...]

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Upcycled Urban Design

November 24, 2010 Vendor of the Week
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Colombian-born, Queens-reared Alex Campaz of the eponymous studio and design label stays close to the street and the legends of his youth with a look that is a re-mix of materials, patterns, cuts and styles that have inspired the urban “male” for generations. Combining casual and formal-wear with a twist on athletic street-wear, Campaz recycles [...]

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Put a Little Glass in Your … Holidays

November 18, 2010 Vendor of the Week
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Stacey Sandow and her Brooklyn-born and bred Little Monsters are a fresh take on the super groovy craft of glass-blowing. But that’s about where the similarities begin and end. These little guys are wickedly cute, cool and we’d even venture to say tantalizingly edible if they weren’t made of glass. That’s how badly you want [...]

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Everyone Wants a Pin Up Girl

November 4, 2010 Vendor of the Week
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Dollsville, NYC might be a newcomer on the market scene but designer/creative director Laura Billard (aka Laura Rebel Angel) has deep roots across the City in the local music, hot rod and rockabilly scenes where she has been a regular fixture for years. Who knew that Brooklyn had a hot rod culture? Artists & Fleas: [...]

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Black Cat Vintage Goldmine

October 28, 2010 Vendor of the Week
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One of the righteous brothers behind Black Cat Vintage moved to Brooklyn in August, set up shop at Artists & Fleas in September and has been steadily receiving ridiculous vintage finds week after week from his brother’s “rag house” (think airplane hangar) in Houston. But that’s the just the beginning of the story of how [...]

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Williamsburg is Obsessive Compulsive Vintage

October 21, 2010 Vendor of the Week
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Vintage is not niche anymore. Nor has it really ever been if you are one of those folks who live and die by the meticulously curated collections brought to you by New York’s finest vintage purveyors. New York Magazine does justice to the vintage clothing shopping scene this week as it exists at traditional retail: [...]

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Sine Die and Cultivating Authentic Cool

October 14, 2010 Vendor of the Week
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Whatever happened to those kids in high school who had their faces buried in their sketchbooks or stared out the window when everyone else was pretending to listen and care? Cue up John Hughes and The Breakfast Club. Sine Die wasn’t one of those kids. But they weren’t part of the poseur (it’s French after [...]

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Graphic Design Williamsburg Wunderkind: Inklings & Co.

October 7, 2010 Vendor of the Week
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You don’t get fresher than this one. Brooklyn-based Inklings & Co. was established in August of 2010, selling their first piece to design director William McDonough’s mom (at full price) and has been rolling ever since. Smart design. Cool aesthetic. Hip dude. Trifecta of perfection. A&F: What’s the story behind Inklings & Co? Inklings: The [...]

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That Burger Tent, Williamsburg’s New Burger Pop-Up: Vendor of the Week

September 30, 2010 Vendor of the Week
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That Burger Tent is the culmination of chef Dan Petersen’s years of painstaking research (eating lots of meat!) and an obsessive quest for what makes for that perfect burger. Just 2 weeks old but 2 years in the making, That Burger Tent has gotten some rave reviews from burger aficionado BurgerConquest (“It is truly a [...]

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Vendor of the Week: Riverbasin Outfitters

September 16, 2010 Vendor of the Week
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River Takada-Capel, creative director and designer behind Riverbasin Outfitters, just has it going on. Cool name? Check. Righteous look? Check. Captivating story? Check. A little Southern-ish charm? Check. Artists& Fleas: Who are you and what do you do? River: I make things from all over the place! I rework items I get from yard sales, [...]

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Vendor of the Week: Pigeon Be Pigeon

September 9, 2010 Vendor of the Week
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Everyone gets a turn at being the “new guy” at one point in time. Simon Hyun from Pigeon Be Pigeon aka Sir Face Designs is a Bronx-born artist who designs his graphic screens for T-shirts, hoodies, housewares and more as a riff on life in the Big Apple. He came across us in Williamsburg a [...]

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Vendor of the Week: Brooklyn Craft

September 2, 2010 Vendor of the Week
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The first question that came to mind when we heard about Brooklyn Craft was not about how they scored such an uber-comprehensive name and website but how did they figure out that making their wacky and wild sock animals would be as cool for you and me as it would be for the kids and [...]

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