Fashion Insider’s Guide
new york 2012
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
EATING & DRINKING Beloved by Locals Carnivores Corner /Anti-Meat Hot & Trendy Small Bites Coffee Snob Local w/ luv Gourmet Delis Cocktails Culture & Oyster Bars Music & Bars Roof Farms Soul Food Seafood Markets
BEAUTY Beauty Parlors Massage Healing Acupuncture Facialist Makeup Artists Manucure, Hair Salons Beauty Stores & Local Shopping Tattoo Parlors
HEALTH Yoga Pilates Fitness
FASHION & DECORATION Fashion Stores Vintage Fashion Circuit & Thrift Stores Decoration Stores & Gifts Antiques & Vintage Furniture Flea Markets Flowers
How To
CONTEMPORARY ART Museums Galleries
CRAZY NIGHTS Bars Clubs
MIGHT BE USEFUL Come & Go Ferries Car Service Fashion Photos Studios
INTRODUCTION Originated from Paris, based in New York for five years, I’m permanently struck by how different the habits, routines and expectations remain on both sides of the Atlantic. Parisians girls won’t hesitate to show up in jeans at a fashion event, still love to smoke at the terraces and don’t feel guilty for never, ever working out. They don’t line up in the snow at 11 am on a Sunday to get waffles and scrambled eggs courtesy of Clinton Bakery. They won’t graciously accept “No” from a bouncer, even if they have failed to rsvp. And they won’t go home at midnight for some beauty sleep emergency. They also wouldn’t declare a sweet “I love your shoes!” to the girl in the line at the deli. But they will marvel at the quality & quantity of services delivered with professional kindness found almost everywhere in nyc. When you’re French, you never quite get used to it. One more thing: writing this guide for my visiting friends, I was naively impressed by the quality of experiences I found in Brooklyn. When two years ago, Conde Nast Traveler named the borough one of its “15 best places in the world to see right now”—among the Maldives or Sri Lanka—, the inhabitants responded with eye-rolling. Mortified to be reduced to grass-fed beefs eaters and wine bar fiends. Of course, they’re worth more than that, and the cohort of supermodels, editrix, aaa-list stylists and cfda approved designers based here can testify. Generously, these fashion insiders have agreed to show us the path, from the quaint & fashionable Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill area to the posh Brooklyn Heights, from the leafy Fort Greene to the hipster heaven, Bushwick. I hope you’ll enjoy discovering their tips as much as I did. Have an happy, healthy, stylish stay in New York.
carol sabas
EATING & DRINKING
Doyle & Doyle, 189 Orchard St., btw. Houston St. & Stanton St. Tel. (212) 677-9991. Two sisters, Elizabeth and Irene Pamela, are at the helm of this collection of antique and fine jewelry which, since 1998, entices celebrities and media. Showcased in glass cases among the walls, find a blend of every periods items, from Victorian to Art Deco and Art nouveau or Retro. Kentchire Gallery, 700 Madison Ave., btw 62nd & 63rd St., UES. Tel. (212) 421 1100. Downtown coolness meets uptown fanciness in that fabulous 72 years establishment, specialized in antique and estate jewelry (modern and Georgian), and helmed now by Carrie Imberman and brother Matthew. Third generation in the business, they also sell at their friend Opening Ceremony store in Los Angeles.
And also : albright NYC Fashion Library, 62 Cooper Sq, suite 2., EV. Tel. (212) 977-7350. 700 square meters of shoes, gowns from major US & European designers, jewelry and handballs‌ Irene Albright is the owner of this incredible fashion library, also runned by her daughter. Comment from a pro: “The people who run the place are total geniuses. A bit flashy but phenomenal venue, where you can spot some 90 downtown
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