On the Saturday I was in New York, I decided to take a break from the craziness of fashion week and the city and take to Brooklyn for the Brooklyn Flea Market in Fort Greene. My two friends and I instantly fell in love with the charming borough – a nice laid-back escape from the…
shopping
fashion from a far off place
Obsession du jour: online boutique shopping mecca FarFetch.com. As in, keep me up at night obsessed. You see, this unique online store features merchandise from on the zeitgeist boutiques from all over the world (including the coolest boutiques in the US). The site makes hard-to-find small European lines and unique global vintage pieces instantly accessible…
to market to market
The day after thanksgiving my mother and I decided to pass by the Best Buys and the Targets for a shopping experience of a more intimate kind. We spent the morning trolling Bainbridge Marketplace , a pop-up vintage/flea market housewares shop in an empty open space tucked behind some shops on my hometown’s main street. The 2 day pop-up shop was operated…
L.A. Confidential
Here are a few of my snapshots from my most recent trip to LA! More photos taken in the Mondrian Hotel (whom kindly upgraded me to a suite, thank you very much!), a trip to Maxfield in West Hollywood – a truly unique shopping experience (goth -decor store filled with everything amazing happening in the big world of…
glass act
On a recent trip to Seattle I made a stop at one of my favorite shops: glassybaby glassybaby’s are beautiful hand-blown glass votives (or vase, or drinking glass). They are made from different shaded glass rods that are blown in a multi-layered process to create thick circular votives with rich, deep color. Depending on what angle you look at the…
country mart'ing part 2
The Brentwood Country Mart … A little history: The Brentwood Country Mart first opened on November 18, 1948. It is well-known and loved for its red-board and white trim structure that evokes early American and English country marketplaces, with shops and stalls arranged around a central courtyard. What I especially enjoyed about this shopping center…
country mart'ing
Los Angeles likes its country marts. And I’m glad it does. I like um too. Don’t be fooled by the name, because they aren’t what you’d typically think of as a “mart” – these are actually unique upscale outdoor shopping centers. But the name “country mart” is kind of cute and appealing, right? I am assuming they…