Do head to Chelsea and check out out one my favorite store/brand at the moment, Comme des Garçons (french for "like some boys"). Since 1973, designer and sole owner of Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo has been on the tip of most fashion critics tongue when considering top japanese designers. Their Chelsea location reeks of "thought behind design" with a very future forward design, even for the "big apple"(check out the Aoyama Comme des Garçon store, wow!!). One of my favorite lines, Play, newest collection will be arriving early July to their chelsea location for all others as eager.
Side note: Don't be offended by the staff casually following you around the store. This technic is regarding as being polite and courteous in the japanese retail market. If your slightly familiar with Comme des Garçon then you will probably know something about high fashion designers Junya Watanabe & Tao Kurihara but did you know Undercover's designer Jun Takahashi also studied under Rei Kawakubo.
520 W 22nd St,
New York, NY 10011
Everyday 11-7
or
Dover Street Market
Don't go to Kiosk on Mondays anymore, they are closed.
Kiosk Kiosk..
I can't even start to explain how awesome this store is. Their simple slogan," Interesting things from different countries" doesn't even scratch the surface of Kiosk. Possibly the best store you never been to but walked past at least a hundred times.
95 SPRING ST, 2ND FL,
New York, NY 10012
Tues-Sat 11-7
Defintely worth checking out but again not on Mondays though.
I made this grave mistake.
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