Pink is a color that comforts women big and small. How do you wear pink for Breast Cancer Awareness? Send us pictures through Twitter @MadisonAveSpy, to Facebook or email. We will post a picture each day of our favorite pink person during the Pink Ribbon Project campaign.
DecadesTwo, the LA-based consignment store, is rolling into New York again for their bi-annual pop-up shop. This time, however, they are splitting their personalities and sending their downtown looks to Soho house and their uptown riches to Lisa Perry’s Madison Avenue boutique.
The “Uptown/Downtown” shopping event will take place from October 20 to 22. What’s even better? Madison Avenue Spy readers can get a 20% discount when shopping at either location on Friday and Saturday.
As for us? We just couldn’t wait. We’re glad we didn’t because there are some dream items waiting to find the perfect new home. Clearly, the Uptown Decades location was curated with the neighborhood gal in mind, which means there is a lot of Chanel, Oscar, Carolina, Louboutin and Manolo. (Downtown is heavily stocked with McQueen, Philip Lim and Gucci.)
On the Chanel rack, which is quite extensive, we found a variety of light color tweed jackets, suit sets and coats. A long pearl colored trench style is $2900 and a limited edition nautical themed jacket worn in a Miley Cyrus video is $2,100. There are even options for Chanel shoppers who want to spend less than a grand. A soft blue linen dress with double-C buttons is $500 and a short red jacket is $895.
Among other designers, we found a long Bottaga dress for $1,200, an iconic YSL cocktail dress for $600, a Bill Blass sequin dress for $660 and an adorable Balenciaga skirt with original tags showing a $1900 retail price for $340. A dress by London-based designer Maria Grachvogel was crying to be taken home and was priced at just $350.
Shoppers keen on shoes, bags and accessories will not be discappointed either. We found Louboutin spikey high boots for about $1000, Alaia black and white pony hair pumps for $400, never worn Chanel ballet flats for $330, a white multi-color Vuitton note book for $220, black croc Manolo pumps for $350 and Kirckwood lizard pumps for $220.
For us, the best part of the sale is that there are a variety of interesting items that can fill the needs of someone with Fifth Avenue extravagance or First Avenue sensibility. You can click here to see a full photostream of the items mentioned above.
Lisa Perry
976 Madison Avenue @76th Street
212-570-1380
Soho House
29-35 9th Avenue
212-627-9800
Bright pink or light pink are the perfect pinks for shopping on Madison. We want to see how you how you wear pink you support Breast Cancer Awareness. Send us pictures through Twitter @MadisonAveSpy, to Facebook or email. We will post a picture each day of our favorite pink person during the Pink Ribbon Project campaign.
Although the new Soho concept store, C. Wonder doesn’t open until October 22nd, we got a preview of their flagship store this evening. C. Wonder, named for it’s founder Chris Burch, may not be the cure for cancer or help fortify world peace but the price point and product assortment will make customers’ mouths water.
Much of the basic concept design is obviously inspired by the principal behind the Tory Burch brand, which is a modern twist to prep. In place of the Tory Burch cross logo there are lots of C’s branded on a variety of products ranging from housewares, home decor, personal electronics, apparel, shoes, jewelry and accessories. Even the shopping bags have a Tory feel.
Lets first start by saying that most items in the store come in a verity of five colors– pink, green, yellow, navy and orange. So most rain boots ($78), mugs ($8), monogramed shirts ($68), wheelie suitcases ($99) and bike helmets can all be mixed and matched to fall along the brand’s color palate. It’s hard not to imagine that Chris Burch went shopping in China and ordered one of each in five colors.
As you can imagine the cloths are styled with an eye towards bright Greenwich prep. Think of hot pink puffer vests styled with stripped button down shirts, navy blazers with nautical sweaters stripped sweaters and a bright green barn jacket ($178) paired with a basic black sweater.
Although the fashion is nice it’s far from the highlight. It’s the housewares that really make C. Wonder stand apart from other retail stores. The mix and match style of dishes, napkins, table accessories and hostess gifts fill a much needed market at the fast fashion price point. The styling is modern and playful similar to the styling’s of Jonathon Adler. Dinner plates are $12 each, salad plates are $10 and cereal bowls $8. Theoretically, you can walk away with a full table setting for $12 people for under $500.
Now, that’s a meal, or table setting, that makes our mouths water! You can click here to see a photo stream of all our spy pictures from the store opening
C. Wonder
72 Prince Street
A reader writes: “My 9 year old daughter Paulina has been wearing lots of pink this month; I’m a breast cancer survivor and she wanted to show her support.”
We want to see how you how you support Breast Cancer Awareness. Send us pictures of you wearing pink on Madison through Twitter @MadisonAveSpy, to Facebook or email. We will post a picture each day of our favorite pink person during the Pink Ribbon Project campaign.
Vilebrequin is hosting their a sample sale this week and prices of their famous men’s swim trunks and sportswear will be 50% to 80% off. The sale will run from Wednesday, October 19th through Thursday, October 20th.
As far as pricing goes, we are told that men’s and boy’s swim trunks will be about 50% off and ready-to-wear and accessories will be marked down a bit more. The company’s solid color and print swimwear normally run from $150 to $280 and boy’s swimwear runs from $110 to $140. We can’t think of a more adorable sight than a little tot matching his big daddy.
This summer, Vilbrequine moved most of their merchandise from their location on Madison and 81st Street to their new store on 1007 Madison (between 77th & 78th), tucked between Missoni and Intermix. A small selection of solid swimwear is still being sold at the 82st Street location their lease ends in January. We have a feeling that the Intermix and Missoni shoppers are going to have a hard time resisting a warm weather impulse purchase for their boys.
Vilebrequin Sample Sale
Wednesday, October 19th to Thursday, October 20th
9am to 7pm
100 Varick Street (Between Charlton and Vandam) 2nd Floor
ID Required for entry
The contrast of hot pink against a grassy shade of green adds pop to both colors. How do you make pink pop? Send us pictures of how you support Breast Cancer Awareness through Twitter @MadisonAveSpy, to Facebook or email. We will post a picture each day of our favorite pink person during the Pink Ribbon Project campaign.
For the first time Saks Fifth Avenue has excluded cosmetics from their friends and family sale. Those who were counting on stocking up on their beauty necessities should not fret. Lord & Taylor is hosting their friends and family sale from Wednesday, October 19 through Monday, October 24th and Chanel cosmetics are included in the promotion. The discount is 10% off.
Presale is already underway and we suggest ordering quickly because department stores often run out of items during friends and family promotions. If you’re anything like us, you can’t begin to anticipate what you may need or want. Perhaps we can make a few personal suggestions. We are in love with the green/gold nail color called Peridot and have also become big fans of the Roughe Coco Shine, which is part lip gloss/ part lipstick.
Lord & Taylor
Janet Hagen
Chanel Counter Manager
212-391-3344
