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It's the end of my second day, I'm back at the loft and not tired yet so I thought I'd quickly pop another entry up. Ha Ha! I think it's the novelty of having airport connection - look mom no wires. I'm sat in the main room tapping away on my iBook and I look up to find Herbie on the table - I think he's parched.
So, shopping has been number one on the agenda today and if you're new to New York get ready to WALK, everything is so much larger and the cool shops are spread around the city. Don't be thinking you can wear your sky high wedges. My sore feet are still happy feet though as I found some real pretty things. My fave shops were: Lost Shoe on Ludlow Street where I purchased a distressed tee with cute 60s cartoon prints and french slogans; Eye Candy on Lafayette st where I picked up a 1950s 'owl' bag and a pair of 1980s red chequered aviators (pictured below, middle); Hooky and C. Ronson on Mulberry street; What Goes Around Comes Around on West Broadway and Urban Outfitters on Broadway. I went a bit nuts in Urban Outiftters, they carry completely different lines to my local Oxford Street store. I scooped up a good selection of distressed tees, a pair of denim cut offs, a sequin folk skirt, a set of polks dot socks with lace frill trim and a wooden owl medallion necklace. Hoot hoot.
The star find of the day was a tiny workshop/store run by Charles Elkhaim on Mulberry Street. He has been hand crafting kitsch jewellery since the 1950s and has the most extensive and unique line of minature jewelled animal earrings. I purchased a "monkey madness" necklace and "little deer" earring set - see photos above. The detail and quality is superb all the minature animals are vintage and Charles has decorated them with dinky sparkly rhinestones. Sadly, after 18 years in Little Italy the soaring rents are forcing him to close down and he is selling everything including the fixtures and fittings. He has a great attitude tho, this dude has been written about in every magazine, sells to stores all over the world and has a great story about Jade Jagger buying tonnes of his goodies. I also picked up some 1970s badges and stickers, a betty boop earring, some chattering teeth and dancing sneakers. Charles' lovely wife Yvette gave me a vintage "Lisa Frank" box to house all my goodies in. Aww. I might go back tomorrow and have a proper look through his huge collection of bakelite jewellery...
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wowo!! i wish i was there sounds great! i love that urban outfitters its the best out of em all i wish i had known bout all those great shops tho when i was there boo hoo !
Wow looks like your having an amazing time in New York. I wanna go!! Woo hoo I'm off to London soon to stock up on Lady Luck-can't wait! I'm also fighting the temptations to order a yellow Transistor Sister hmmm.... what to do what to do!
wow, N.Y. sounds so cool, i'd love to go one day! I just had to say it's amazing that you like The Donnas, i discovered them in a magazine last yr and got their album for xmas. I love them sooooooooo much!
Laura xxx
Ooh sounds like your having a fab time! Thanks for naming all tha shops, I'll know where to go when I visit next year...I went this year in Feb. but did all tha typical shops like Macy's and Bloomingdales, I mean you HAVE to do them of course but little, oh so pleasing shops are a must!
Enjoy tha rest of your trip!
Lorna xXx
whoa whoa whoa good time4 ya 2 go 2 new york hehe im goin in a week so looks like i will be draggin people to loads more places i wanna go to!! hehe thank you!
have super Di Duper fun with capiTAL ds' of course.
love love xxx
i love the stuff you make and i'm going to New York in 7 weeks' time and hopefully i'll find some of your stuff in shops there!
Hi there,
I love your bracelets and necklaces and have bought a bracelet some time ago at Portobello market. Would like to buy some more items. Do you still have a stall at Portobello on Saturdays?
Love Sabrinaxxx
Ah, how I envy you. All I did in New York was crash out, eat cookies, walk around Macy's for free samples and get complementary stuff from Barney's because my uncle's Head Director there. Well, not genetically because he's gay. Wait hang on you could still have a genetic gay uncle - this isn't the point. All I'm saying is that I wish I could've been arsed to get out and look for things instead of being the typical Time Square-Central Park-Bloomingdale's-goer of a tourist that everyone hates because they're always angry and smell of beetroots. But congratulations on your finds, they sound great! I went to Glastonbury a few weeks ago and, thankfully, was a bit more active. Lots of New Age and "Thrift" stores - think Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen's curtains but with more people smoking weed.
Happy hunting in future,
Carrie -xoxox-
Heya Leona! I can not get enough of your website...I had like NO (cool) jewellary until I discovered this gem of a site..but I have to ask you whether you're going to bring back those earrings with the Cola can?..or a cup with a straw I think..? All I know it that it was red and had Cola written on it..PLEASE BRING THOSE EARRINGS BACK..THEY WERE SO TOTALLY FUNKYYYY! Keep up the fantastic work..and I'm glad you have such a marv time in the US of A..I want to visit all 52 states before I die..it's a life ambition of mine..
KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO,
NiKKi xx.xx.XX.xx.xx
p.s. to what parts of outer London do you go for car boot sales?
