Mr. Bittar brings his suave bling to an Upper East Side location, where open cases encourage customers to try on Lucite and semiprecious baubles redolent of happy bygone eras.
Author Archives: By CINTRA WILSON
Critical Shopper | Alexis Bittar: Alexis Bittar’s Jewelry on Madison Avenue
March 10, 2010 – 5:27 pm
Critical Shopper | Zero + Maria Cornejo: Maria Cornejo Plays All the Angles
February 24, 2010 – 11:10 pm
Ms. Cornejo’s edgy-yet-demure, dress-up-or-down pieces have attracted top-shelf fashion intellectuals like Tilda Swinton, Cindy Sherman and Michelle Obama.
Critical Shopper | Edon Manor: Trying On Shoes in Someone Else’s Dream
February 11, 2010 – 12:20 am
This nifty, library-like boutique is designed to stimulate your inner Anglophile with distinct authors of footwear and various forms of designer reading material as well.
Critical Shopper | Kiki de Montparnasse and Agent Provocateur: Dressing for Success on Valentine’s Day
January 28, 2010 – 12:12 am
Agent Provocateur is only a few of blocks away from Kiki de Montparnasse, but it is considerably closer to the old 42nd Street in spirit.
Critical Shopper | Lily et Cie: Vintage Clothing, Red-Carpet Ready
January 13, 2010 – 11:59 pm
Lily et Cie is famous for being a veritable museum collection of, it says, more than a half-million pieces of vintage fashion.
Critical Shopper | Wilkes Bashford: The Man Stays in the Game
December 30, 2009 – 11:44 pm
If you can drop the loot, Wilkes has the luxury shoes, camiceria and customer service to sell your soul for.
Critical Shopper: Lisa Perry Boutique Is Committed to Its Futuristic Mission
December 17, 2009 – 12:15 am
The new boutique on Madison Avenue features a retro-futuristic, space aesthetic with white floors and minidresses that come in a rainbow of colors.
Critical Shopper | Burlap: It Is Divine to Treat Yourself
December 3, 2009 – 12:03 am
I did not realize that once entering this modest storefront, my dim and sorrowful spirit would be catapulted into great brightness by the Oracle of Henry Street in Brooklyn.
Critical Shopper: The Reunion Tour, for Clothes Only
November 25, 2009 – 11:41 pm
186 Spring Street (near Thompson Street); (212) 343-7090; and
63 Thompson Street (near Broome Street); (212) 343-1658. When consumerism spends itself to death and the arteries of fashion are clogged with cheap, disposable and boring designs, it’s time to rediscover one-of-a-kind relics from bygone fashion eras.
Critical Shopper | Armani/5th Avenue: Indulging His Every Indulgence
November 19, 2009 – 2:47 am
The colossal new flagship carrying representative pieces from all the goods bearing the Armani signature are all swirling around a giant fantasy staircase that puts both Vegas and the sun to shame.
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