Local retailers are helping boost the spirits of beleaguered New Yorkers by offering festive settings and quality customer service, as a year tarnished with pandemic-related loss draws to a close.
The Hester Street Fair will be up and running "IRL" this Saturday, August 15th, 2020. As with most businesses and venues, it has been operating online-only throughout the ongoing pandemic. The fair, made up of an ever-changing selection of...
Depop, a digital social shopping marketplace, has teamed up with the local Hester Street Fair to create a "virtual fair for vintage fashion finds" on Saturday, May 30th through Monday, June 1st, 2020. They write:
The online market features 27 vendors, who will be...
Grand Cutters Barber Shop is a family oriented barbershop that has been on the Lower East Side since 1960. There’s a reason why Grand Cutters has been around for so long. From haircuts, beard trims, and the signature classic - the Royal Shave, we care about the quality of service.
A full weekend is coming up at Hester Street Fair. On Saturday, their "We Started Here" event returns in honor of the small businesses who started out at the fair and successfully moved on to bigger venues (and ventures). A few...
In a hard-to-miss move, the new artistic director of the men's wear at fashion house Louis Vuitton has painted the entire north-east corner (both inside and out) of Rivington and Ludlow streets in neon-green. Life-size mannequins, molded after Louis Vuitton...
The Fragrance Shop has been offering custom scents to customers since it opened in 1992.
This video is from Rob Dozier at New York City News Service. It's part of our ongoing collaboration with the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
On Tuesday, May 22 and Wednesday, May 23, local artist Adam Lucas (aka Hanksy) teams up with Nom Wah Tea Parlor owner Wilson Tang for a collective nod to their mutual appreciation for the culture still to be found...
Local menswear designer Robert James isn't hiding his political views during this presidential campaign season. He has collaborated with artist Brian Andrew Witeley to create a limited edition graphic tee based on an actual rubbing of the gravestone.
