New York Fashion Week has just wrapped up, and if you’re anything like us you’re now in the mood to shop. So we asked New York-based Malaysian fashion designer Jasmine Chong, who just showed her third presentation at NYFW, to share her five favourite independent boutiques, bookstores and homewares stores in the city. Add these credit card sinkholes to your hitlist for the next time you’re in the Big Apple.
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“Art museum meets luxury fashion. Brands like Molly Goddard, Prada and Comme des Garcons come together in this multi-level fashion and art playground (which is a spin-off of the London original). The best way to experience DSMNY is to start from the top and slowly trickle your way down.”
Dover Street Market New York, 160 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10016
“An intimate and chic concept store centred around the number 10. Ten curated categories, 10 products, benefitting 10 charities. I love their selection of books and candles in particular, and their art gallery events.”
Maison 10, 4 West 29th Street, New York, 10001
“This corner bookstore is tucked on a quiet street in West Village. They always seem to have a good selection of Pablo Neruda, my favourite poet.”
Three Lives & Company, 154 West 10th Street, New York, 10014
“An Upper East Side townhouse converted into a luxe yet relaxed boutique. I love the skylight and the different levels, and feeling like I’m shopping in someone’s beautiful home.”
18 East 69th Street, New York, 10065
“A carpet store doesn’t sound very interesting, but ABC is anything but just a carpet store. It’s an interior design and lifestyle Mecca, an Anthropologie home section on steroids. Everything is so beautifully merchandised, in an old, beautiful building with high ceilings.”
ABC Carpet & Home, 888 Broadway, New York, 10003 (Manhattan flagship)
“This London transplant carries a curated array of independent designers, including my own line, Jasmine Chong! Located on Grand Street, in the heart of the cobblestone-paths of Soho.”
Wolf & Badger, 95 Grand Street, New York, 10013
“This women’s social club just happens to have the cutest little store ever, tucked within their sprawling Soho location. Pick up cute Rei Kawakubo pins, T-shirts that say “internet HERstory” and other cool items that make wonderful gifts.”
The Wing, 55 Mercer Street, New York, 10013
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