Sonia Rykiel Paris Fashion Show

I had to put Sonia Rykiel in a category of her own (as she so deserves), being one of my favorite designers and totally loving her WHOLE collection. Love the bows, love gray, love the flowing cuts and draping...My fave five below:

tea and something else....

After my afternoon appt...I decided I would relax for a bit at 'Tea and Sympathy', a favorite of mine certainly not for the cramped quarters but for my love of all things British, especially tea, scones and clotted cream. To my sadness they were filming some movie or another right there in T&S, my luck, right? So no sympathy for me, but I found tea elsewhere and close by at a cute, homey cafe; 'Grounded', an organic coffee and tea house, just my style. Even their milk was organic to my delight, and the atmosphere was perfect for just relaxing and reading the Times...funnily enough, it was full of bloggers and their laptops.

Also in a nice offset of circumstances, since I was forced to cross the street because of the filming in T&S, I was set right in front of 'OTTE', a lovely boutique which I have walked by before but never stopped into. What a great find. It's fantastic, full of designers I love; 3.1 by Philip Lim, Sonia Rykiel, See by Chloe and quite a few newer NYC designers I hadn't heard of but loved their pieces.

Tea and Sympathy
in the West Village at
108 Greenwich Avenue
New York, NY 10011

between 12th & 13th Street
opposite the entrance to
Jane Street

open:
Mon - Fri from 11.00am - 10.30pm
Sat - Sun from 9.30am - 10.30pm

Grounded
28 Jane Street
New York, NY
212-647-0943
Subway: A/C/E to 14th Street

OTTE
121 Greenwich Ave.
NY,NY
212-229-9424

'Out and About'...a hodge-podge of Judd Hirsch, cupcakes, perfume and bags

Whew! Just got back from the West Village, did the rounds, lots to report:

• Spotted Judd Hirsch having dinner at that Thai restaurant on the corner of Bleecker and Bank Street ...
• Got a flurry of cupcakes for my boy at Magnolia,
  
• Popped into Bond No. 9, where I discovered there is a new fragrance coming out tomorrow, aptly named 'Bryant Park' after the madness that occurs there during fashion week...while they didn't yet have any bottles available for sale, they did have some small testers... it was nice, not going to run out and buy it, but nice...apparently it has elements of Patchouli and Rhubarb (who would have thought)....
• Checked out what was new at Marc Jacobs...what was up with that?? there was like all this cheap crap there....'made in China'...key chains galore, all for like 2$, 5$...it was strange...not sure what the story was with that...if I find out more...I'll update...
• Finally got around to stopping into the new Mulberry store that opened a few months ago....love the new patent bags...love, love, love...also the salesgirl told me that they have a fab new collection arriving tomorrow that is a new collaboration with Giles Deacon...they are supposed to be very edgy...with large studs and such...I asked if they were similar to Sonia Rykiel's classic stud bags...similar vein apparently. Will try to get some photos up....looking forward to seeing them in person.
  

Love the Abington Square area...if you are there also check out 'Cherry', a very funky boutique specialising in vintage designer duds....saw a great Sonia Rykiel shirt and a very beautiful Norma Kamali coat, and the MOST amazing Alaia white wool dress, Stun-ing!!!

CHERRY

19 Eighth Avenue
NY, NY 10014
ph: (212) 924-1410
fax: (212) 691-9715

Monday - Saturday
12:00 - 8:00 PM
Sunday
12:00 - 7:00 PM