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Musician Chris Stein
(Blondie) and adorable daughter Akira
shake things up with this vintage Santa Claus
roly-poly ($7.). Akira just turned a
year old, but mark our words, you’ll be hearing
more from her - this little girl can really
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Savvy prop stylists
know that The Mystery Spot is the first
place to turn to fill all their stylin’ needs.
We’ve helped prop indie films, TV commercials,
and photo shoots galore. Molly Findlay and
Morgan Zvanut spent a day here loading up on
vintage props for an upcoming Bloomingdale’s
catalog photo shoot. Look for our wares
tucked in the background in the pages of their upcoming
Christmas catalog! |
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While on a recent
buying trip "up north," we uncovered a huge
stash of "New Old Stock" vintage 60's
and 70's outfits from a trendy boutique that
closed its doors thirty years ago. Spot-ettes
Marlise, Tessa and Aidan model
some of the one-size-fits-all embroidered gauze
hippie halter tops ($20). But if you
want to know where these fabulous outfits came from....they're
not telling! |
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Jazz clarinetist Don Byron,
a Mystery Spot regular, took a liking to this
cute little vintage Desenex tin. ($4.) |
Fairy god-daughter Sarah models
ourmost unusual kitchen fashion find yet – a
vintage pair of mod faux patchwork apron pants
($18.)! For the man who’s
sensitive enough to do the dishes, but sensible enough
to dress right for the job!
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Walter
Salas-Humara (The Silos) agrees
to go along with a corny visual gag to promote his upcoming
record, "When The Telephone Rings."
(By the way, that vintage 1940’s telephone
can be yours’ for a mere $65!). |
Schoolteacher
Julie Cook models her newly purchased
granny square crocheted sweater ($35)
and holds a bouquet of Made in Japan Christmas
elf ornaments ($20) while adorable
daughter Lola hangs onto a pink
rubber Gorilla Soaky ($15.). |
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NYU film student Nora Demenus
is tickled pink when she realizes this gorgeous
green Greek Goddess gown ($55.) fits
her like a glove. She especially likes the bizarre
octopus belt buckle. She spins, she twirls, she
takes it! |
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Dave Pillard, the proprietor
of Tenderland Home (the store next
door, and one of our favorite places to shop!) had
to have this killer 100% Qiana gold shirt ($12.),
and we think it looks simply perfect paired with this
60’s futuristic enameled Space Age medallion
($18). Yes boys, he’s single!
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Writer Florrie
Burke and filmmaker Barbara Hammer
drink a toast to non-traditional gender roles with these
vintage Mom and Dad milk-glass mugs ($16.
pair). |
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old pals from the Pyramid Club drop
by for a visit, and we couldn’t be happier! Billy
Beyond, who will soon be appearing at a multiplex
near you as an algebra teacher in the motion picture
Strangers With Candy, sings
the praises of the vinyl classic Tubby Boots
Goes Topless ($20); Alan
Mace (or Sister Dimension
to you) is a retired interplanetary entertainer who
is now a stay-at-home dad and supermodel. He took quite
a shine to this colorful straw hat
($20) and signed oil of a cardinal
($45); David Ilku can be seen
in not one, but two theatrical blockbusters:
The Dueling Bankheads, and Unitard.
Yes, Virginia, that man is making a funny face!
($38).
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Artist
Sam Spanier, the most dashing and well-dressed
man in town, finds artistic inspiration in this baby
doll’s head (NFS). If you see
Sam strolling down Main Street, be sure to ask him about
his days as an artist in Paris and
Greenwich Village, hanging out with
Hans Hoffman and the Abstract Expressionists. |
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Susan is a biologist
from Brooklyn who simply adored this great 70’s
diagonal striped nylon dress ($44) -
another goodie from our deadstock treasure trove. The
bouquet of hand-knit red tulips ($9)
completes the look. |
Yes, another ‘deadstock’
knockout! Pilates instructor & patroness of
the arts Liane couldn’t wait
to try out her new purchase, a fabulous minty
copper psychedelic mod Seventies gown ($40)
as JFK looks on admiringly from his
tapestry ($20), and approves.
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London fashion designer
Cecilia Robson (aka C.C. Ryder)
shows off her purchases from Le Spot
– an unbelievable pink, yellow and orange
mod Sixties mini-dress with matching knickers
($35) and a great old leather satchel
handbag ($58). That dress will look
simply fab on her the next time she’s onstage singing
backing vocals with her friends in the next photo. |
Yes,
we mean this photo. A new UK supergroup is
forming right here in the mountains. Phil Weller
(Standard Wonder Band), hairdresser
Amy Burgess and James (Speed
Killer) are spending the summer up in the Catskills
working on a Top Secret Musical Project.
They know the importance of a fashionable wardrobe,
so while here they picked up a pair of 1940’s
jodhpurs ($35.), some adorable
suede leiderhosen ($40), two
pairs of high-heeled, knee-high 60’s suede boots
($60)., and have their eyes on this
Dr. No original soundtrack album ($10.) |
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Our good friend T-Rex Strahan is
the "go-to guy" when it comes to
anything you need to know about dinosaurs, lizards
or salamanders. He liked this seashell and
swordfish soap dish ($8.) so much,
he took it home with him.
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Our good friend Io
Strahan holds a bouquet of multicolored
hand-knit tulips ($12.) while wearing
a dainty pink embroidered 1920’s frock
that her good friend Vogue
fashion editor Camilla Nickerson bought
for her at Le Spot earlier this year. |
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Mystery Spot was thrilled when Helen
Hamilton, the original illustrator of the Happy
Hollisters book series, popped in for
a visit. Helen told us that she used her own children
as models for her wonderful depictions of the Happy
Hollister family, and then she insisted we photograph
her with this decapitated Wanda the Unaided
Walking Doll (NFS). Come back
soon, Helen! |
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This is our good friend
Sparrow – poet, author, former
Presidential Candidate. He’s holding a stack of
New Yorker magazines, part of the Mystery
Spot’s ongoing magazine exchange. He’s
also holding a vintage naugahyde red mouse
($10.). Look for his next book of selected works
- in stores sometime next year. (Working title: America,
This Is Your Last Chance! (Soft Skull)). |
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Secret agent Dave
Ayers watches over a baby doll sitting
in a bucket of Lamb Livers ($18.), while
his beautiful bride Ambrosia Parsley
of Shivaree models her latest purchase,
a mod white trench coat ($35). |
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International
Man of Mystery Simon Baeyertz really
loves this 1949 Game of Cootie ($25).
(And it loves you, Simon!) |
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Mystery
Spot summer intern Rachel (Harvard
Class of ‘08) displays the incredible Fifties
Sputnik ceiling light fixture she cleaned, buffed,
polished and installed with pride in our entryway (it
can be yours’ for a mere $225!). |
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Sophie
is eight years old. Her hobbies are reading and jumping
rope. She just finished Deltora Quest (Books
5-8). She is very happy. Why is Sophie so happy? Because
her mom just bought her this rockin’ pair
of faux wood Sixties eyeglass frames. |
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Poet/dancer Juliet
Gentile and musician Isaac Koren
(The Harlequin) are the nattiest dressed couple
in Phoenicia – he in a bitchin’ Seventies
pinstripe disco/pimp three-piece suit ($75),
and she in a killer deadstock Seventies two-piece
pants suit with multicolored banding ($55)
and Forties felt broad-brimmed hat ($24).
Did someone say brown is in? |
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Sema Sudan
is a knitwear designer for one of our favorites
stores, Anthropologie. Daughter Molly
holds an eyeless hand-crocheted purple rabbit
($6) in her left hand and wears a blue
hand-crocheted octopus ($6) on her
head. Mother and daughter are on a secret reconnaissance
mission. That’s all we are permitted to say. Just
remember us when hand-crocheted animals become all the
rage next year. Don’t say we didn’t
warn you! |
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Tod Lippy
holds a copy of his terrific new magazine, Esopus
(named for the Esopus Creek, which runs right through
Phoenicia) – a brilliant and beautiful presentation
of prose and pictures. We simply love it. Contributing
writer Pamela Ivinski (whose article
on Kurt Cobain’s journals appears in Issue #2) holds
Neil Simon’s kidney ($5.)
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Funny lady Amy Sedaris admires this
handmade model of an eyeball (NFS)
we got out of an optometrist’s estate.
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Our Motto: "Clutter My World"
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