Actress
Jicky Schnee and photographer
Matt Jones are slowly but surely becoming Spot
regulars, and we couldn’t be happier! You may
have seen Jicky in The Jury and Law &
Order, or the Indian movie Flavors. Matt’s
photos, of course, are all over the pages of I.D.
and Vogue. As usual, they did not leave
empty-handed, taking home this framed black
construction paper silhouette of a schoolboy circa 1962
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Lovely ingénue
Julia Mason recently graduated from the
American University of Paris and now interns
at the Time Magazine offices in the shadow of
the Eiffel Tower. She popped across the pond this summer
to visit Phoenicia (also known as the Fashion Capitol
of the Catskills) where she found this stunning Frank
Starr strapless Fifties party dress ($60.).
She took it back home to the City of Lights to show those
Parisians a thing or two about chic. |
What a difference
a year makes! Last year Akira’s
main mode of transport was stroller. Now she’s
a big sister (and a cowgirl)! According to doting dad
Chris Stein (Blondie), she’s
already showing signs of the musical talents that run
deep in her gene pool. Chris and
Barbara left with an armload of purchases,
including a 1910 Mandarin Primer ($40.),
this 1960’s National Enquirer ($10.)
and a stack of art books. |
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Speaking of cowgirls, Christine
Tharp was thrilled with her latest Spot find,
a vintage Gaucho satin embroidered Western shirt
($28.). She revealed to us that her love of western
wear goes back to childhood – she got her first
pair of cowboy boots at age 8, and slept with them still
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Tessa
models – forgive the understatement - the
most killer pair of boots we have ever seen in our lives!
A pair of Sixties white leather mod gladiator
lace-up sandal boots ($125.) straight
from the estate of a former stripper. She completes
the look with a deadstock 60’s patchwork
cropped shirt ($28.) and Sixties
Aquarius Zodiac medallion ($14.) |
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You want boots? Here’s boots
(from that same strip…er… .exotic dancer’s…estate).
How about a pair of mod Sixties faux python skintight
knee-high vinyl go-go boots? ($65.).
Paired with a vintage red vinyl wrap-around mini
skirt ($38.) for a drop-dead look. |
The girl behind the boots is Sarah,
who has the wonderful shop next door, Judy’s
Dream/Empty Spaces. Here
she is again, this time with a pair of 60s
white vinyl knee-high lace-up go-go boots
($36.) and black and white patent
leather oh-so-mod purse ($28.),
all – you guessed it – from that
same fantastic estate. The next time you stroll down
the Boardwalk, make sure to stop by Sarah’s
shop – she’s got great handmade kid’s
clothing and lots of cool stuff.
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More vintage boots – in this
case a perfectly broken-in pair of brown leather
motorcycle boots ($65.), worn a few
sizes too big by Viva. A perfect complement
to her Fifties grey tafetta circle dress ($44.)
and Sixties hippie embroidered ladies’ shearling
suede coat ($235.) |
Joe Bevilacqua and
Lori Kellogg were thrilled to stumble
upon a stack of vintage vinyl of
their favorite comedy performers. Joe used to work
with Bob and Ray, so he was doubly tickled to come
across this copy of Bob & Ray on a Platter
($8). and Lori couldn’t resist
taking home (could anyone?) An Evening with
Nichols and May ($15). Joe has a
comedy show on WXM radio, and was trained by Daws
Butler (“the voice of Yogi
Bear”!)
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Photographer
Justine Parsons took a break from chopping wood
at her cabin and popped over to browse our back room,
Homer’s Books d’Arte, where
she burrowed around in our extensive photography book
collection and emerged victorious with this William
Wegman first edition ($20.). Son Oscar
(fifteen months and almost potty trained!) emerged a winner
as well, with this adorable hand-screened child’s
Mystery Spot T-shirt ($10.) |
Rene
owns the Juicy Lucy juice bars in NYC,
Robert is a musician and the manager
of Benny’s Burritos, and they both like to head
out of the East Village and camp as often as they can.
In fact, they were camping up in these mountains one
weekend when, lucky for us, they wandered into our little
shop and wandered out with several vintage ashtrays
($9. - 24) and a fantastic vintage
hand-tooled leather purse with tons of secret compartments
($45.) |
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Nova
is six and is from New Jersey, and Mollie
is six and is from Denmark. They’re cousins
and best friends! Nova loves ice skating and
drawing, and Mollie loves horseback riding and ballet,
and they BOTH love to dress up in fun
clothes! Nova looks so sophisticated in this vintage
50’s black and white dress ($15.)
that her mom got for her, accessorized by a classic
black leather handbag ($25.). Mollie
took this terrific 50’s brown and white
striped cotton dress ($26.) back to
Denmark with her, but not before modeling it with a vintage
brown hat with peacock feather ($24.)
and brown handbag ($25.) |
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Tessa
is snug as a bug in a rug in this awesome Sixties
long gray flecked cardigan with oversized faux fur collar
( $42.) |
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Tara Jane O’Neil
rocks out in this unusual 70's intarsia
patterned knit poncho cape thingie ($38.)
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Sylvia
would fit right in at a tea party with the Wives
of Stepford in this deadstock 70’s
ruffled collar floral maxi-dress by “Climax”
($48.), multistrand beaded necklace
($15.), straw handbag
($20.) and paisley parasol
($18.) |
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Tessa
models a pair of early WW1 leather knee-high cavalry
boots ($75.), a deadstock
groovy 70’s Wayne Rogers printed acetate top
($28.), cowboy boot bolo tie
($12.), and vintage Egyptian-themed hand-tooled
leather purse ($35.). |
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Tessa
transforms to big-eyed moppet in this Fifties
paisley girl’s frock ($35.)
and vintage yellow straw boater with fake cherries
($24.).
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Diane and Erich Hobbing are both book
designers and dog art collectors, and they were ever so
pleased to pick up this signed oil painting of
a boxer ($60.) and portrait
of a dachshund and frog ($60.) to add
to their Wall of Hounds in New Jersey.
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We were thrilled when this mystery stylist from Martha
(Martha Stewart’s TV show) came
by and stocked up on all things blue and green for the
holidays. Look for this pair of vintage turkey
salt & pepper shakers ($14.) on
Martha’s Thanksgiving table setting in a future
episode! |
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Fashion
queen Veronica Varlow is thrilled with
the newest addition to her wardrobe – a fitted
Forties gray wool coat with black velvet piping and
faceted jet glass buttons ( $125.).
Veronica has a fantastic site called Danger
Dame which offers gorgeous femme fatale retro clothing.
Burke Heffner is an amazing pin-up
photographer and is man enough to model
this sexy little vintage chiffon Christmas-themed
cocktail apron ( $14.) which will no
doubt soon find its way into one of his pin-up photo
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Viva
channels Audrey Hepburn in this jaunty
Sixties sleeveless black and white mod cocktail dress
with pleated chiffon over-skirt and bejeweled cummerbund
($48.), black velvet hat with
feather and pearl trim ($35.), and white
plastic beaded necklace ($12.). |
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Aidan
is the picture of sophistication in this 60's
sleeveless empire waist navy cocktail dress
($48.), wide brimmed felt and feather
hat ($35.), black and smoky
lucite beaded necklace ($9.), and
matching liquid gold purse and glove set
($24.). |
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If it’s October,
it can mean only one thing. Okay, two things. 1) the leaves
will change 2) the Gorton-Kirk family will visit! Illustrators
(and all-around fab people) Julia Gorton
and Daniel Kirk and two of their three
awesome kids stop by Le Spot and load
up on art books, vintage crochet
patterns and vintage T-shirts.
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Ayla
was happy to take home this mid-century white
metal mushroom desk lamp ($55.). She
likes ancient things and - guess what else?
- posing for photos!
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Why
are Erin and Jason
smiling? Is it because they just bought this
groovy Fifties Sputnik metal mod table lamp
($95.) and other assorted treasures? Or - maybe
- is it because the night before, Jason proposed to
Erin on the banks of the Esopus Creek (yes,
a classically executed one-knee affair), and she accepted?
(Note ring!). In any case, we were thrilled
to see romance blossom once again in the aisles of
The Mystery Spot, and gave them an early wedding
gift of the Vogue Sewing Book. |
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Sylvia
is pretty in pink as she twirls in this Fifties
pale pink corduroy circle dress ($48.),
pink and white glass bead bracelet ($10.)
and vintage dial telephone ($45.).
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Our
old pal, photographer Kelly Budgen, took
an instant liking to the Mystery Spot's Jackalope
(NFS), known the be the only one ever found
in the wild East of the Rockies. |
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Mystery Spot regulars
Camilla Nickerson, Neville Wakefield, Atticus
and Jackson have their arms
full with the day's haul. Vintage men's striped
pajamas ($24.), brown leather
motorcycle boots ($65.), and a
cozy gray cashmere sweater ($28.) |
We've
been dressing Nora Demenus in vintage
duds ever since she was in High School. Now she's at
NYU Film School and her fashion sensibility has surpassed
our greatest expectations. Case in point: vintage
1950's blue herringbone tweed matching hat and muff
set. ($45.). Need we say more? |
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Dave Pillard
owns the wonderful home furnishings shop Tenderland
Home next door. The other day we accidentally
left this terrific black vintage shearling men's
jacket ($65.) outside when we were
closing up, and he was kind enough to rescue it for us.
It must have made quite an impression on him, because
the next day instead of returning it, he bought it! |
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We
often run into Lynda and Elliot
Landy at yard sales around town. He has
a great eye, as is apparent from the classic photos
he's taken of Bob Dylan, The Band, and other Woodstock
legends. They were very happy to take home this John
Coltrane album ( $20.) p.s. Lynda,
Landy, Dylan - what do these names have in common? |
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