Times A-Changin’

— Tue, 21st April 2009 —

How are discount designer pieces measuring up? Better than ever… if still poorly. [WSJ.com]

How are department/retail stores moving merch in a down economy without destroying the value of the brands they carry? Very carefully. [WWD via The Cut]

Tretorn 25-30% Off

— Fri, 17th April 2009 —

Trusty Swedish label Tretorn is always a safe bet, and particularly so at reduced prices. Through next Friday, 4/24, the outdoor lifestyle brand is taking $40 off purchases of $150 or more, and $25 off purchases of $100 on all apparel and footwear.

Tretorn – 150 Spring St between W Broadway & Wooster – 646-454-9680 – Map

Flea Fort Greene

— Fri, 17th April 2009 —

This Saturday, Brooklyn Flea‘s outdoor Fort Greene Market opens for the season. Every year, it hosts some 150 vendors of vintage furniture, clothing, collectibles and antiques, as well as new jewelry, art and crafts in large part by local artisans. [Picture courtesy of Michael at ACL.]

Fort Green Flea Saturdays – Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Fort Greene – 176 Lafayette Ave between Clermont & Vanderbilt Ave – 10am-5pm – Map
DUMBO Indoor Market Sundays – 76 & 81 Front St at Washington Street – 11am-6pm – Map