Assembly New York

wow this place is ridiculously expensive. If the stuff was cute ok, but $ 600 for a skirt, ~$ 250 – 450 for a tee shirt, I think not. I’m not sure who would pay so much money for a felt hat, or a used belt, or a sparkly shirt that looks like a horrid 80s movie. I don’t get it nor was I inspired at all.

Assembly is making waves as a label on its own, and it’s stocking labels that make waves but are hard to find (yes Richard D., CHRISTOPHE LEMAIRE for the win! Did you see AW14!!! I die… and he’s killing it at Hermes too!!).
Anyway, the bi-​annual basement sale can’t be beat but you won’t want to wait around for that to shop here if you know your stuff. Basically, everyone I’ve ever dealt with in shop is rad and you’re going to find rad things in this beautiful light-​filled space.

I adore this boutique – especially because they carry Adaism and Christophe Lemaire, two designers that are impossible to find in Manhattan. Note one thing, they have a bi-​annual basement sale knocking down whole sale items from 20−60% off.

This store is amazing. I love the layout and the atmosphere of this shop and the employees are very helpful.

I want everything in this store.

This place is so cool it looks like it is a set of a movie depiction some chic New York store. The wood planked floors and the knick-​knacky interior seems too perfect to be part of an actual store. This place seems to be moving toward this movement I am sensing of men’s fashion going to like a woodsy burly man sort of asthetic (plaid, chunky cardigans, beards, boots, etc). The clothing is a mixture of up and coming designers like Corpus and Endovenera and vintage. The concept is set up by one of the founding fathers of LA’s Scout, Greg Armas who loved to mix new and old with surprising and oftentimes pleasing results. The two times I have been in Armas was actually working and since the place was empty when I went in, we had some time to do some chatting. You can tell he is a man who is definitely interested in the idea of expressing oneself through clothing. Also, he isn’t very pushy. In fact, he is very much in the mindframe that you should take your time and carefully choose the pieces you are interested in.
All in all, this place reeks of cool and has the merchandise to back it up. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this place join the ranks of downtown mens fashion institutions like BBlessing and Odin.