Dressing Room

11/23/09

Skip this head across the street to Pilgrim 70 Orchard

by Maggi28nyc at Citysearch

What is this shop? I feel like I have to drink to even begin to look at the poorly made clothing. It's like 1st semester F.I.T. student decided they could make clothing.

Recommendation: cross the street to 70 Orchard. Pilgrim and James Coviello. Both great clothing shops, Pilgrim has affordable dresses made by designer Richard Ives who worked for Donna karan and Charles Nolan and James Coviello who works for Anna Sui. Both are affordable and Pilgrim also carries extensive designer vintage from their archives (they worked with French Vogue and W Magazine for years). The quality difference by crossing the street is worth it. Otherwise order a huge martini and just point and click at some strange dress that is half sewn on a mannequin that looks like it was styled in 1950's Stalinist Russia at Dressing Room....Oy!

• Pros: not much, trendy badly made clothing
• Cons: same as above

04/06/08

Totally Unique Experience + Great Crowd on Weekends

by ilovesparkles at Citysearch

The Dressing Room is on high-rotation in my list of NY destinations. I always shop there if I'm going out or to a party and want to ensure that no-one else in the room will be wearing it. They have a great roster of young designers upstairs (all very distinct and wearable, but affordable) and downstairs is a huge collection of vintage for men & women at amazing prices.

The bar is really great too - everyone is really friendly that works there and on the weekend it's a great mix of artists, designers, indie rockers and locals. The drinks are reasonably priced and they are always playing somekind of really interesting movie on the back wall, which really adds to the ambiance. It's a great place for a date or to meet up with your friends. Also, if you have friends in from out of town, this should definitely be a stop on your list.

• Pros: Great Young Designers, Great Vintage, Great Prices - Jewelry is Awesome too!
• Cons: Not open on Mondays

09/02/07

cocktails + shopping = fun saturday night

by chloesmith at Citysearch

i love this place!

Happened to pass by on a saturday night with my boyfriend only to discover one of the coolest places. They have a cool bar with cheap drinks, a projection screen showing old movies, and sometimes djs.

We had to go in and check it out. The staff is super cute and friendly. This place has such a good energy throughout - comfortable, warm and inviting. Got some drinks and worked our way through the store. In the designer co-op part of the store -- a great selection and diversity of designers -- I wanted to buy something from each designer! We worked our way through the bar to the downstairs and it's like a candy store for vintage and second-hand clothing. The best part is that everything is reasonably priced! I scored a killer cute vintage dress for $12 and my boyfriend found a really cool vintage western shirt for $20.

This place is awesome!

• Pros: great designer and vintage finds, good prices, awesome staff, yummy drinks, good music and ambiance
• Cons: drunken shopping not recommended (sike! it's great!)