LUCKY to live in the neighborhood

Rachel Markowitz | August 24, 2007 

cover_lucky_100Warning: those of you worried that the neighborhood will soon be overrun by pushy celebrities jacking up the real estate may find this news disturbing. 

The September issue of Lucky (the self-proclaimed magazine about shopping) has a feature on “The top 100 boutiques in New York” and four of them are located in Bergen Carroll-land.  Three of them are on Smith Street, unsurprisingly, just blocks away from the Bergen Street stop:  Bird, Dear Fieldbinder, and Ohio Knitting Mills.  I actually learned some new things from the little blurb about each boutique. 

The Smith Street location of Bird has only been around for a year, and the Lucky editors prefer our larger location to the original in Park Slope.  Take that stroller mafia!

I always wondered why the chic boutique next to the Wamu was called Dear Fieldbinder.  I mean, what the hell is a Fieldbinder?  Sounds like some guy who’s hired to tie people up and leave them in fields as punishment for jay walking.  The reality is not as exciting – it’s named after owner Laura Fieldbinder.

The garments at Ohio Knitting Mills come from the archives of a shuttered area mill on Cleveland, Ohio.  Guess the name says it all.

The fourth boutique is located on Van Brunt Street, an “exquisitely curated jewelry shop” called Erie Basin.  I hadn’t previously heard of it, but apparently it’s named after an obscure neighborhood waterway. 

I have a confession to make: I have not been inside any of these boutiques.  I’m sure they’re all fabulous and fashion-forward, but like most of the goods talked about in Lucky, way out of my price range.  Maybe some day I’ll window shop, cry, and long for brighter days when my paycheck can buy me more than a pair of socks at a fancy boutique.

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