March 25, 2007

Brooklyn Twice in One Week...


Play "Pump It Up"
by Elvis Costello

After this afternoon's pleasant meal, I decided to hop the subway to Brooklyn to celebrate the opening of Hayden-Harnett's new design shop (pictured before its renovation).

Toni & Ben, the couple behind the label, have been getting a lot of buzz, and their little store in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood is their first bricks and mortar establishment.

The space has been gutted, repainted, and refinished with a hammered-tin ceiling that had to be sealed by hand. The friend who did the carpentry and finishing work was "lying on his back like in the Sistine Chapel" dabbing polyurethane over each square, Ben said.

The shop is just big enough to comfortably display almost the entire line of clothing, handbags and accessories.

Veddy nice.

Posted by MacDiva at March 25, 2007 6:59 PM