NEW DAILY PAPER FLAGSHIP ON DELANCEY ST

First Daily Paper Flagship in the Lower East Side of NYC on the corner of Christie and Delancey Streets

Survival of the fittest transforms the NYC retail landscape as a pandemic, civil unrest and a hotly contested election trigger store shutterings, job loss and an overall sales slowdown. Amid the chaos, a ray of hope has sprouted on the corner of Delancey and Christie Streets. Daily Paper, a brand founded by Dutch friends Hussein Suleiman (whose family is from Somalia), Abderrahmane Trabsini (whose family is from Morocco) and Jefferson Osei (whose family is from Ghana), opened its New York Flagship in the Lower East Side on October 24th. This is the first store outside Amsterdam for the Black-owned fashion brand. Keep reading for a look inside the captivating space...

FASHION, FLATTERY AND THE FLOWERS OF MICHAEL DE FEO @ DANZIGER GALLERY

Untitled (Alicia Vikander by Patrick Demarchelier for Louis Vuitton), 2016; Painted Prints by Michael De Feo at Danziger Gallery

Known as the 'The Flower Guy,' Michael De Feo's fondness of floral and fashion icons foster feminine flattery--most recently on the walls of Danziger Gallery in NY's Lower East Side. In a sponsored showing of style, 34 print ads--embellished with painted plants--camouflage some of the world's top talent. Keep reading for a look at De Feo's marriage of street art and spirited style ...

-WEDNESDAY WINDOWS-

Framed in fame at Christian Siriano in Soho

Framed--in fame or infamy? Alongside pumpkin spice lattes and apple-infused desserts, fall fashion favorites flaunt leather trim, slinky silk and belted booties. Slipping into the solace of murky mornings and wooly winter wear, what are your seasonal staples? 

STRIKING STYLE @ STRANGE LOOP GALLERY

 Pillowcase Photography Alesia Exum

Dots, stripes, liquid cyber and other plaiditudes marques the current exhibit at Strange Loop gallery in the Lower East Side. Fitting, as--between the gilded wall, a waterscape and the fuzzy pink polka-dot ornamented stripes--fashion speaks in non-traditional tongues. There's something attractive about the pairing of a turquoise feather chapeau and red lace dress...and so I am drawn in by a leaflet bearing Ryan Burke's self portrait. Walking through the exhibit, I'm introduced to a new a realm of bravura and beauty. Burke's graceful self-portraiture and gallery owner Claire Fleury's psychedelic prints emphasize that style and luxury aren't necessarily synonymous, proving that it is undeniably elegant to just embrace oneself. 

-WEDNESDAY WINDOWS-

 Moscot at the corner of Orchard and Delancey in the Lower East Side

Wire frame aviators complete a sophisticated, suave look any sweltering sun-filled day! The bald and mostly "Mr." mannequin heads in the windows of Moscot's new location sport stoic stares and stylish spectacles. Opthamology contraptions and photographs in the windows invite passersby to pause and take a second glance at the old wares that adorn Moscot's new digs at 108 Orchard street. Crafted with downtown styling and delicate precision, Moscot makes summertime sunnies seem suitably spontaneous.