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Time Out New York |
Holidays In NYC
One-stop shopping: Astoria
For aunt (suburban mom, social butterfly, always loses keys)
There’s a great selection of adorably girly jewelry,
designer clothing and impeccable leather purses here. The
Colombia-born, Soho-based designer Luccia O lines her handmade,
vintage-inspired bags with gorgeous silks, making the leather
clutch with a gold snakeskin design and teal lining ($100)
a good-looking (and smart) accessory for a night in the suburbs
or the city.
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by Jeff Gurwin 11/20/2008 |
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New York Magazine |
Primary Colors
At this colorful Astoria boutique, Clinton and Obama backers
can keep the flame alive with Veronica Soto’s handmade
candles and glass votives ($9 each). Soto designs them herself,
embellishing some versions with paint or rhinestones. In
the past few weeks, Obama votives have been outselling Clinton's
five times over, she says.
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by Kauren Murrow 5/29/2008 |
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Time Out NY |
Shopping
Aunt-and-niece duo Nada Madara and Cynthia Puhalovic fill
every inch of this one-room, pink-hued indie designer boutique
and consignment shop with chic items. Rummage through the
racks for handmade totes sewn from vintage fabric by Testa
($40–$70), private-label throw pillows ($15–$25),
Liliputians’ cheery children’s clothing ($25–$40)
and myriad styles of one-of-a-kind jewelry ($12–$100).
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Citysearch - Editor's Corner |
Astoria Shopping
Every square inch of this small boutique is packed with
color: lavender walls envelop an interior cluttered with
bright fashions and jewelry-lined tables. The dresses and
tops are mostly handmade, and for the most part eschew the
somber black-and-gray New York aesthetic. The designs embody
a fun, free-spirited quality, including a slinky, slip dress
overflowing with flowery embellishments from Nicole Rae Styer,
a yellow, seashell-print dress from Suzie Morris, and knotted
bead scarves made out of recycled materials.
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by Keith Wagstaff 5/22/2007 |
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New York Times - Urban Eye |
Cute Boutique Alert
Is Astoria, long mentioned as the next hot neighborhood,
coming around? In shopping, at least. Right near the adorable
vintage boutique Loveday 31 and the overstuffed designer emporium
Candy Plum is Site Design, a new housewares store. Opening
today, it will carry vintage and new furniture, art and home
accessories scouted by the owner, a 28-year-old New York School
of Interior Design grad and retro crafter. Eat your heart
out, Williamsburg.
A corner of Astoria, Queens, that already has a pair of
funky clothing stores (Loveday 31 and Candy Plum) has just
gained the home-design equivalent. Mackenzi Farquer, above,
a 28-year-old Chicagoan who graduated from the New York School
of Interior Design, took over a former garage across the street
from Kaufman Astoria Studios, tore out a dropped ceiling to
discover a skylight and filled the space with inexpensive
furnishings like a vintage yellow table lamp ($68), top, and
old dining chairs that she and her mother repainted ($140
each)7.
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by Melena Ryzik 4/5/2007 |
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Queens Chronicle |
qboro—The Art of Gifting
Another worthwhile stop is Candy Plum, 30 98 36th St., Astoria,
(718) 721 2299. This vintage and consignment boutique features
a number of local clothing and jewelry designers.
On Saturday, from noon to 5 p.m., Candy Plum will hold a
trunk sale featuring Bayside designer Zevelyn, who makes jewelry
and small handbags ($18 $50) and Astoria jeweler Jessica Lord
($18 $98). Candy Plum will also be selling handmade jewelry
by local artists for $25 each.
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by Jennifer Manley 12/14/2007 |
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New York Times |
Fashions of the Times
Unassuming from the outside, Candy Plum, a tiny Astoriaconsignment
shop, packs every inch with women’s clothing, jewelry
and bags made by independent designers. Look for handbags
by Joanne Espinell, a student at the Fashion Institute of
Technology (left, a pink and black leather number is $75;
the canvas and leather bird tote is $60). A mod twist, right,
on a tweed coat by Gina Michele is $210. Don’t miss
the design team known as pH by Phillia, which adds fanciful
twists to vintage pieces.
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Queens Chronicle |
qboro—Fall Into Fashion
Another Astoria spot well worth discovering is Candy Plum
(30 98 36th St.), which is part designer boutique, part consignment
shop owned and operated by the aunt niece team of Nada Madara
and Cynthia Puhalovic. The one room plum colored shop is teaming
with women’s tops and dresses by emerging designers,
handmade bags, knit hats and myriad styles of jewelry.
The shop started as a strictly vintage boutique last November,
but has recently evolved into a showplace for local artisans
and design students whose items are taken on consignment.
With an ever evolving array of one of a kind pieces and a
large selection of reasonably priced jewelry (including a
few of those recently ubiquitous 1970s owl design) Candy Plum
is a good place to find a unique affordable gift.
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by Jennifer Manley 10/05/2007 |
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