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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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Candy Plum New York Magazine

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

Candy Plum Urban Eye NY Times

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

Candy Plum Queens Chronicle

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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