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January 2009« December 2008 - February 2009 »January 30, 2009Scavenger Hunt Returns!
For newcomers, when you find the item, which can be hidden in any vendor booth in either market (76 or 81 Front St.) on either day (Saturday or Sunday), it's yours, absolutely free! Then we post your photo here on the blog on Monday. Only one winner per calendar month. Items posted every Friday at Noon. One vintage and non-vintage item this week, to herald the arrival of our second indoor market. Both are nice. Happy hunting! From left: 2. "Movious" scarf in rice stitch, 100% wool. New/Handmade January 29, 2009A Fine Vintage
Kyle and Jeremy, whose respective online selling sites, Sit + Read Furniture and Severely Vintage, reflect their hyper-keen eye for well-priced, super-stylish Scandinavian and American mid-century wood furniture, metal bowls, chalkboards, and the like, are back for more this weekend after an excellent inaugural outing. Not to be missed.
Next door in #11, Kevin's Smith Vintage Modern booth (he has a shop in Hudson, NY) has everything from butcher blocks to Arts + Crafts kitchen tables to Life magazines to brass lamps. Kevin likes to wheel and deal, so make an offer! January 28, 2009DUMBO Doubles Down
Same details as the antiques market: Saturdays and Sundays, 11am to 6pm, through March 29. The address is 81 Front St. (Click the Map/Directions tab to go to there.) The 6100sf loft-like space will feature 35 (mostly) non-vintage vendors of clothes, jewelry, art, handmade/crafts, and best of all, food! This weekend, Jan. 31/Feb. 1, will be a soft launch for the new space, with the full grand opening Feb. 7/8. In short, we're getting the band back together! So who's onboard so far? Silkscreeners Loyalty + Blood, Brooklyn Junior, and Flux Productions. Jewelers Birdhouse, Bonbon Oiseau, Jessica De Carlo, and Blint Design. Upcyclers Reclaimed Home and Un Jour, Georges. Handmade mavens Heartisans, Perch Design, A.S.I.S., and Hortensia Handmade. Vintage finds from FDR to JFK and Sew Moni. We'll also have the folks from DUMBO record shop Halcyon and other guest DJs spinning every weekend, special guest curators, and lots of other cool stuff. Flea food-vendor staples Kumquat Cupcakery, McClure's Pickles, Hot Blondies Bakery, and Choice Market will all be at 81 Front St. Fine + Raw Chocolate will debut their insane raw hot cocoa. Consider Bardwell, the 140-year-old Vermont cheese farm, will be selling their award-winning goat and cow cheeses starting Feb. 8. For the 81 Front launch this weekend, Chris and his Kings County BBQ truck will be parked out front. Did we mention pupusas? They're back too! Red Hook and Brooklyn Flea Food Vendor Rafael Soler will have his renowned pupusas available at 81 Front St. starting this weekend. Winter Pop-Up will also feature the debut of the "Curated Corner," where the Flea will partner with guest curators to bring in their favorite designer/shop/artist/dealer to hold a one-time-only show/sample sale/trunk show. Curators include: Daily Candy (Feb. 7/8, Feb. 28/March 1, March 28/29), Refinery29 (Feb. 21/22), Cool Hunting (March 7/8), and Fred Flare (date TBA). (More curators to be announced soon.) Guest curators will create their own environments inside the market where visitors can shop and meet the creatives behind their favorite brands. Pulled pork, a handmade t-shirt, some earrings, a vintage side table, and some classic Dior sunglasses--the Winter Pop-Up is a Brooklyn winter wonderland. Week 3 Slideshow
January 22, 2009Bienvenue Selima!
Soo-pair-cool Selima has been designing and selling the coolest frames to movie stars, fashionistas, and ordinary folks since the days before Senor Flea was just an intern at Paper magazine (that's 1994 for those scoring at home), and she's basically an icon of Downtown Cool, which is a phrase that used to mean something big. (Selima Optique has 4 Soho shops, plus a couple in Paris too. Here's a fun NY Times story on her from 2007.) Anyway, Selima has oodles of amazing, funky, wearable eyeglass frames from every era, and her cute French pal Thomas will be there manning their booth (#1, at the entrance) for the duration of the Pop-Up. Thomas also designs brilliant Neoprene coats and clothes of primary-color vibrancy, which will be on-hand as well. Focus, people, focus! This is serious stuff. Shout Shimmy Shout-Out
Larry plays out in a funk band, sells awesome affordable vinyl from the '60s and '70s at the Flea and Dumbo market--alongside his honey Amy of Jellyroll Vintage--and also compiles great $5 mix-CDs featuring rare grooves of every stripe (including some sweet Jamaican rocksteady, Senor's fave). That funk at the Flea? You're soaking in it. Chicago-->DUMBO
Lots more news on the way! A Scene from Last Weekend
January 16, 2009What's New?
Have you seen David Sokosh's collection of awesome Ansonia clocks? Well, you should. They're hefty, cute, and reasonably priced. The New York Times is coming to snap pics of them for the City Section this weekend, because of their century-old Brooklyn roots, but we'll let David tell you that story when you stop by. He's calling his new time-sensitive biz Clinton Hill Clocks. Tick-tock. Folks, Phyllis the prop stylist needs to unload her wares, and she needs your help. She organizes her glass, porcelain and metal objects (above) by color at home (smart), and her collection of vases, lamps, and pretty props of every stripe is the result of a very refined eye. Not to be missed. Our Hudson, NY, pals Smith Vintage Modern are back at the market, with their mid-century and Deco finds of all kinds: desks, lamps, tables, art, from the U.S., Italy, and all over. Say hi to Kevin, he's nice.
Frenchy Jean-Paul was a Flea staple by the back steps, and in Dumbo he brings the finely honed 60s and 70s men's vintage and dead-stock clothes from his Ave. B shop Rue St. Denis, as well as the awesome mod and plastic-fantastic furniture in its sister shop. Bubble lamps, chrome shelves, and more. Depeche-toi! Big bearded Ray is back this weekend, hopefully with this cool 1933 Brooklyn Bridge etching that somehow didn't sell last week. He's also bringing a trove of stone and wooden Shona art from Zimbabwe this week only. Ray only brings nice stuff, doesn't bowl you over with quantity.
What else? Vintage picture frames (Susan Blank), high-class jewelry (Treasures + Pleasures), awesome vintage handbags (Marilyn Hitchcock), primitive Americana (Sage Antiques), awesome Brooklyn/NYC and kitsch postcards (Lon Black)--and of course, Drew Morrison's Pictorial Oddities Roadshow, which you'll have to see to comprehend. January 14, 2009Comin' Up: The Curated Corner
For the Corner, we've invited the creme de la online-tastemaker creme to tap their favorite designers/shops/vendors to sell for a weekend. Who you ask? How about Daily Candy, Refinery29, and Cool Hunting? Uh huh, serious folks. We'll pass along the info about who's onboard when we get it. So far we know that Daily Candy's first of three weekends is Feb. 7/8, and Cool Hunting curates March 7/8. We've got invites out to some other fab folks, so stay tuned for last-minute additions. Did you see us in New York magazine this week? Groovy artsy photo! (Credit: Hannah Whitaker.) January 12, 2009Winter Antiques Market Launches in Dumbo
January 6, 2009DUMBO Ready to Fly
Each of the next 12 weekends--Saturdays and Sundays--find 25 vendors with all kinds of stuff you want and/or like to drool over. Some are familiar Flea faces, others are new to our crew, all are totally rad. And they've been stocking up on gorgeous/dazzling/curious items just to please...you. Here's the lineup of vendors onboard so far. Not all vendors sell every day, so check the layout we'll post here every Friday for the coming weekend. We couldn't be more proud of these folks! Adele Amore January 5, 2009
January 1, 2009'08 was Great to the Flea
Racked named us #2 of its top 10 new stores of the year--right behind the Red Hook Ikea (which we also love). And the NY Times picked our collective foodstuffs as one of the best gastronomic bargains of the year, alongside La Superior's tacos and fab No. 7 in Fort Greene. If 2008 was this great, hopefully '09 will be just as fine. |
Our trio in the corner of Sage Antiques (Sue), Estate of Art Vintage Lifestyle (Joe), and Harry Cooker (um, Harry), have been holding it down nicely. Sue brings Americana folk art and items like wicker baskets, teddy bears, metal airplanes (right), and great outsider art down from Yonkers. Joe is a tried-and-true clothing dealer of well-priced men's and women's sweaters, coats, and dresses, and he always brings a few cases of cool accessories too. Harry has an eagle-eye jewelry selection, plus things like French lithographs and heart purses to spruce up his space. Always good for a laugh in 13/14/15.
The Antiques Pop-Up is heating up nicely--thanks to snazzy vendors and the insulation panels we installed last week! We think it's also got something to do with the soulful tones piped in throughout the day from the front pillar by Larry and his 
Jaron and his Jarontiques (right) were simply killing it last week. Scandinavian wooden candelabras, Miro prints, chrome lamps, stunning glass vases and carafes--oh man. Jaron's back on Sunday only this week, and he loves to talk shop (and tunes). 
Our pals from Nightwood are doing the Flea (Saturday only), unveiling their latest rejuvenated and homey chairs, stands, and pillows (right). Nadia and Myriah are sweet as pie, so say hi. 
We had 2000+ folks visit us in Dumbo for opening weekend, fighting through snow and slush no less. We're pretty sure the market's only gonna get bigger and better as it evolves, especially as we launch the "Curated Corner" in coming weeks. 
We can't wait to get back in the groove this weekend when the Flea's new Pop-Up Market for snazzy vintage and antiques launches in DUMBO (76 Front St., corner of Washington St.). Come on down! 
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