shop windows and airmail
Mar 2nd 2010 12:37:55 pm
When we ventured out to Soho on Saturday, one of my intended stops was the Kate Spade flagship store on Broome St. I had heard about a cool neon tape art installation by Rebecca Ward and wanted to check it out in person. Rebecca Ward is an installation artist who creates colorful, site-specific environments using mostly tape. (btw: I loved the installation in the store, but it wasn’t as extensive as I had anticipated.) The Kate Spade brand sometimes feels a little too ladylike for my current style, but I have always loved its playful use of color and pretty designs. For a long time, Kate Spade was my very favorite designer, mostly because she is from Kansas City, like me, but also because her designs were always so simple, but unique. It is exciting to see the brand supporting such a hip, young artist in such a public way! In addition to the cool installation, I also loved all of the corresponding displays throughout the store – so beautiful!
After the stop at Kate Spade, Travis and I continued our stroll over the the Madewell store. (my favorite!) I was totally caught off-guard by the awesome airmail-themed windows and displays there.
Vintage airmail envelopes and mail packages were everywhere! I think that they were all reproductions – not actual old letters – but I was still tempted to swipe one to take home… I love anything mail related because it reminds me of Swap-bot. Don’t worry, I didn’t end up stealing any of the envelopes, but I couldn’t resist taking a few photos of the displays. Three cheers for snail mail!
And in a serendipitous turn of events, Gilt Groupe was having a sale on Kate Spade accessories on Monday! With my “free shipping” coupon, I scooped up this airmail-themed cosmetics case at a nearly-free price. I am going to use it to carry my Swap-bot arsenal to crafty events. Who knew that fashion and the postal mail went together so well… Swap-bot is so stylish!
3 Comments » Categories: Art, Fashion, Lovely Things, New York, Swap-bot, design
jen on 02 Mar 2010 at 2:08 pm #
did you ever get my birthday card i sent you??
i love the kate spade case!! i have a striped lime green one i use every weekend for my philosophy stuffs and i makes me smile each time i see it’s bright green
seth on 02 Mar 2010 at 10:39 pm #
I vaguely remember sending aerogrammes and letters, and postcards to you on a fairly frequent basis from Kenya.
Libby on 02 Mar 2010 at 11:14 pm #
Yeah, Seth did a lot of writing on the airmail envelopes. The display probably brings back old memories.