The Fleasters would be insane not to indulge NYC's stroller derby, and there are quite a few vendors we hope will appeal to the smaller Brooklynites and New Yorkers. (This was also the inspiration behind booking Sharon Jones and Steven Bernstein's Baby Loves Jazz project at the Masonic Temple for opening day, April 6.)
A new local company called Brooklyn Junior screens cute truck, tool, and stoplight prints on the requisite onesies, T's, blankets and bibs, as well as hitting the new mini-kimono trend. Hoosier Magnolia, which comes to us from Boston, does colorful embroidered dinosaurs, butterflies and happy crabs; Two Blue Cars taps Brooklyn artists for boys' clothes with giant bulldozers and the like; and Revolutionary Babywear (right, top) teaches the children well, stenciling images of Frida Kahlo, MLK, and Stephen Hawking onto onesies and T's.
For bigger kids, two top graphic artists will be selling from their personal collections. Amitai Plasse, a freelance artist/designer for international clients, illustrates everything from Abbey Hoffman caricatures (right, bottom) to surreptitious subway sketches. Wesley Gunn is an animator for Nickelodeon by day, and draws everyone from Batman to Bee Movie on his own. He'll be selling his sketchbooks, prints, and more.
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This is starting to sound less like a flea market and more like a yuppie paradise. The vendor list is starting to resemble the collection of foofy, nu-new york, high end merchandise that is available at any of the newly gentrified hoods in nyc. How is buying a lamp from Prague Kolektiv for several hundred dollars in a Fort Greene parking lot vs. walking down to their shop in Dumbo in the spirit of the old Chelsea flea markets?
Posted by: guest at February 28, 2008 9:33 AM
Well, it's going to be about 50/50 old school/new school. Hopefully we're just omitting the 50% of a regular flea market that's pure crap and substituting hard-to-find original design items. In the case of Prague Kolektiv, for example, they're going to use the market to sell less expensive items that would not make it onto the floor of their store....
Posted by: brownstoner at February 28, 2008 9:51 AM
Thanks for the explanation. I hope you're right. I just hope it has the freewheeling vibe that Chelsea used to have where you felt like you could find anything vs. a tasteful selection of pricey stuff.
Posted by: guest at February 28, 2008 5:59 PM
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