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Abercrombie & Fitch opens debut store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Abercrombie & Fitch has opened its first store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located at 95 North 6th Street, the new store features the brand's complete women's and men's collections and activewear range, Your Personal Best (YPB). Spanning 6,000 plus square feet across two floors, Abercrombie & Fitch will also offer an exclusive vintage capsule...

Retail

Slowear opens third U.S. store in Brooklyn

Italian retailer group Slowear, known for carrying brands including Incotex, Zanone, Glanshirt, and Montedoro, has opened their third U.S. store in Williamsburg. This makes it the second store in New York and the first store in Brooklyn. The opening follow’s Slowear’s store opening in Chicago in early October. The expansion in New York will...

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Exhibition: The Art of the Killer Heel

This week the Brooklyn Museum launched an exhibition dedicated to the high heeled shoe, highlighting the most impressive designs of our time, alongside shoes from through the ages. Titled Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe, on show are shoes from the era of the wooden chopine, worn by the people of Venice in the 17th century, to...