If there were ever a time in the year for mischief and spells and risqué thought... (check your watch).
Maybe it's because dusk creeps in even before we've taken a sip of that after-work drink, or because every downtown boutique has found a way to slip in some black fishnet or lacy nothing into their glass windows. Or, we've wandered into Enchantments, New York's oldest occult store, and wandered out with custom-carved, goona goona energy candles. (If you haven't tried these, go see Kat, tell her we sent you and that you'd like extra glitter around the rim.) Maybe we just have Channing Tatum's cameo in This Is the End on repeat.
Whatever the reason, we're finding ourselves lingering on the top floor of Opening Ceremony's flagship, near the displays of conceptual, black leather pieces. Fleet Ilya's part-bustier, part-bag cropped rucksack comes to mind, as does the label's perked-up Doberman ears, suggestive of Elsa Peretti circa Studio 54-meets-Kate Moss for Playboy's 60th anniversary centerfold. And let's not forget Zana Bayne, NYC's queen of the future-modern harness and corset, tight enough across the bone to make Elizabeth Bennet faint.
We've heard a shopper or two whisper, "This is sexy..." or, "How do you wear this?!" gingerly lifting a collar or a steel multi-ring by their fingers. Does the question even matter? These skimpy, clever strips of leather exude, no, not 50 Shades of Grey, "I came from the Midwest" plainness, but a kind of unadulterated, maximum-impact glamour. You get the instinctual sense that all you need here is a little imagination and an occasion. With that in mind, we had some fun "styling" our favorite pieces on unlikely subjects: a trio of curvaceous orange pumpkins. Because, true fact: not just a harbinger of fall, pumpkin is also an aphrodisiac.![]()
From left: Fleet Ilya Perforated Racerback Visor in black (available in stores), Niels Peeraer Bow Buckle Belt in dark grey (available in stores), Fleet Ilya Multi Ring Corset, Fleet Ilya
Maybe it's because dusk creeps in even before we've taken a sip of that after-work drink, or because every downtown boutique has found a way to slip in some black fishnet or lacy nothing into their glass windows. Or, we've wandered into Enchantments, New York's oldest occult store, and wandered out with custom-carved, goona goona energy candles. (If you haven't tried these, go see Kat, tell her we sent you and that you'd like extra glitter around the rim.) Maybe we just have Channing Tatum's cameo in This Is the End on repeat.
Whatever the reason, we're finding ourselves lingering on the top floor of Opening Ceremony's flagship, near the displays of conceptual, black leather pieces. Fleet Ilya's part-bustier, part-bag cropped rucksack comes to mind, as does the label's perked-up Doberman ears, suggestive of Elsa Peretti circa Studio 54-meets-Kate Moss for Playboy's 60th anniversary centerfold. And let's not forget Zana Bayne, NYC's queen of the future-modern harness and corset, tight enough across the bone to make Elizabeth Bennet faint.
We've heard a shopper or two whisper, "This is sexy..." or, "How do you wear this?!" gingerly lifting a collar or a steel multi-ring by their fingers. Does the question even matter? These skimpy, clever strips of leather exude, no, not 50 Shades of Grey, "I came from the Midwest" plainness, but a kind of unadulterated, maximum-impact glamour. You get the instinctual sense that all you need here is a little imagination and an occasion. With that in mind, we had some fun "styling" our favorite pieces on unlikely subjects: a trio of curvaceous orange pumpkins. Because, true fact: not just a harbinger of fall, pumpkin is also an aphrodisiac.
From left: Fleet Ilya Perforated Racerback Visor in black (available in stores), Niels Peeraer Bow Buckle Belt in dark grey (available in stores), Fleet Ilya Multi Ring Corset, Fleet Ilya