The last time local clothier Brooklyn Industries tried to make an ambitious artistic statement in its storefronts, the effort only inspired area graffiti artists.
“Bike Culture not 4 sale,” vandals spray-painted across the retailer’s windows at four different locations last February, denouncing the stores’ displays of tricked-out bicycles and related sales items as an exploitation Read More
Changing Rooms: No more buddy booths at 500 Hudson
Artsy entreprenurial couple Vahap Avsar and Lexy Funk celebrated the opening of their newest Brooklyn Industries (BKI) store last night in Greenwich Village.
The founders of the burgeoning Williamsburg-based apparel and assessories line took pride in besting Starbucks in an apparent tenant-application competition Read More
An artist’s artsy rendering (click to expand)
Next month, Brooklyn Industries–Williamsburg’s finest purveyors of hip messenger bags and expensive T-shirts–will open their first Chelsea shop at 8th Avenue and 18th St.
“In a way it’s a big move,” co-founder Vahap Avsar explained. “We allowed ourselves a little bit of Read More
