After the fashion community embraced her âprivate and friendlyâ guides to Paris and Manhattan, Carole Sabas, a reporter in French Vogueâs New York bureau, set her sights on Brooklyn. âA borough that people like Kate Young, Freja Beha and Sophie Theallet all call home canât be wrong, fashionably speaking, so I had to check it out for myself,â Sabas says of her newest project: âThe Brooklyn of Fashion Insiders.â Compiled by Sabas and her collective of stylish tipsters/borough residents â" Maria Cornejo, Arizona Muse and Tâs online editor, Jane Herman â" the portable handbook celebrates and explores Kings County businesses and their cool, laid-back attitudes. âEven the celebrity tattoo artists are friendly,â Sabas says. (The guideâs cover art was created by Marc Jacobsâs inker of choice, Scott Campbell, who works in Williamsburg.) What struck Sabas most, though, is the boroughâs wide-spreading reputation for dishing up stylishly straightforward f ood: âI keep thinking of the words âepicurean chic,â something I previously identified with Europeans in the 1970s,â she says. Among the restaurants that made Sabasâs cut: James in Prospect Heights, Romanâs in Fort Greene, Cafe Colette in Williamsburg and Dressler (which I personally recommended for its gorgeous dining room and elegant cocktails). But itâs more than just a listing of hip eateries. The guide also spotlights Brooklynâs best yoga studios (Greenhouse Holistic and Shala), florists (Sprout Home and Saipua), vintage boutiques (Bogart & Moore and Erie Basin) and car services (Northside), which are handy when bridge-hopping back to Manhattan, if you must.
âThe Brooklyn of Fashion Insidersâ is $14 at McNally Jackson, 52 Prince Street, and at mcnallyjackson.com.
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