This has been a special holiday season for the shoreline river town of Essex (more…)
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Feeling the pressure to pull a great Halloween costume together? We scouted some local shops to help lighten the load. * * * At Fashionista Vintage and Variety, “It’s always been our biggest time of year—our Christmas,” co-owner Todd Lyon says. She’s referring to Halloweentime, when people are drawn like vampires […]
Wheels and Deals
Hardcore thrifters hardcore thrift. They understand the various subtleties of Savers, Salvo (Salvation Army) and Goodwill. They know the weekly discount days. They (more…)
Window Wonderland
Naked trees. Yarny knits. Frosted breath. Schmaltzy songs. And window displays. ’Tis the season for New Haven’s shop windows to shine. (more…)
A Gifted Gallery
“The elements have stayed more or less the same,” says Phylis Satin, starting to explain why WAVE, the shop she’s run in New Haven for over 25 years, is like its namesake. “Yet they’re also always changing. There’s this consistency, but there’s a flow to it.” The other word in WAVE’s title is equally illustrative: […]
Presents from the Past
It might as well be through the looking glass: an intriguing space stacked with strange, beautiful creations from another world. Or rather, another time. This is the English Building Markets, a most unlikely vintage and antiques shop on Chapel Street between Church and Orange. If you’ve noticed it before, it was likely the expansive street-front […]
The Center of New Haven’s Comics Cosmos
Some alternate universes are downright twisted. Take Bizarro World, a perverse mirror image of the world anchored by Superman and Metropolis. (more…)
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