Sunday, April 10, 2011

Gold in my weird neighborhood

This morning when I was walking home to my apartment in the deep part of the lower east side (if you consider it the les still/chinatown/projects area), I decided to take Henry street, which I never do, but because I don't think after years of living a block south of it that I have ever walked on Henry. And when I turned the corner I came across a storefront with no sign and the window full of beautiful cactus plants, and I peeked in and saw an array of gorgeous leather shoes and bags. After some digging, I found out it is called ABK and the owner, Alya Kazakevich hand makes all of the leather goods. I am going to try to go back today with Luke. It is odd and really exciting coming across anything like this south of Canal street. A little treasure on my end of the neighborhood

17 comments:

P R I M O E Z A said...

oh, i wanted to go there when i visited but never made it...and i thought it was in brooklyn. i probably would have ended up in the wrong place anyway!

Ringo, have a banana! said...

Whaaaa, hello new sandals crush! Definitely need to go there and poke around!

Jesm said...

holy cow (no pun intended),
those are some beautiful shoes.

Paige Rhianne said...

Just came across your blog its so lovely im following :) I love these shoes

http://www.gingerrsnap.blogspot.com/

Hannah Elise said...

YES! I love her work, the little oxford flats have been on my wishlist FOR SO LONG. I first heard about A.b.k here:

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/abk-custom-leather-craft/

I loved hearing about how she got started, too cool!

fania said...

excellent discovery ...... wonderful creations

Ciaoooo http://lagattacolbroncio.blogspot.com/

SASHA said...

woah awesome

DREAMY said...

they are so beautiful and simple. what a find!

Chesney said...

how nifty that you found this down a street nearby you. i wonder what's lurking around the corner in my town. haa, lovely shoes. lovely bag's, too.

Iulia Romana said...

I've just found your blog, and I really love it ♥. The shoes are gorgeous and what makes them even more special is that they are handmade. I also ADORE the bag in the last photo. Did you buy something ?

Hugs !

fuschiaaa said...

Oh my god, all these things totally align to my taste, perfectly simple. Mmm the leather is delicious!

Moshtari said...

I adore these shoes. Do you know how I could buy them? I´m in Germany :D Maybe online or via postal

Caitlin said...

Moshtari - I think if you contacted her through her website it would work! I linked in the post. x

Caroline Mason said...

i need those ones with the perferated detail on it! lovely photos!

Claire M. said...

Love it! Adorable shoes :)
Claire M.

stilon stilanda said...

amazing! want all of these shoes!

Dylana Suarez said...

These shoes are all so wonderful!

xoxo,

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