{"id":978,"date":"2011-02-02T19:31:57","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T09:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soulbridgemedia.com\/news\/?p=978"},"modified":"2013-12-29T17:41:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T07:41:50","slug":"nyc-part-6-%e2%80%93-shopping-nyc-soho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soulbridgemedia.com\/news\/?p=978","title":{"rendered":"New York City part #6 \u2013 Shopping: Soho"},"content":{"rendered":"

So you’ve done the sight seeing and are down to your last day. What’s left to do? More shopping of course! With funds running low at the end of your trip, you can’t go wrong with sales and good ol fashioned bargain hunting and the place for it? Soho<\/strong>. Think of it as (if you’re in Brisbane) a West End, Stones Corner (before it when to crap) and Teneriffe\/New Farm all rolled into one. Boutique stores aplenty, peppered with large clothing and shoe stores with great specials.<\/p>\n

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Dave's Quality Meats - NYC<\/p><\/div>\n

Starting at the northern end around Bowery <\/strong>and 4th<\/strong> is Dave’s Quality Meat<\/a>. Nope, not a butcher, but one of those fashion stores with an identity crisis. Unlike Johnny Cupcakes<\/a>, the store is unfortunately not set up like a butcher, just your standard run of the mill clean and tidy boutique store style. They stock lines similar to that of other designer sneaker stores like Supreme<\/a> and Undefeated<\/a> with a selection of tees, fitted caps, watches and sneakers and like those other stores, nothing outside the normal range without a drop or quickstrike on the horizon.<\/p>\n

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My Plastic Heart - NYC<\/p><\/div>\n

Further down Bowery St.<\/strong> on Forsyth<\/strong> is My Plastic Heart<\/a>, a small store speicalising in collectible vinyls in the vein of Kidrobot<\/a>. The day we were there was a day of a Sketchbot<\/a> custom launch! However, this didn’t start till 6pm and the store was subsequently closed in preparation. Bummer! <\/p>\n

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Sketchbot Custom - My Plastic Heart - NYC<\/p><\/div>\n

A couple more blocks south on Elizabeth st<\/strong>. is Classic Kicks<\/a>, another smaller shop with a leaning towards skate wear but with a bit of spice, like the SSUR x DC collabo in the window. Unfortunately this too was closed. This leads me to remind you to check trading hours where possible, especially on the weekends. General rule of thumb though, most smaller stores open late in the morning and close later in the evening. <\/p>\n

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Classic Kicks - NYC<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’re after a bite to eat head further south into Chinatown.<\/p>\n

But what about the bargains you say? Why they’re all on Broadway<\/strong>, I reply. From about Grand st<\/strong>. up, there are clothing and electronic stores galore. Most I didn’t catch their names but they’re very hard to miss with their large display windows and “twofa” special tags. The most memorable would be Transit<\/strong>. Not just for its subway car and vintage turnstile at the back of the the street level but also for their great deals. Very similar to Dr. Jays<\/a> but instead of going every brand under the sun, they’ve chosen the most popular and stocked a very worthy selection of each. Nothing too exotic by international standards but by domestic AU standards its more than sufficient for those stateside colourways and models. <\/p>\n

The cherry on top is the aforementioned “twofa” deals. Basically you save $10-20US when buying 2 similar ticketed items. Some examples: 2 x Adidas Attitude highs = $50US, 2 x Nike Air Max 90 boots = $160US, 2 x Air Max 90 premium\/Air Max Free = $140. The list goes on with Superstars, Jordans, Airforce 1s and more. There are similar bargains to be had in the way of street tees and jackets, check out the clearance rack at the back of the street level.<\/p>\n

For more specialised clothing and even more sneakers, head down stairs to find another wall of sneakers, Nike<\/strong> apparel and a separate room dedicated to The North Face<\/strong> gear: hardshells, ski jackets, parkas, backpacks, bags and more.<\/p>\n

Couple doors up is one of the nicest looking skate shops I have ever been in, Blades<\/a>, coming across as more a higher end fashion store than a street clothing store. For more, skate orientated brands, this is a good stop, though, sneakers and caps are a bit limit. Head upstairs for skate and ski hardware and a small clearance rack.<\/p>\n

Not too far off is another store with a wood finished exterior, missed the name of this one and thanks to the ancient (2007) version of Googlemaps, I can’t even find the building, let alone the name! Anyway, bargains galore none the less. Street level is clothing a plenty. Jeans, tees, jackets more in a street, sport vein than straight hiphop style but again some very reasonable prices. Downstairs is a whole floor of sneakers all at reasonable prices even without being on special. The clearance racks were a proverbial gold mine. Vintage styled KangaROOS<\/a> complete with zip pocket for $9US?? Yep, we’ll take those.<\/p>\n

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KangaROOs sneakers<\/p><\/div>\n

A side mention, a lot of adult sizing of American clothes can be way off with cuts especially in lengths. No doubt for all the ‘ballers and festivally plump types, but if you normally wear a medium, have a look in the kids or “big kids” section and try an extra large, they tend to fit very similar. This could be the difference of about $10US on tees and $20US or more on jackets.<\/p>\n

Another note is a lot of these stores’ service is a bit hit and miss and the lines for the cashier can sometimes be very long (6 staff on the floor looking bored and only one on the register?? Riigghhtt..) so be prepared to chase them up if you find yourself waiting more than 5min for them to bring out your size shoe or for your items to make it to the counter.<\/p>\n

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New Era Caps Flagship store - NYC<\/p><\/div>\n

Heading back up to 9th street, the New Era<\/a> Flagship store is worthy of a look in even if its just to see the cool hidden drawers where all the caps are stored. In general they didn’t have too many rarities but they did have every colour of all their standard offerings as well as their EK series and snapbacks. They also have a good range of branded apparel and accessories for the discerning and meticulous owners. A nice little bonus from shopping there is all the caps come classily boxed and bagged, something you wont find at Lids<\/a>. Lids however do have sales and multi-buy specials, so if by chance the Flagship store doesn’t have your size, they will be your next bet (easiest to find store is the Times Sq. one).<\/p>\n

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New Era Caps - NYC<\/p><\/div>\n

Other stores of interest in surrounding blocks are Dr. Jays, Kidrobot, Tokidoki <\/strong>(which again disappoints in size and range, it seems TD stockists are still the better option for price and variety) and the Burton<\/a> flagship store. For those that just cant buy “off the rack” sneakers, the Nike Sportswear Flagship<\/strong> store complete with Bespoke<\/a> customising section is the place for you. Choose literally thousands of different colour and material combinations to create your one offs with the help from a Nike iD designer. Just remember you have a set time to design your shoe via an appointment, so some pre-thought wouldn’t go astray and its not like getting photos developed, you will have to wait a few weeks for them to be made.<\/p>\n

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Kid Robot - NYC<\/p><\/div>\n

So that’s it folks! Our whirlwind stop in NYC. If you plan on hitting the other burroughs or travel upstate, then try and allow more than a week! NYC is also our last stop on our holiday. For highlights and photos from the other cities, see: Tokyo here<\/a> and Los Angeles here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Next on the agenda is a world tour set for later this year and of course there will be plenty of shopping and sight seeing tips and photos (:<\/p>\n

San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Beijing here we come!<\/p>\n

New York City 2010 part #1 \u2013 The flight in\u2026<\/a>
\nNew York City part #2 \u2013 Shopping: Midtown<\/a>
\nNew York City part #3 \u2013 Bronx Zoo<\/a>
\nNYC part #4 \u2013 Sight seeing \u2013 Manhattan<\/a>
\nNYC part #5 \u2013 Sight Seeing \u2013 Brooklyn Markets and Gardens<\/a><\/p>\n

New York City photo gallery here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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