Does the name J. McLaughlin ring a bell? It’s a store that sells classic clothing and
accessories for women nationwide, including Madison Avenue, Palm Beach, Edgartown, Nantucket and places like that.

Now they’re gonna be in Brooklyn. Interestingly the clothing is manufactured in Greenpoint.

Kevin McLaughlin, chief creative director of J. McClaughlin, fell head over heels with the  historic Brooklyn Heights neighborhood.

“The vibrant, charming and historic community of Brooklyn Heights felt like the perfect fit for us. We saw a apparent disconnect in the area which is filled with stylish consumers but few appropriate retail spaces, so when something became available on Hicks Street we jumped at the chance to open a new store,” he said in a recent store press release.

The new store is located on Hicks Street between Montague and Remsen and is approximately 420 square feet.

A little off the beaten path, the tiny new shop is full of charm. This location will sell women’s and men’s clothing and accessories including grosgrain ribbon belts, hand-quilted jackets and their best selling brightly colored Catalina T-shirts.

I haven’t been to the shop yet but apparently the space was redesigned in the spirit of Brooklyn Heights’ architectural history,  including touches of exotic Orientalism of the high Victorian era to the neoclassical grandeur of the Beaux Arts period.

“We want the shop to feel like a Brooklyn brownstone on the inside and
on the outside,” architect and designer Doug Larson explains.