I wandered into Two Lovers, a stylish, new resale clothing shop in the space that used to be Matter (Fifth Avenue between President and Carroll Street) in Park Slope.
Oh Matter, remember Matter, that gorgeous contemporary design shop that left the nabe about a month ago but continues on in SoHo.
When Lynette Kirchner, a fashionista who lives on Fifth Avenue and used to work for Eden, Bono’s clothing line, saw that Matter (one of her favorite shops) was out she got to thinking.
Two Lovers is the result of that thinking.
“I love bargains, stoop sales, sample sales. My taste is very feminine,” she told me in her lovely shop that sells a careful selection of clothing from the last twenty years of so.
“I love silk, chiffon, ruffles, patterns,” Kirchner told me. And that’s evident in the clothing she’s collected.
“I’ve got lots more and will keep replenishing from my collection. In a while I may buy from others,” she said.
The store is already popular — and it just opened on Saturday. I spent about an hour in there trying things on — and bought two blouses. My friend bought a patterned blouse and a beautiful denim skirt.
Today a trio of college girls were happily trying on all sorts of frilly things. It’s a fun place to be and the prices are very, very fair.
What fun. Two Lovers: welcome to the neighborhood.