Colorful Champagne Flutes, Leather Sling Chairs, and More New Stuff in New York Stores -- New York Magazine

Best Bets: November 16, 2015

By Lauren Schwartzberg
Published Nov 15, 2015

Cluster
Joining West Greenpoint’s homewares district are vintage-focused Copper+Plaid and family-run Burson & Reynolds.

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1. Homecoming: Romy Northover macchiato mugs with liquid 22-karat gold ($62); vases made with excavated clay (from $85). 107 Franklin St.
2. From the Source: Chairs made of recycled oil drums ($325); teak open-storage side tables ($375). 69 West St.
3. Adaptations NY: Embroidered Moroccan poufs ($275); mid-century dressers ($695). 107 Franklin St.
4. Home of the Brave: Ceramic French presses ($120); custom-made black flag blankets ($165). 146 Franklin St.
5. Copper+Plaid: Vintage caribou antlers ($575); early-1900s boar-bristle shoe-shine brush ($45). 655 Manhattan Ave.
6. Burson & Reynolds: Cast-iron �scary rabbit� bottle openers ($10); Kerry Cassill pillowcases ($76). 649 Manhattan Ave.

2x2: Festive Carving Knives
Slice that turkey with flair.

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Reasonable:
Full Color: Pure Komachi 2 slicing knife, $11 at amazon.com.
Half Color: Zyliss carving knife, $14 at zylissusa.com.

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Splurgy:
Full Color: Ivo Virtu chef’s knife, $130 at williams-sonoma.com.
Half Color: Gyuto knife, $117 at the Brooklyn Kitchen (100 Frost St., Williamsburg).

Athleisure
Tyler Haney, whose start-up Outdoor Voices sells minimalist hoodies and sweat-wicking slouchy pants, just opened a shop at 199 Lafayette Street.

�We’ve been making our soft tees ($65) and textured compression-fabric leggings ($95) since 2013, when athleisure was still a new term. But we could tell this was something people really wanted, and now we’ve raised $7 million in Series A funding and designed our first New York store to reflect all of the different things you can do in these clothes. We have a modular stack of foam mats and 3-D shapes, so you can feel how you bend and stretch in each item. We also see the space as a starting point for activity�we organize yoga classes and hiking meet-ups, so you can wear our new merino-wool jogging pants ($135) there. Or to brunch in the neighborhood.�

Ask a Guru
Lodro Rinzler is the chief spiritual officer at MNDFL, the city’s first walk-in meditation studio (10 E. 8th St.).

So this is like SoulCycle for meditating?�Yes. Most meditation centers have a minimum two-hour commitment; our sessions are 30 minutes. We’ve assembled a team of the best meditation teachers from all different traditions, and we offer a wide variety of classes: If you can’t sleep, there’s MNDFL sleep, where you’ll take deep breaths to help decompress and relax your body. If you’re feeling low-energy, you could take MNDFL energy, where there will be a lot of quick inhalations and exhalations. The last few minutes are always question-and-answer time for everyone who might have tried meditation through an app and wondered, say, if it’s normal to start seeing colors.�

Side by Side
Two glamorous French brands arrive just in time for winter.

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Vanessa Seward
267 W. 4th St.
Open through early December
History: This summer, after stints at Azzaro and A.P.C., Seward presented her first eponymous women’s collection.
Store: A pop-up occupying a quarter of the A.P.C. store, in the inky blue accents of her Paris store, with dark denim and shearlings.
Celebrity Pick: ’70s-style �Abaca� sheepskin shearling coat ($3,675), purchased by Katie Holmes on the shop’s opening day.

Yves Salomon
786 Madison Ave.
Opens November 18
History: In 1910, Gregory Salomon entered the fur trade. Now his great-grandson Thomas is opening the brand’s first retail spaces.
Store: Seven hundred square feet, with marble shelving and brass accents holding men’s, women’s, and kids’ fur-accented outerwear.
Celebrity Pick:Rihanna wears the rabbit-and-coyote-fur-lined army parka (from $1,950), using the oversize drawstring hood to avoid paparazzi.