Lace Edge Journal: Mon. 06/07/2010

These were my favorites stores from West Village. On Bleecker Street, there are many of well know designer boutiques, but off the Bleecker, there were hidden gems.

Aedes De Venustas: A perfumery with wide selection of luxury perfume, candles and skin cares. The store was beautiful, but the owners didn't allow me to take pictures.

{Aedes De Venustas}

A perfume

CREDIT: NYMAG.COM

{La Maison Supreme}

Pierre, the owner of La Maison Supreme didn't really like the idea of his store being photographed. So, the picture here didn't capture all of exquisite things he carried. But after a nice chat, he allowed me take a picture of him. His store was simply beautiful filled with tons of glassware, dinnerware, silverware and pillows. Except the sops and the bed linens, everything was French antique. There were also pretty sette and antique brass bed. chandeliers were gorgeous as well.

He said he just opened the store about 8 months ago, and his farther also had an antique store.

Le Fanion had all these cute potteries, ovenware and chandeliers made in and from Provence in South France. It also had some antique furniture from France like garden tables and chairs.

{Le Fanion}

LEO Design: The store was literally "packed" with home and office accessories, small objects, furniture, and luggage and many more. I think it can be a perfect gift shop for men. The merchandise was mixture with antiques, and everything was handsome. The owner himself was handsome man, and the way he presented his goods, the way he treated customer (me), and even the way he registered was all in elegant style. I bought an astray in Art Deco style circa 1930s. He also gave me a nice dust bag for my astray!

{LEO Design}

{My Astray}

{Liza Sherman}

Another antique store I liked. It had many industrial look pieces with metals. Later I looked at 1stdib.com and it had much more selections there and a lot of classical looking pieces as well.

And more antiques from The Lively Set. It had wide selection of glass lamps and vases.

{The Lively Set}

{Albertine}

Albertine carried well edited selection of new designers. I especially liked all the feminine dresses especially the beaded one and a dress called "the Birthday Dress". There were also some pieces from Korea, since the owner is Korean. I first thought they were all vintages, but found out they were not. I think it's the way the pieces were displayed...made me think they were only one and all piece per item like vintage pieces. BTW, the girl was wearing nice boxy jacket, and she said she got it from yesterday's Brooklyn flea market (the one I went as well) just for $20!

Soapology had natural ingredient sops, oils, skin and body care products. The store was very pretty, but they didn't allow photography...anyway, I bought a soap dish there, not a soap.

{Soapology}