Daffy's 50th Anniversary on Icing

Those hems are buried in icing! Love it.

Last week was Daffy's 50th Anniversary party, and they celebrated in Greeley Square with a runway cake. No joke, the models walked on icing maybe five inches thick, and not a single one slipped and fell. It was still a great show, anyway. What? Please, you know everyone at fashion shows love a good fall! It's the whole long skinny arms and legs flailing thing.

The styling in this show was beautiful. I want this entire outfit.

Those boots are so cute I'd take them post-icing runway walking. Photo courtesy of Daffy's.

Seriously, though, I had a great time at the show. I've done some whack runway shows myself in the past (involving shopping mall food courts, really slobbery giant poodles, Wizard of Oz costumes, sparklers, bunnies, doggie accidents on the runway...the list goes on and on) but I never walked on icing. And I have to admit it, this show made me nostalgic. The Daffy's models worked it even towards the end of the show when the icing was a mess, like sidewalk curbs the day after it snows in New York City mess.

The icing aftermath.

I join many a devoted Daffy's fan when I say "Thank you for everything, Daffy's!" Greeley Square was packed, probably the highest attendance we've ever had for an event there, and that just speaks to the great love us New Yorkers have for Daffy's. Keep bringing us those fabulous shoes, leather vests, dog sweaters and long cashmere cardigans at your ridiculous low prices. Truly, Irving Shulman, the founder of Daffy Dan's Bargain Town, started a beautiful thing 50 years ago.

It was a crush of Daffy's fans in Greeley Square.

Daffy's Herald Square 34th Street and Broadway

Bare Escentuals Herald Square is Sharing the Love

 

It's Friends & Family time at Bare Escentuals, so I dropped by the store this morning to pick us all up a card. Print it out, use it at the lovely Herald Square boutique or online, and get 20% off all Bare Escentuals products through Sunday, June 19th.

While you're visiting the boutique, don't miss the new Pretty Amazing lip color. I just put it on and so far yes, it's pretty amazing. It goes on shiny but sets matte.

Also, Bare Escentuals is having a birthday. Get this 5-piece set for $35 ($78 value) to celebrate the line's 35th birthday. So very many beautiful ways to save and get pretty at Bare Escentuals this weekend.

Bare Escentuals Herald Square 44 W. 34th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues

Happy 200th Birthday, Horace!

Horace Greeley statue in a postcard from the early 1900's. See how the ladies are holding up their skirts to keep them off the street? They must have had great triceps back then.

"Fashion Greeley" just didn't sound quite right back in 2007 when we were naming this 34th Street shopping blog (we manage both Herald and Greeley Squares). But that doesn't mean we don't love Mr. Horace Greeley. To show just how much we admire his contributions to New York City's publishing world (and other accomplishments), we're rededicating his Greeley Square statue in Midtown Manhattan this Thursday at 11am to commemorate his 200th birthday. Visit our sister blog for a little background on Horace and more event details, but here's a teaser: "Horace" himself will be in attendance wearing all white, topcoat, hat and all, because that's how he dressed every day back in the late, dusty and dirty 1800's. Now that's dedication to a signature look.

Measuring Horace's head for a big white hat handmade by Martin Izquierdo Studios. Did Horace Greeley really say "Go west young man?" Let's ask Wikipedia.

Our fabulous 'wichcraft kiosk will be there for your hot chocolate and cookie needs. And Horace Greeley High School's Theater Repertory Group and Madrigal Choir will be performing also, so come on down, say Happy Birthday to Horace, and help us celebrate a truly unusual and admirable historical personality.


Event:  Happy 200th Birthday Horace Greeley
Date:   February 3, 2011
Time:  11:00 a.m.
Place:  Greeley Square Park (Between 32nd and 33rd Streets; Broadway and 6th Avenue)