Grey mullet / Red Afro (Sights & Attractions in New York in general)

Member Name: oopsy-daisy

Product:	Sights & Attractions in New York in general
Date:	22/07/01 (124 review reads)
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Advantages: Experience the real New Yorkers.

Disadvantages: If you don't go you really are a bit stoopid!

In the backstreets of the upper west side is a little second hand/ vintage clothing shop called "Allan and Suzi."
This shop is one of those little gems that you don't plan on but ends up being one of the highlights of your visit. This one shop oozes pure New York.

As soon as you find the little boutique you are shown how popular it is by having to ring the doorbell and wait until they can fit you into the little shop. There are alot of people who visit but to cut down on thieveing etc they only allow about six peole or your group in at one time.

As soon as you step in your faced with a room that has a fantastic selection of second hand clothes that models such as Naomi cambell/kate moss etc have dropped of their once worn clothes. Now, let me tell you , don't go expecting to come back with loads of bargain because your just not. The shop is still very expensive and although i didn't but anything a little piece of that shop will stay with me forever.

The owners of the shop. Allan an old man wearing hippy style sunglasses with a large grey mulllet, and his partner suzi and short stocky woman with a mahogany coloured afro about the same age, are your hosts. They show you around, let you try on stuff (if you can fit into it?!?!?) and are basically NY personified. When we all went she asked my mum if we knew the designers jeff banks and vivian westwood as if they would be our old friends.The shop is packed to the brim(literally) with fabulous and wacky clothing that you can gawp and laugh at, aswell as a HUGE collection of HUGE platform shoes!

Believe me if your into fashion or not this little gem is well worth a visit for the experience alone! And if you really hate that NY luvvie scene then you can always go mullet spotting !


Allan & Suzi:
416 Amsterdam avenue, at 80th street.
724 7445
Subway 1 or 9 to 79th street.
open: noon-7pm mon,tues+sat./noon-8pm wed-fri/non-6pm s
un.
Credit: American express, Master Card and Visa. + JCB

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