Regular BK Flea Vendor Brooklyn Junior has opened their very own shop on Clinton Ave, just north of Myrtle. They celebrated their grand opening on October 31. Read more from their inaugural press release:
What happened when a couple of artists had kids and then found that the children’s wear market was hopelessly lacking in the clothes they really wanted their children to wear? They let the DIY spirit move them and turned into entrepreneurs – and Brooklyn Junior was born. This Halloween, owner Nadia Georgiou opens the doors of Brooklyn Junior’s new Clinton Hill shop, located at 150 Clinton Ave (corner or Myrtle), for the first time.
Since 2008 Brooklyn Junior has been selling colorful, chic and unique clothing for babies and kids on the web at brooklynjunior.com as well as at the Brooklyn Flea in Ft. Greene and Dumbo. Nadia’s popular designs include bright kimonos, super soft silkscreened tees featuring drills, fire hydrants, and headphones, baby onesies in adorable colors and patterns, and lots more to please all kids from newborns to six-year-olds. And now, for the first time, they’re under one roof on Clinton Avenue – along with colorful toys and accessories.
But Brooklyn Junior’s Clinton Avenue space isn’t just a store – it’s Nadia’s workshop, too. Half the space displays the designs in a shop setting, and half houses the actual place where Brooklyn Junior designs happen. It’s a rare and fascinating glimpse into the process behind the designs – and it takes a true artist to be willing to display the materials.
See our interview with Nadia here!
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“What happened when a couple of artists had kids and then found that the children’s wear market was hopelessly lacking in the clothes they really wanted their children to wear?”
Oh please gag me, bourgeois leaders of tomorrow. Don’t they know that American Apparel already makes children’s clothes? Must every facet of your life, and now by extension your childs’, be a hipness contest? Ugh.
I was hoping they’d have orange striped overalls, to match their cheesecake boxes ; )
I love the bright colors and also supporting a brooklynite! I took some pics on their opening day: http://mommyftw.com/2009/10/31/brooklyn-junior-opens/
As a mom I’m also over $30 t-shirts that will be outgrown in 6 months. I’d never shop there but they do have some cute stuff and there are plenty of people with $ in their neighborhood. I wish them luck.
This will be HUGE at the flea market, all the yuppies selling their kids outgrown clothing. I can see it now.
Hi, this is Nadia of Brooklyn Junior.
I make almost all of the clothing sold in my store. The prices are very low for hand made/printed clothes. The tees and onesies are designed by me, my husband and my son. I print them with water based non toxic inks. The store is also the space where the production is done. Come over to check it out, you might be surprised to see that there are no $30 tees sold there. We are too small to compete with the prices of big retailers but try to keep them as low as possible. We offer a coupon for %10 off, here is the link http://www.brooklynjunior.com/pages/Coupons
I live across the street from the store for the last 8 years, love the neighborhood and am very happy and proud to open my store here.
Best
Nadia
Thank you Robin and Betsy for the post and support
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