Vive le Mod! Or in this case, Viva
and Tessa le Mod! This Op-Art
polka dot Sixties nylon jumpsuit ($34.)
fits Viva like a glove, and the
mod yellow vinyl handbag ($26.),
Fifties yellow straw boater with faux cherries
($24.), and butterscotch
Bakelite pendant necklace ($35.)
complete the scene.
Tessa shines in this Seventies
metallic striped halter minidress ($42.),
60's gold metallic sandals ($25.),
silver beaded evening bag ($45.),
faux pearl necklace ($12.)
and vintage black velvet hat from Best &
Co. ($22.). The vintage
shades? Also from Le Spot!
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Love at first sight.
NYC restaurant manager Adreanna Limbach
and this baby blue Fifties Lucy dress with oversized
collar and four large buttons ($35.)
were simply made for each other. And so it came to be
that it went home with her. She topped it off with a Fifties
vinyl wicker seashell purse ($35.).
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Yes, it's true. Super
agents Jonathan Tunick and Amy
Paul actually did meet at the William
Morris Agency when she was working in the mailroom.
Now she's an agent at Alliance, and he has his own agency.
Amy totally dug this Sixties vinyl covered glitter
purse ($42.) and Jonathan left with
Carl's Delaware CB Club jacket ($42.)
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Jesse
Hartman co-owns the coolest joint in the East
Village, Mo Pitkin's
House of Satisfaction , and we were thrilled when
he stopped in to the Mystery Spot to
pick up some new decor for the club walls. He left with
several masterpieces, including this 1955 Brooklyn
cityscape in oil signed by Steinhaus ( $55.)
and this original 1975 still life (?) by Morris
Katz ( $20.). |
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This year The
Mystery Spot is proud to unveil our lingerie
department, featuring a mind-boggling assortment of
30s, 40s, 50s and 60s vintage slips and negligees.
Viva wears a stunning deep indigo
lace trimmed vintage slip ($29.) paired with
a midnight blue velvet evening bag ($35.)
and Tessa a vintage black chiffon
Trillium negligee with spaghetti straps ($32.)
accented bya beaded black satin clutch
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What
better way to spend Father's Day than a little father
and son antiquing in the Catskills? Emmett
helps his dad Tom Luciano pick out
an unusual brass toned Fifties sputnik ceiling
fixture ( $175.) which will undoubtedly
find a new home at his terrific shop, Historical
Materialism, in nearby Hudson, NY. |
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Viva
works this vintage tie-dyed crushed velvet Sixties
super-long fringed jacket ($185.)
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Vogue's
Camilla Nickerson knows good fashion when she
sees it, and she wasted no time in zeroing in on this
incredible Dorian label 1940's candy-striped
taffeta fitted lounging jacket with black velvet trim
($65.) within hours after it had been put out on
the racks. |
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We first met Max
Brettschneider (with dad Joe
and mom Robin) in the aisles of The
Mystery Spot when he was an infant (see previous
pages). Now he's three, and has become a connoisseur of
fine children's picture books. Why, it's our newest kid's
book, Honky-Tonk Heroes & Hillbily Angels!
What can we say, the kid's got taste. |
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Asia
looks way too cool for school in this Futuristic
mod 70s vintage pink & purple halter dress
(with original tags! $45.). She tops if off
with a vintage patent leather lime green purse
($28.) and 70s tinted shades
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Filmmakers Karl
Nussbaum (Thanatos & Eros - A Monster
Love Story), Matt Harrison (Rhythm
Thief), Scott Saunders (The
Technical Writer) and David Leonard
(editor, Night of the White Pants) popped in
for a visit and took an instant liking to our Milton
The Monster board game ($38.) and our
new illustrated picture book, Honky-Tonk Heroes
& Hillbilly Angels ($16. at bookstores
everywhere!). |
Nick
Lanni is an assistant textile designer, originally
from Albany, and enjoys trying on vintage lederhosen
($38.) in his spare time. |
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Artist Beth Reisman
and Spot model Ava show
off their mod side. Beth took home this terrific Sixties
mod floral print Hawaiian sundress ($35.)
and Ava a cute 60's pink & white striped girl's
dress ($10.) with handmade macrame
purse ($14.). |
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Tessa
is angelic in this Edwardian white
tafetta garden dress ($55.), beaded
purse ($22.) and vintage ivory straw
hat with ribbon bow ($12.)
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Bob Goldberg took a fancy to our painting
of the Collyer Brothers, and treated
us to some wonderful accordion music as he strolled
the premises of The Mystery Spot. He's
the founder and sole proprietor of The Brooklyn
Academy of Noise, an all-accordion band which
has played cemeteries and non-cemeteries.
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Sylvia
is the embodiment of Spring in this
lovely light-as-air vintage Forties drop-waist
yellow flowered dress with velvet trim ($45.),
Happy-Go-Lightly sandals
($12.), yellow straw boater with
fake cherries ($24.) and vintage
paisley purse ($28.)
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Ever
since his days as a lad growing up in Manchester, England,
singer/songwriter Warren
Malone has been on a lifelong search for
a snappy Sixties suede jacket like
the one Dylan wore on the cover of
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, and he couldn't
believe his luck when he stumbled across this one right
here in Phoenica. Needless to say, he snapped it right
up ( $44.). While he was at it, he also grabbed
this sure-fire conversation starter, a portable
blowtorch called the SELF-BLO
( $10.). |
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Time to hit the beach!
Viva's ready to go in a vintage rope-strap Empire
waist white and pink floral sundress ($35.)
and vintage pink head scarf ($5.)
and Tessa in a paisley print
70's halter dress with wooden beads ($35.),
macrame puka shell choker ($8.)
and striped vintage head scarf ($5.). |
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Author
Ray Rizzo (Tropic of Consciousness)
lives in a geodesic dome outside of Kingston and he
sure knows how to dress! We can't take any credit for
his natty look, but we'll take full credit for this
awesome NOS 70s corset-topped plaid madras hippie
maxi-dress ($55.) which the lovely
and studious Heather Ann Speaker did
major justice to, and needless to say, took home with
her. |
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Back for more! Photographer/musician
Jeff Stults makes a return trip to Le
Spot to pick up a cute blonde that caught his
eye last time he visited. This Sixties signed
oil on canvas painting of a waif-like girl set
him back only $75. Meantime, metalsmith Jason
Yoder couldn't pass up this pair of mid-century
60's ceiling lights, a mere $50. for the two. |
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We love it when we
learn something new from our customers! For example,
we'd never heard of the designer Mary Blair,
but Limited Brands design director Jeremy Tjhung
filled us in when he found this mint It's A
Small World LP ($10.), which contained
an illustrated booklet showing the genius of the woman
who designed that attraction, and so much more, for
Disney. Meantime, photographer Rob Mandolene
stocked up on a sealed Airport 1975 LP
($15.), Romantic Japanese Mandolins
($10.), and a vintage decoupaged
owl box purse circa 1968 ($35.).
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Nova
(6), couldn't contain her excitement when her mom told
her she was the proud new owner of this 1950's
vintage blue chambray girl's frock with sailor stripes
($32.) |
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Illustrator Katherine
Streeter, musicologist Hank Flick,
and Boston Terrier Olive stock up on
vintage knitting books from the Seventies
($3. - 5.). |
Daria
Grace is one of the few baritone ukelele players
in New York City, and she's always on the lookout for
1930s sheet music with ukelele parts
for her bands, the Jack Grace Band and
the Pre-War Ponies. She scored bigtime
at Le Spot, leaving with a handful
of sheet music ($4 - $5) as well as a bag of
other goodies. |
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Here at The Mystery
Spot we have a wide selection of vintage
floral print hankerchiefs ($2 - 4.),
as modeled most creatively by Io Flower. |
Jewelry
designer Susan hails from Maine, where
as a teenager she participated in the Miss Teen
Maine Pageant and the Miss
Wild Blueberry Pageant. You can tell she still
has her beauty pageant chops down as she models this
Seventies MOD WHIRL California geometric print
ruffled halter top hostess gown - with original
tags! - ($65.), which, yes, went home with
her. |
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Our Motto: "Clutter My World"
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