June 5, 2008

Shoppers' update: Monogramouflage, Opera Shop sale

The Metropolitan Opera Shop will close its online operations June 20 "for an update." Leading up to that, you can get 33 to 67 percent discounts on all CDs and DVDs.

The Brooklyn Museum's Louis Vuitton shop is already selling out of some of its new Monogramouflage stock, but more is on the way. (The apparently hard to track down direct line for the LV shop is 718-783-1690.)

The Library Shop is offering 20 percent discounts to all Friends of the Library through June 13. Even if you're not a member, check out their exclusives page, which features a Reading Room Ceiling box, a poster map of Central Park in 1863, and replicas of the Reading Room lamps, (pictured.)

The Times Square Virgin Megastore, -- which calls itself "the largest entertainment store in the world!" -- will close in the first quarter of 2009, Reuters reports. (Previously, Feb. 1 was announced as the closing date for the Union Square megastore.) "We bought the Virgin business to wind it down to get a hold of the real estate," Vornado's executive vice president told Reuters.

Boing Boing raves about Idlewild Books a new travel bookstore north of Union Square that shelves guidebooks with travel literature related to that place.

Eyeing an October 10 opening, TopShop hangs a giant Kate Moss billboard on its SoHo storefront.

Carefully-edited kitsch shop Mr. Pink is closing on July 31st, Racked reports.

Speaking of pink, New York's second Kira Plastinina store is under construction at 22 W. 34th St., according to Racked.

Ivanka Trump's new Madison Avenue shop carries "a well-curated collection of diamonds, black onyx and pearls" says Time Out.

A slew of stores are renovating their NYC flagships, including Saks, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Lord & Taylor, Bergdorf Goodman and Ralph Lauren, Women's Wear Daily reports. (via Shophound.)

Barneys is also looking at opening a store on West 13th Street, according to The Real Deal, (via Shophound.)

June 5, 2008 12:31 PM in Downtown, Midtown, Museums, Out of Manhattan, Shopology, Upper East Side

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