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Horst Show
60 Years of Style features 150 of Horst’s legendary fashion portraits – of everyone from Coco Chanel to Calvin Klein – and a look back on some of the century’s most iconic hair, fashion, and decorating styles ($55).
RIZZOLI BOOKSTORE
31 West 57th Street/212-759-2424
BORDERS BOOKS MUSIC & CAFE
BARNES & NOBLE
Slap Happy
Sometimes a slap on the wrist is exactly what is called for. Flick these cute, furry strips on the back of your hand and they snap into bracelets; unroll them and they snap back into strips. The menagerie includes Lulu the Red Dog, Scooter the Monkey, Button the Koala, and Ruff the Lion. They’re made for kids, but will fit small adult wrists ($4.95).
COZY’S CUTS FOR KIDS
448 Amsterdam Avenue, near 81st Street/212-579-2600
1125 Madison Avenue, near 84th Street/212-744-1716
Get Framed
Selima Salaun, the groovy glasses designer, has teamed up with uptown’s favorite hair stylist, Frédéric Fekkai, to create a collection of plastic sunglasses that’s as hip as it is haute. The four movie-star-inspired styles come in Salaun’s signature high-contrast color combinations ($250).
SELIMA OPTIQUE
899 Madison Avenue, near 73rd Street/212-988-6690
59 Wooster Street, at Broome Street/212-343-9490
FRÉDÉRIC FEKKAI
874 Madison Avenue, near 72nd Street/212-583-3300
15 East 57th Street/212-753-9500
Bright Idea
The guys at R 20th Century spent four years amassing the mind-boggling collection of furniture and objets by designer Verner Panton that now fills their TriBeCa digs. The Flower Pot pendant lamp comes in orange, navy blue, sky blue, white, and chrome. Prices are $350 (for colors) to $600 (for chrome).
R 20TH CENTURY
82 Franklin Street/212-343-7979
www.r20thcentury.com
Rocks – No Roll
Pair English Crown Jewelers with the designer daughter of rock royalty, and you get some pretty rocking rocks: Jade Jagger’s debut collection for Asprey & Garrard includes the rings and pendant necklaces shown here. Pick from pieces that say hero, dare, or even jaded – or have a plain one inscribed with the moniker of your choice. Prices for engraved items start at $200.
ASPREY & GARRARD
725 Fifth Avenue, at 56th Street/212-688-1811 or 800-883-2777
Pillow Talk
Design fiends swear by Alexander Girard’s graphic fabrics, but few know of the folk-art-inspired images he made in the sixties. These designs – sun, moon, mother and child, house, angel, heart – are now available on decorative pillows, which are silk-screened by hand by a women’s artisan cooperative in New Mexico ($96).
ROOM INTERIOR PRODUCTS
435 Hudson Street/212-847-8488
SPACIAL ETC.
199 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn/718-599-7962
COOPER HEWITT MUSEUM SHOP
2 East 91st Street/212-849-8355
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