30 New Fall Stores

Third of June.Photo: Retailer

This fall’s new stores are a study in contrasts: There are the behemoths, like a 9,400-square-foot Hermès store coming to Williamsburg and a 20,000-square-foot baby emporium in Soho. Then there are the niche shops, which this season feelparticularlyniche, like a women’s boutique where tape-measure bows adorn blazers,a Chinatown spot selling see-through digital cameras, and a beauty outlet that only carries minis.

Get a trim at upscale barber Tuft in the front of the store, then pick up pieces from Stone Island, French running brand Satisfy, and Korean line Post Archive Faction in the back ofThird of June(801 Greenwich St.), a boutique situated on a still neighborly stretch of the Village.

Manual, a line of cameras and film that A24 has used to shoot behind-the-scenes movie footage, is opening its first store (85A Allen St.), which will carry Y2K-esque see-through digital cameras, disposables, and film along with photo zines.

Bookworms can browse new and used works atRed Hook Books(123 Coffey St., Red Hook), or take a bookmaking class, or attend a “Wake Up With a One Act” morning, when coffee from neighboring café High Beam is served while a short play is read.

Those hunting for well-seasoned band tees, ’90s basketball jerseys, and leopard jeans can flip through the racks atFlamingos Vintage Pound(4 St. Marks Pl.), the Barcelona-founded shop where clothes go for $17.99 a pound.

Massimo Dutti, the Spanish fastish-fashion line beloved by the Euro-summer crowd, will open its only New York store (and second U.S. store, after Aventura, Florida) in a Michael Bargo–designed space (575 Broadway).

Y-Y, a line of upcycled and ready-to-wear women’s clothing known for its pin-tuck taffeta pieces and blazers with bows made from measuring tape, opens its first Lower East Side store (33A Orchard St.), where it will also carry a selection of vintage Chanel, Dior, and Chloé.

Babylist, the popular registry site, is opening a 20,000-square-foot showroom (477 Broadway) with city-specific setups — mock brownstone entrances, sample sidewalk surfaces, and small-apartment-size nurseries among them — for parents to test out strollers and cribs.

Posse, the line for Capris and linen minidresses (392 Bleecker St.), andBond-Eye, the line of crinkly bathing suits (375 Bleecker St.), are the latest influencer-favorite Australian brands to open on Bleecker Street, just down the street from fellow Aussies Two Hands and Aesop.

J. Press— the line of menswear founded at Yale in 1902 that appointed Rowing Blazers’ Jack Carlson as its president and creative director last year — is moving its shaggy sweaters and collegiate ties from the Yale Club Building into a new space (340 Madison Ave.).

The high-end outerwear brand opens its largest global flagship in the former home of FAO Schwarz (Moncler,767 Fifth Ave.). Shoppers can try on skiing gear and après-ski fits surrounded by glass displays that look like frozen waterfalls and a large sculpture by Ugo Rondinone. Flagship-exclusive parka patches, including a yellow cab and an apple, will be available, too.

Photo: Susan De Vries

The French house is opening a massive space (130 Berry St., Williamsburg) designed in the spirit of a traditional craft workshop. Shoppers will enterHermèsthrough a courtyard and find two floors filled with the brand’s silk scarves, perfumes, jewelry, bags, womenswear, and menswear plus window displays by Brooklyn-based artist Christina Zimpel.

Photo: Noah Fecks

Marfa Stance(801 Madison Ave.), maker of the statusy reversible puffers worn by the Butterfield Market set, opens a neighborhood shop.La DoubleJ(18 E. 69th St.), J.J. Martin’s Milan-based collection of fortissimo-scale printed silk clothing, opened its first U.S. store next to Birley Bakery. Downtown turned uptown girls’ clothing brandsSézane(1045 Madison Ave.),Cult Gaia(761 Madison Ave.),Guest in Residence(1061 Madison Ave.), andTWP(845 Madison Ave.) join Madison’s flock of younger fare. Meanwhile, British menswear lineDunhill(821 Madison Ave.) will join Paul Smith (929 Madison Ave.) a few blocks from Thom Sweeney, which opened in June, to form a semi–Savile Row.Initio, a Parisian fragrance line, opened its first U.S. shop (784 Madison Ave.), where visitors can enter the “Feel Lab” and strap on a headband that measures brain activity in response to sniffing samples.

Res Ipsaopened its first Brooklyn store (289 Court St., Cobble Hill), where it will stock one-of-a-kind workshirts made from vintage quilts, patchwork camp shirts made from lightweight linens, and kilim loafers.

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Worn by Travis Kelce, Justin Bieber, and Chris Hemsworth,Amiri, the L.A.-based line of men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing and accessories, opens its Soho flagship in an Art Deco–inspired space (71 Greene St.) complete with a chandelier by Milano design and glassworks studio 6:AM.

London-based wedding-dress shopthe Fall Brideopened its first U.S. location (45 Main St., Ste. 318, Dumbo), where brides-to-be can find pieces from British and Australian designers like Lola Varma and Harriette Gordon that are exclusive to the store.

BeautySpace, formerly known as Space NK, is openingLittle Luxuries(872 Broadway), where you can buy mini-size products from Oribe, Osea, and Sisley.

Judi Rosendeparts Soho to find a larger home for her collection of denim in the Lower East Side — next door to the tailor she sends her customers to — where she’ll host art openings and classes (136 Orchard St.).Paula Rubenstein, whose antique textiles drew shoppers to her downtown locations for over 30 years, has moved into an appointment-only space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (63 Flushing Ave., Bldg. 209).

Founded in Warsaw,Magda Butrymbrings its rosette dresses and crochet going-out tops to a Soho space (170 Mercer St.) designed by Stockholm studio Stamuli.

For both longtime crate diggers and Gen-Zers buying their first vinyl,Sweet Peanut Records(463 Amsterdam Ave.) on the Upper West Side is where shoppers can find new and used ’60s jazz albums, Broadway soundtracks, and disco tracks. AtVery Friendly Music(610 Dean St., Prospect Heights), shelves are stocked with mostly used vinyl, cassettes, and CDs spanning punk, metal, electronic, and funk; a full-service recording studio in the back of the store is available to book. Collectible jazz, global, and underground music is on offer atSignal Records(1254 Myrtle Ave., Bushwick), a shop originally from Chicago.

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