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| Give It Up : Holiday Shopping in Williamsburg |
To help you hunt for holiday booty, our style navigators at Refinery 29 have charted a course through our favorite ports of call. Starting with the rare designs and low prices of Williamsburg, we’ve booked a multi-stop tour of unique boutiques, memorable gifts, and the places to eat and drink along the way. Don’t forget to pack your Refinery29 gift card–it can save you 20%.
Written by Gabriel Bell |
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A Lady's Touch
Canary, the female offshoot of men's fashion fave Oak, blossoms with translucent shell earrings, $23, Pacifica scented candles, $20, fan-shaped lamb leather handbags by Aaneta, $275, and vintage gold watches by Casio, $65. |
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Home for the Holidays
The local HQ for home design, Future Perfect welcomes the season with H. Fredriksson's tree-printed pillow cases, $60, Bernd Kuhn soap dishes, $34, and Pieter Houtenbos' incendiary Grenade oil lamp, $90.
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Even the most dedicated retail pilgrim needs to recharge now and then. St. Helen Café offers solace and sweets to shoppers. Enjoy a cup of holiday cheer with their tasty mulled wine.
150 Wythe Avenue, 718-302-1197 |
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Every dog has its day, and this former dive bar is certainly enjoying its share.
If Sweetwater's charm and chow don't get to you, their car bomb cocktails remain a potent blast from the past.
105 N. 6th Street, 718-963-0608 |
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| Canary, 145 Ainslie Street, 718-782-0521 |
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 Jingle Bell Rock One-stop treasure station Saved carries shea butter soap for Mom, $5, cardigans for the cousins, Bing Bang jewelry for sis, a silk-screened thermal T-shirt for bro, $55, and tattoo gift certificates for Uncle Randy.
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Heart Warming Natty offerings from In God We Trust include this charming necklace, $80, snowflake-print thermals, $40, and wool-angora gloves, also $40, to keep your beloved toasty in the squalls of winter. |
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Saved, 82 Berry Street,
718-388-5990 |
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Boy's Club
Your man will love Oak's military overstock heavyweight blankets, $35, tough sewing kits, $18, wood and sterling cufflinks, $86, by Tracy Matthews, and Andres Bedoya's Horn keychain, $55, for your special stallion. |
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Fireside Treats
Serve nog from Scrap Pile's breakfast trays, $110, then rest your head on Thomas Paul's silk throw pillows, $110, and wrap yourself in Atelier Baroque’s hand silk-screened duvet covers ($215 the set with pillow shams). Then gaze outside at the Perch ceramic bird feeder, $85 |
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Oak, 150 Ainslie Street,
718-782-0521 |
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Up All Night
While Sleep may be the best boudoir emporium in Brooklyn, we doubt their offerings will inspire much shuteye: Kookoon silk slippers, $42, Eberjay Intimates lacey tap pants and bras, and naturally a saucy pin-up girl sheet set, $90, queen-sized. |
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Sounds of The Season
Because "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" gets stale around December 4th, the good people at Sound Fix have picked out the perfect discs for under the Christmas tree: LCD Soundsystem–LCD Soundsystem; Sufjan Stevens–Illinois; Anthony and the Johnsons–I Am A Bird Now. |
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| Sleep, 110 N. 6th Street, 718-384-3211 |
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Palm Pilot
Palmistry notebook, $8, by Red Horse Shoe, available at Saved. |
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