HELL'S KITCHEN WITHOUT FOODS


Looks like many vendors are coming back to Hell's Kitchen flea with more items in fall.   Despite its name referring foods, this flea does not have food vendors to enjoy your weekend brunch like the ones in Brooklyn, but there are many great vendors for clothes and accessories here.   


One of the best things that you can find at this flea is great vintage bags.   The best among all has always been the vintage Coach bags for us.   Simplicity of the design, functionality and durability of them are outstanding and timeless.    
Here are some of our findings from the flea.   

Hell's Kitchen Flea
Location: West 39th Street & 9th Avenue.
By Subway: Take the A,C or E line to 42nd Street/Times Square stop (on 8th Avenue) or take the 1,2 or 3 line to 42nd Street/Times Square stop (on 7th Avenue).
http://www.hellskitchenfleamarket.com/

SATURDAY ROUTINE

It has been our weekend routine to visit flea markets.   During the summer/fall season, Brooklyn flea became our favorite among all in NYC.   Here are some recent findings from the flea in Fort Green on early Saturdays.   

Henley neck vest in soft shrunken navy wool with wooden buttons

 Short brown leather boot made by Bass

A set of white wooden cabinets 

and tiny metal ponies 

Brooklyn Flea - Fort Green
Location:  176 Lafayette Ave (btw. Clermont + Vanderbilt Ave.)
Subways:  A/C to Lafayette Ave.
G to Clinton/Washington Ave.
2/3, 4/5, B/D/Q, M/N/R to Atlantic Ave.-Pacific St
http://brooklynflea.com/

FIRST STEP

We started preparation of bulk production for spring/summer’11.   Since we are a small team, we got get starting as early as possible, so we have enough time to catch up with others and even to make mistakes…    

First, started working with a print maker who will be printing the navy dots for our 1st collection. It has been an eye opening experience to work there and to discover how much we can do with them. The process is a simple original style of silk screen printing, yet done in a precise craftsmanship.

And, we got a chill while watching how things are made and felt so fortunate to be able to witness such an exciting process kept for over 50 years here in Garment District. 



STARTING POINT


BAGSINPROGRESS decided to start blog to write about any type of things including products, fashion, arts, events  etc. that excite us in our daily life and to share with anyone who may be interested in the things that we found.