I haven't been in the mood for Windowlicker lately on account of the end of capitalism and everything, except last night I met a friend at Caracas, a Venezuelan restaurant in the East Village, and soon realized that I had forgotten my wallet on my kitchen table because I took it out to sign up for pottery class. I couldn't believe those words as they came out of my mouth. First, I seldom forget anything. Second, what kind of (genius) hippie scam is that!? So, a return to Windowlicker and a return to glamour, as is so clearly necessary at the moment. I love this Dries Van Noten headwrap so much that I ripped the page out from Vogue and scanned it. I don't know the price but will go ahead and guesstimate, "stratospheric," although no doubt much cheaper at Het Modepaleis in Antwerp, just as Commes des Garcons costs about a third less in Japan.
Windowlicker - from the French for window shopping: faire du lèche-vitrine - often appears on Tuesday and Thursdays at 10am EST-ish.
Another local discount can be found in Balitmore, where a number of Nigerian dress boutiques have opened in the last few years. Their use of spectacular fabric is amazing for their head wraps. I particularly like the back part of the Dries Van Noten edition.
Posted by: Obie Joe | January 28, 2009 at 10:40 AM