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Imagine if all of Craigslist was made up of your cool and stylish Instagram mutuals, and you'd have the Passerby discord. This recommendation is basically a conduit to another recommendation vehicle. You can find New York and Paris (and elsewhere) sublets in the best neighborhoods that are furnished by people who get paid well for their good taste, and which aren't found on, say, Facebook marketplace, because the generally tight-knit nature of the group means a trusted renter base. The #fashion channel errs towards suggestions equally weighted by relevance and timelessness, in that particular narrowly coded style that some dressers dress forācan you tell I'm doing everything in my power not to say the girls that get it get it? My only gripe is the conversion is slow sometimes because the group is still young. So come on over if this ^ is you.
Aug 18, 2022
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Not a native New Yorker but have lived here since 2011. Iām an actor + antique lover. Here are my top reccs for newcomers (restaurants + thrifting only) lmk if you want more!
šRestaurants with unique atmosphere + great food:
1. Freemanās Alley - lower east side. Unmatched vibes. hidden at the end of an alley. Amazing roasted Brussels sprouts. great cocktails and wine selection. Dark and moody and cozy.
2. Tea & Sympathy - west village
authentic spot for British high tea and pub fare. as tiny as a matchbox. Ridiculously charming. The staff are lovely. Thereās a british import store next door.
3. Buvette - west village
worth the hype. Incredible spot for brunch (or anytime meal). Unbelievably cute.
4. Lucali - Carroll gardens, Brooklyn
possibly the best pizza in the city. Beyonce and Taylor swift apparently love it too if that helps sway you at all. No reservations, you need to line up by 4p to get a table. Otherwise order a pie to go for $40 and walk around the historic neighborhood eating your pizza and admiring the brownstones.
5. Sake Bar Decibel - east 9th street
Hip underground sake joint with amazing food. Often crowded but the service is very quick.
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Manhattan:
1. Beaconās Closet on 13th street (near the new school)
2.Housing Works on West 10th
3.Housing Works on 74th
4.Cobblestones on E 9th
5.East Village Vintage collection on east 12th
6. Crossroads Trading on 2nd ave
Brooklyn
1. Beaconās Closet on Guernsey (itās MASSIVE)
2. Awoke vintage
3. Monk Vintage
4. Buffalo Exchange on Driggs
5. Unearth Vintage on Smith street
6. Life Boutique thrift on 5th ave
7. The attic brooklyn
Jan 28, 2025
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Most of my apartment and my clothes are vintage or used. I am not trying to sound holier than thou, but if youāre impressed I will take it. Some of the best pieces in my apartment and my most worn items all come from Craigslist, Poshamrk, or my favorite resale site, Noihsaf Bazaar (donāt even bother trying to sound out the name itās just āfashionā backwards). Itās the first place I check when I see something I like and want to find a used (and less costly!) alternative. I am a Taurus so if Iām going to do anything itās add to cart. But I try to do so as ethically as possible!!!
Oct 27, 2023
This is a Google maps list I made of my favorite places to shop vintage, thrift, and resale. Shopping second hand is the way!
Feb 14, 2024
Top Recs from @laura-reilly
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Most of my shopping recommendations end up in my newsletter, but I feel like it'd be cheap of me not to share at least one thing here. This is actually a biggie, at least for my own online transactional practices, and I haven't written about it anywhere yet. Basically, this app funnels the results from all the resale sites (eBay, Etsy, Vestiaire, Grailed, The RealReal, etc.) onto one platform, so you don't need to comb them individually for your saved searches/designers. I just bought a barely worn Dilara corset for $300, and I've previously found Pleats Please pants for $100 and an '00s Chanel suede halter for $700. The interface is so straightforward and un-noisy, just an ad-free infinite scroll of results that actually match the query.
Aug 18, 2022
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I would never in a million years use the word "viral" to describe the phenomenon of the Maryam Olympia heels, but still, somehow every single girl in the LES or Fort Greene/Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy with a (real) job in fashion seems to have a pair or multiple. Everyone in the Passerby Discord for sure does lol. Their stripper-with-a-heart-of-gold energy is so funny and cute and serious and deep all at once and it's exactly what keeps the MNZ girls so loyal to the brand. They have this quality about them that you could be wearing the most dogshit outfit and put on the Olympias and suddenly the look is a total provocation and you're the smartest person in the room.
Aug 18, 2022
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My partner is a chef (important sub-recommendation: he runs the dining and catering business @Eti.nyc), so there's a lot of food nonsense happening in our kitchen at all times. A couple birthdays ago I bought him this composting device that we set up under the sink and feed all of our food scraps. With the heat and limited trash pickups in Clinton Hill, our garbage would really smell sometimes, but now since we put all our organics in the machine, our place feels monumentally cleaner. In fact, the dehydrated, ground up bits that come out of the composter smell like expensive, conceptual loose leaf tea that I haven't actually tried drinking yet but might be talking myself into doing right now.
Aug 18, 2022