Vacant Storefront question

Of course, we do already have a children's clothing store on Vanderbilt, just a few blocks down.

I'd hate to see the space go that way, but sometimes there can be synergy between 2 stores offering similar items near each other, drawing people to looking for those items to the area to shop.

Please come to Washington Avenue and Lincoln Place. I'm sick of looking at all the shuttered storefronts. Plus, there is a Montessori School right there with a ton of tots and parents dropping off and picking up their kids.

There are brand new condos ont he corner of Washington and Sterling, so mre families are on the way.

parrothead wrote: Who buys those $40 tee shirts for toddlers anyway?

Stop being so snarky!

:roll:

Snarky, heh? I'll show you snarky!!!!

$40 can feed ten hungry people.

(or 1 tee for a three year old)

The kids store already on Vanderbilt is way overpriced. I don't think the comment was snarky.

sje wrote:
...why should I feel bad for buying my nieces whatever I like? I worked for it, I'll spend it anywhere I care to, thanks.
...

you deserve it, and so do your nieces and the other members of your inner circle. don't let anyone ever tell you differently. and thanks for the conspicuous compassion; what good is charity if you can't drive it down the middle of the street with the window rolled down and the horn blaring?

gypsy wrote: The kids store already on Vanderbilt is way overpriced. I don't think the comment was snarky.

i heart cordury kids
i think they have beautiful and unusual things
i don't have children, so perhaps i like to spoil the ones in my life a bit

you might have a different idea about what is appropriate to spend on kids clothing, but they are not over priced for the quality they carry and compared to many other kid's stores that stock comparable stuff, they are not that expensive.

parrothead wrote: :roll:

Snarky, heh? I'll show you snarky!!!!

$40 can feed ten hungry people.

(or 1 tee for a three year old)

That logic has has holes in it that one could drive a truck through.

For the cost of our cell phones, iPods, laptops, stereos, books, furniture, appliances, dining out, night at a bar, movie tickets, pet care, cars, <insert target despised non-survival-based consumer item here>, etc. we could feed a whole lot of people.

<yawn>

I bow to your good sense Sterling 2000.
The Coalition for the Homeless would agree. (minus the yawn)

Love the photo. 8)

I think its all about perspecitve. Most kids grow at alarmingly fast rates, so fast that rarely do they wear an item of clothing out before they outgrow it, especially kids younger than school-aged. So the question becomes is it necessary/important to you/etc. to spend $$$s on an item of clothing when you can get a similar, less expensive, but lower quality item whose life span will just about mirror the growth of your kid.

Is it worth it to have a 18 month old with a drawer full of $40 (or $20) dollar tees when you can get $6-8 dollar tees from the Children's Place? Probably not. But I don't begrudge anyone the right to do so if that's what they choose. For me, I buy a mix of lower and higher cost items and they get passed between my kids, my neices and nephews and a few of my friends kids until they are no longer suitable to be worn. It saves all of us money, and frankly the three year-old has no idea that his big cousin wore the same pants two years ago.

The reality is that Cordury Kids is probably not going to be the place that you buy every item of clothing in your kid's closet from. But it may be a place for folks in the area to pick up a item here or there, or something they might want to spend more money on like shoes or coats. I think of it more as the kind of place you'd go to buy a gift for someone else's child where you'd say "I'm going to spend $40 bucks for a gift", and the fact that its two tee shirts vs. five tees just isn't very important.

I think that the area needs all kinds of stores. Let the market decide what it will bear. But, then don't complain about the lack of local choices if all that exist are banks, chain stores, and restaurants.

i still don't understand the "overpriced" bit
but
that being the case i have bought 2 gifts at corduroy kids recently; both about $40
one was a complete outfit (i caught a 15% off sale): a truly original shirt paired with heavy duty pants (if it hadn't been on sale i might have just bought the shirt, it was totally cute)
the other was some sort of cuddly blanket new born thingy that i honestly considered buying for myself as a wall hanging; it was that individual and that beautiful
so
if it's not a matter of semantics
maybe it's a matter of timing
or taste
or what you are looking for
(i never look at the t-shirts but come to think of it, i also bought a new born gift some months ago, one of those "sweet pea" sack things that was such a success that the parents gave them as baby gifts to all their friends)

as long as we are on the topic of less banks and chain stores/more interesting shopping alternatives,
i'd like to give a big shout out to my friend sje at Red Lipstick across the street who has kept me fashionably (and reasonably) attired since i moved to crown heights

small businesses rule!

$30 cotton "made in china" onesie = overpriced

I love small businesses and support many in the neighborhood, just not this one. I went to this store wanting to support it but found the selection bad and prices inflated. I went there to buy a gift for a shower but realized that my gift would seem very cheap for the money I would have spent there and went elsewhere (to another brooklyn store btw.)

Also, please don't insult my taste or continue to make assuptions about me. thanks.

I agree that almost no-one is going to outfit their child {or themselves} exclusively from any one store. I'm all for mixing it up high and low. I own a whole boutique, but do I also own a pair of Old Navy jeans? Yes! I also have a pair of $200. jeans. The fit is totally different on them and they are both appropriate in different contexts.

Plus I wanted to say that those expensive baby gifts generally get passed on to siblings or friends, and the better quality ones do last longer. My baby niece is now wearing lovely hand-me-downs I originally sent for her older sister, I love that.

I love Cordoroy Kids and it's owner. She took a gamble, and the store elevates the the image of the neighborhood and the strip. Shops like this and Fabrica are great additions. Having said that, as a middle class mom, I cannot afford to buy there for my son.

On the other hand, someone please open a cafe ala Choice on Grand in Clinton Hill, preferably on Washington. Or lend me the capital and I'll do it.