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dear fieldbinder: the beauty on smith street
although atlantic avenue has a bunch of fancy clothing shops, the rest of south brooklyn doesn’t really see that much in the high end range, or at least my interpreation of high end which is where the range is often around $200 or more. for me, especially that i no longer work in a law firm which is a good thing in all respects, shopping in that higher range is definitely a huge splurge. so if i’m going to do it, i want to do it right and it will definitely have to be at the right shop. although bird is everywhere now — 5th avenue, smith street and williamsburg, somehow their displays these days are too stark and harsh for me to find appealing. and i do love a. cheng who can sometimes be in that higher range and try to support her when i can though i see her stuff as a little more casual and i love it for work. for something a little even fancier, and definitely special, dear fieldbinder is my local haunt.
the shop itself is very inviting and intimate, and dear fieldbinder staff are always super helpful even if all you are doing is pawing your way through the sales items. the clothing choices are really great. there is a such a wide range for such a tiny place, and always a very good selection of beautiful dresses that could be worn for work, or just out and about.
on my latest visit, i was smitten by the velvet dress above by rodebjer. it’s an updated version of a dress i used to use as my winter “wedding” dress — more sophisticated, and more sexy, and really just beautiful. i was also tempted by this gorgeous deep blue, soft and very warm looking sweater by dagmar. both dagmar and rodebjer are high quality swedish designers. dear fieldbinder also had some really fun, a little funky, floral dresses some of which were designed by corey lynn calter. i’m not sure i could get away with it, well maybe if i were 5 inches taller, but for someone with long legs and a little more spunk they would look great. dear fieldbinder also always has a mix of local designers like manisse and rachel nasvick with bigger names like lauren moffat and charlotte ronson.
dear fieldbinder has a fantastic range of shoes, and often makes me think outside of my comfort zone carrying such best selling brands as cynthia vincent and jeffrey campbell. they also have some perfect denims like j brand and april 77. and the limited accessories they have are all wonderful. i’ve gotten j’s mum some lovely perfectly appropriate leather gloves, and i have been obsessing over some of their scarves. they do have have lots of jewelry too including the beautiful delicate pieces pictured above by artisans like iwona ludyga and jenny sheriff. for some high design in brooklyn, dear fieldbinder is it for me. dear fieldbinder, 198 smith street near baltic street, .