5 Males’s Trend Shops Opening in New York Metropolis This Fall

The New York retail scene is seeing an inflow of recent males’s style shops this fall that concentrate on in-store experiences and interesting with prospects.

Many males’s style manufacturers need to decrease Manhattan for his or her retail shops, reminiscent of streetwear labels Le Père, Alpha Industries and Paper Planes, which have opened outlets throughout the neighborhood. Every retailer embodies the manufacturers’ design ethos and goals to function a group hub for patrons. 

Within the Flatiron District, The Groom Store has opened a location to assist males prepare for his or her marriage ceremony day, providing ready-to-wear and made-to-measure choices alongside a 12-foot bar designed in an Artwork Deco fashion.

Right here, WWD rounds up 5 males’s style shops opening in New York Metropolis this fall. 

Le Père

Location: 90 Orchard Avenue 

Streetwear model Le Père opened its first flagship location earlier this month only a yr and a half after launching the model. Founder Ryan Wright defined this was the suitable time for the model to develop into retail to provide prospects an in-person touchpoint to the label, in addition to have a group hub in a central location the place Le Père may host occasions. Wright acknowledged the model selected the placement as a result of a lot of its pals and collaborators are within the space. 

“We’d be wanting in SoHo, NoLIta and Bond Avenue — we checked out a variety of completely different locations and we observed that we might come again right here to have a drink or go for dinner,” he mentioned. “Loads of occasions we’ve accomplished, we’ve accomplished down right here. We had been like, ‘Why are we going up there if really we need to hang around down right here?’ So we mentioned, ‘let’s search for an area within the Decrease East Facet,’ and this one got here up and for us it was the proper nook.”

The 1,000-square-foot retailer showcases a big assortment of the model’s choices, that are created via a collection of collaborations with pals of Le Père. The shop additionally debuted the model’s new spring 2024 marketing campaign, which options mannequin Anwar Hadid.

Paper Planes 

Location: 252 Lafayette Avenue 

Roc Nation-owned streetwear label Paper Planes opened its first everlasting storefront this month after experimenting with pop-ups throughout the U.S. The storefront is supposed to completely interact the model’s prospects because it’s the primary time Paper Planes has been in a position to showcase its full product assortment to additional its mission of being a head-to-toe style model past its signature hats.

For the reason that model launched 9 years in the past, Paper Planes’ distribution technique has been to work with small boutiques throughout the U.S. Earlier this yr, president Ronnie DeMichael instructed WWD the model plans to shift its technique to incorporate its personal retail, in addition to enter shops.

“We selected SoHo for our first retailer location as a result of it’s a nice buying neighborhood with sturdy foot visitors and a every day circulate of each native prospects and visiting vacationers,” DeMichael mentioned. “This week, we’ve got already had prospects from Singapore, the U.Okay., Argentina and past go to the shop to buy together with our fellow New Yorkers, all of whom are excited to expertise the total assortment and our collaborations in particular person.”

Along with its current collections, the Paper Planes retailer gives in-store exclusives, reminiscent of new iterations of the Paper Planes Wonderful Artist Collaboration collection. The model launched this assortment in August with a collaboration with artist Jammie Holmes.

Alpha Industries 

Location: 290 Lafayette Avenue 

Alpha Industries opened its first retail retailer in a 1,700-square foot area in SoHo, which is supposed to replicate the model’s streetwear origins and join with the neighborhood’s artwork, music and style scene. 

“For 64 years, Alpha Industries has mixed utility and elegance,” mentioned Matt Pantoja, chief model officer at Alpha Industries. “Our new Alpha retailer in New York’s SoHo district brings that goal and utility to life. The placement helps Alpha’s mission to have the shop function a cultural hub, rooted in an space that’s intrinsically consultant of artwork, music, style and road tradition.” 

The shop will provide each males’s and ladies’s merchandise, collaborations and limited-edition types, in addition to choices from the model’s Re:Provide program, which gives a number of military-inspired types. 

The shop’s opening coincides with Alpha Industries’ 64^th anniversary, which is additional celebrated with a brand new marketing campaign that highlights the model’s fashionable MA-1 bomber jacket. 

The everlasting storefront comes after Alpha Industries opened a 3,000-square-foot pop-up retailer in SoHo final yr. Just like the pop-up, the everlasting location may also provide customization activations and upcycling workshops.  

The Groom Store

Location: 111 W. 20^th Avenue

Michael Andrews Bespoke has grow to be a fixture over the previous 20 years for Fortune 500 executives, celebrities and different well-heeled males in search of one-of-a-kind wardrobe gadgets. And now Andrews, who boasts that he’s the most important customized tailor in New York, has turned his consideration to grooms.

On Thursday, he opened The Groom Store, a brand new retail idea targeted solely on formalwear for grooms and their groomsmen situated straight throughout the road from the famed Kleinfeld Bridal retailer. It carries each ready-to-wear and made-to-measure clothes plus an intensive number of equipment reminiscent of bowties, cummerbunds and velvet slippers. 

The ready-to-wear assortment consists of basic black and midnight blue tuxedos accessible as separates in 40 sizes, from 36 quick to 50 lengthy. Additionally on show are greater than 40 signature Michael Andrews seems to be that may be made-to-measure, with supply in below 4 weeks. These designs embrace mohair tuxedos, brocade dinner jackets and velvet smoking jackets. 

“Males are very visible, so we took the guessing sport out of the equation by creating the most important number of formalwear designs on show in New York Metropolis,“ mentioned Andrews. “We wished to convey as many choices below one roof as doable so irrespective of the kind of affair, a groom can see one thing that conjures up him. There are actually tons of of bridal boutiques within the metropolis however nothing for the groom — till now.”  

The shop design attracts inspiration from the golden age of Hollywood and consists of an Artwork Deco-style chandelier and a 12-foot bar with antiqued mirrored panels, fluted brass and pure inexperienced stone. The inaugural window show was designed in collaboration with marriage ceremony designer David Beahm.

Paris Laundry

Location: 5 Harrison Avenue

New York-based model Paris Laundry, created by Man Samuel, opened an 800-square-foot area within the Tribeca neighborhood this month, the corporate’s first everlasting storefront.

Samuel, who’s a local New Yorker, mentioned of the placement: “Whereas cruising via Tribeca, we lucked out and located this wonderful nook spot at Harrison and Staple streets. It’s just like the streets whispered secrets and techniques of previous New York. We had been simply out right here searching for a showroom in SoHo/Tribeca, however man, this spot? It’s obtained a vibe and is stuffed with tales. It introduced us with an opportunity to open our first retail boutique.”

The shop is opening with the model’s full fall assortment along with artwork and classic items reminiscent of Louis Vuitton trunks from the 1800s and Rick Owens Dunks from the 2000s. It additionally options an in-house print store in addition to an embroidery and embellishment studio so prospects can create personalised items.

The core Paris Laundry assortment options leathers and chains meant to evoke a real New York aesthetic, and unisex attire made in New York from luxurious materials sourced from Italy, Portugal and Japan, in addition to equipment. Costs vary from $175 to $1,600.

The model, which has been seen on celebrities together with Future and Offset, can be carried at The Webster in New York.

Samuel mentioned he has plans so as to add extra shops over the subsequent three years. “We’ve not settled on a location but, however we might be interested by opening within the Miami Design District and Los Angeles. Hopefully Paris turns into an choice and we’re additionally wanting right into a Milan pop-up for early 2024. To be continued….”