UNIS - Asked and Answered | The Moment

Check out the The Moment blog on the NY Times website! Eunice shared some of her favorite things in the Asked and Answered section...
Read the full interview by Bifen Xu here.

Billy Kirk Restock

Just in time for the Holidays we have restocked on some great Billy Kirk merchandise. Flight bags, carryalls, wallets, belts and more. They are the perfect gift for that special someone, even if that special someone is yourself!

BIRTHDAY!!!

We're turning NINE this Friday, Nov. 20th... That's right. We know, it's totally crazy!

To celebrate, we are gonna offer 30% off all the merchandise currently at our Nolita location!
From 11:30 to around 8pm, you can get 30% off the most popular skinny Gio pants (NOW MADE IN ODD SIZES 31 and 33!!!) in the whole wide world!

Also, we now have Happy Socks! 30% off of them too.

And let's not forget probably the most important aspect of tomorrow's activities... from 6-8pm, please join us for a celebration of nine years killing it in New York City.

Don't forget to check out the vid up top. It's a stop motion animation lovingly prepared by our very own Alex Volkov, with help from Jon Bailey and Erica Ramos! Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Online Shop Update

As many of you know we recently launched our first online shop with the same merchandise that you would find at our New York store as well as in Smith and Butler. We have added some sale items, as well as restocked on our gios (our best selling pant). If you can't make it to New York and still want to have your Unis experience (we promise it will be a good one) check out at our online store. We ship throughout the US as well as Canada.
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Smith & Butler - The GQ EYE

Our friends at Smith & Butler just got written up in The GQ Eye, GQ's blog about fashion and style. It's a really nice post and talks about the great things Smith & Butler is doing out in Carroll Gardens. Be sure to make a visit and check out our small store in the back.

Dropping In On... Smith & Butler

On November 05, 2009 at 7:02 PM

Smith & Butler—probably the only store in Brooklyn you can walk out of with a handmade Billykirk belt, a locally-crafted Hill-Side tie, and a vintage Moto Guzzi motorcycle—opened almost a year ago on Smith Street. The brainchild of screenwriter/producer Jay Alaimo and Marylynn Piotrowski, a former model who also runs the Montauk surf store Tauk, the shop was founded with a particular kind of guy in mind—one who's into amping up can't-go-wrong American staples with a shot of rebellious attitude (think James Dean, or Marlon Brando in The Wild One).

"I was obsessed with some motorcycle stores I saw in other parts of the country or the world," Alaimo says. "There wasn't anything like it here—places you can pick up helmets or goggles and gloves for riding, maybe a vintage motorcycle, but also some well-built, classic American clothes. And for anyone who thinks the bikes are just some sort of rugged window-dressing—well, we sold three just last week."

Still, it was Smith & Butler's sharp eye for workwear that caught the eye of GQ creative director Jim Moore on a recent visit. "There are some stores I instantly love, and others where I just walk in and pretend that I'm looking at something and walk out," he confesses. "This one was an instant, magnetic attraction—the place is so original and has such good mojo, and there are a few labels they carry that I'd never heard of before—great workwear from Pointer and Key Industries and Post-All." (Smith & Butler is one of two stores in N.Y.C.—Barneys being the other—who carries the Japanese-made Post-All line.) "There's a great tweedy-but-salty vibe that makes hunting for stuff there thrilling."

Everything here's for sale, including the weathered furniture Piotrowski picks up on her frequent antique excursions; the racks of vintage flannel, denim, and military surplus gear; and the rotating gallery of art and motorcycle design. Now showing: Dustin Humphries's photos from a long bike trip through Australia, as well as a custom-built Deus W650 Street Tracker that sits on the main floor next to piles of Levi's, racks of Barbour and Belstaff motorcycle jackets, Fulmer helmets, Wolverine boots, and Filson bags.

Find your way into the store's back room, and you'll find the Brooklyn outpost of Nolita men's staple Unis, stocked with that label's slimmed-down khakis, peacoats, and work shirts. "It just felt right," says Unis owner/designer Eunice Lee. "When I had fantasized about a second Unis store, it seemed more obvious to go into the West Village or uptown in Manhattan, but the dream was always Brooklyn. I seemed like the Brooklyn guy would appreciate Unis—and vice-versa."

In addition to a sharp cadre of Brooklyn guys, Smith & Butler also attracts the occasional biker hip to its well-sourced stocks of motorcycles and gear. "I'm more of a GTO guy myself," laughs Jim Moore. "But the bikes certainly look good in there. If Keith McNally was a shop owner instead of a restaurateur, he'd design a store like this."

Smith & Butler, 225 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY; 718-855-4295; smithbutler.com

— Corey Seymour

HALLOWEEN FUN YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

Come out and see us!

RALLY FOR THE GARMENT CENTER PART 2

As most of you know all of our production is done in NYC and even the thought of our factories moving out of the garment center makes us cringe. Check out the link and find out what you can do to help! www.savethegarmentcenter.com

The Rally

Eunice getting shuffled away by the cops.

Betsy, Rosie and Saager joined in too!