Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Have kept forgetting to post a bit more info on Satine’s upcoming expansion (supposed to open this month), which comes via Style File a week or so back in a Q&A with owner Jeannie Lee. On the expansion itself, Lees notes the use of recycled materials and abundance of natural light, plus what will fill the space, more than double the original boutique’s size across the street:

“We’re going to have a mini-library, a lingerie salon, larger dressing rooms. It’s split-level, which is nice, because it makes it easier to set up for parties or do little pop-up things on the mezzanine, and eventually I’d like to open up the roof, too.”

What people are buying in this economy…

In regard to her lingerie collab, Bacini, with Anthropologie:

I felt the need to diversify, and certainly that’s become more of a priority, watching what’s happening in the world right now…the store is going to be fine—we’ll survive. But business is a lot tougher, and so it is nice, now and then, to separate myself from Satine and work on another project…At some point soon, I’d like to roll out an in-house Satine label.

And what people are buying at Satine in this economy:

“If someone looks at a piece and thinks, I can’t live without that, then price doesn’t matter. Alaïa and Balmain are selling like crazy. Like, that crystal runway shoe from Balmain sold out—sold out!—in 24 hours…On the flip side of that, the younger brands I’m excited about tend to do functional dressing really well. Kimberly Ovitz, Apiece Apart. Minimal, no branding, not flashy, just exceptionally well cut, thought-out, useful clothes.”

Check the entire Q&A here.

» Talking Expansion Plans With Satine’s Jeannie Lee—Style File
» Shops—Exterior of Satine’s New Space Revealed—B+S
» Shops—Satine’s Jeannie Lee is a Busy, Bizzy Bee, The Expansion Update and More Collabs On the Way—B+S