AROUND (Y)OUR TOWN: A TOUR OF BUMBLE & BUMBLE (NYC)

I was recently in NY with the salon I work for, Roots, for IBS (International Beauty Show). I took the extra time I had to wander around between Brooklyn and Manhattan, try on lots of clothes that are way out of my budget, eat lots of delicious food, visit friends and meet up with a few designers here and there for The Pinpoint Method. When I wasn't on my own watch, I was going on salon related adventures like touring the Bumble & bumble University. It was AMAZING! As soon as the elevator doors opened, I was in ultra tourist mode just snapping photos. Their branding is brilliant and carried throughout the Bumble building beautifully. If you are ever in New York and are a business owner, future business owner, creative, or just someone who appreciates art/design, you must tour Bumble & bumble. You will leave inspired.

Here a tiny peek...

Throughout the building, there were random books out for inspiration

This entire floor is the lobby

Check out counter

The Color Room

The Cutting Room

Not shown, but they do have a private room for the rich and famous. Also, they had TVs above the shampoo bowls playing styling instructional videos. Smart.

I love the little touches of handwriting throughout the building

The waterside view from the Bumble and bumble building

Bumble and bumble discrete signage

besos, K

AROUND YOUR TOWN (NASHVILLE): IMOGENE + WILLIE

i just love old photo's. i love to imagine who they were, what they did, and make up stories.

AHHHHHHHHHH! i want,i want! ...but not for that price. i'll leave it for a cool musician.

how cool is this? this is where they make the jeans :)

A while back Jacob went to Nashville, TN and came back to Houston raving about this shop he had stopped in called Imogene + Willie. He surprised me with a few goodies from the shop, an oil and a body scrub, and then continued to praise the shop. My curiosity was peeked, so I looked them up online, fell in love and added the shop to my list of 'must sees'. Around the same time, Kelly's boss at Fossil had just told her about the same place. 

I recently went on a road trip to Nashville, TN with Kelly to help her move from Dallas. While I was there, we hit up as many places as we could together. Somewhere near the last day we were walking to Burger up and passed a signless building that resembled an old gas station with a large orange '+' sign. There were no cars out front, only a bike and a motorcycle, and we couldn't tell if it was open or closed. We went on to lunch at Burger up and I guess we both could stop thinking about it because as soon as we finished lunch we raced back over to the 'gas station' to figure it out. We soon remembered learning about this place months prior. With a little hesitation (because the place looked so cool), we walked in and felt like we just stepped into another world. Every inch of the place was covered in treasures of the past. To our right, the ceilings were covered in patterns and the room was filled with denim and sewers and machines and to our left was a shop that felt like a family member's living room. There was even a dog napping under the table! There was a fella standing in the room to the left that was quick to help and chat about Nashville recommendations. Needless to say, we were in love.

If you find yourself in Nashville, we highly recommend stopping by I+W.

CHECK OUT THE STORE HERE

Psst! These are the goodies from I+W Jacob got me.