Blue & Cream

On a recent sun-drenched morning, Jeff Goldstein, 32, was sitting in a wicker chair outside the East First Street branch of his burgeoning boutique chain Blue & Cream, sipping an iced coffee and shouting out at the strangers walking by.

“Hey, guys! This is a great men’s and women’s clothing store!” he yelled at two stylish young women with designer handbags slung over their shoulders.

“I know,” one of them said. She didn’t stop.

“Oh, you do know,” Mr. Goldstein responded testily.

“To someone who doesn’t know me, I look like just some cashier salesman, a nobody,” he said.  read more »

On a recent balmy Saturday on the Ladies Mile of lower Fifth Avenue, the windows of Intermix, Anthropologie and H&M were just beginning to transition into displaying fall collections, but many of the shoppers shlepping around in 90-degree heat were curiously dressed in what could be mistaken for winter wear: Frye boots! Knit scarves! And woven beanie hats!  read more »

“You know you might get some looks if you wear boots and a scarf down the street in the summer,” said Morgan Monaco, 24, a Parks Department employee who has taken to wearing her Max Azria riding boots and black pashmina year-round.