Fall Forward

Hi everyone!

With the successful launch of the new store helping to celebrate the end of the summer season, Olive and Bette’s is starting to look forward to Fall and one of NYC’s most fashionable month: September. With Fashion’s Night Out and the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week (in Lincoln Center this year, not Bryant Park!) coming up, we’re starting to get really excited about the change in weather and the new upcoming fashion trends, looks, and styles.

In particular, we’re looking forward to our favorite staples done a little differently: those plaid blouses that you thought were only making a comeback for one season have actually come back again, with a little more girly frill and flounce than before; the cargo denims we’ve been selling and raving about this whole summer are carrying through to the fall in skinny cuts and autumnal colors; and one of the best go-to fall/winter fashion elements—boots—are being revamped with a great twist: wooden clog platforms. Check out the pieces in one of our favorite outfits for this coming fall:

Rebecca Taylor Fab Fur Vest

Joie Channing Plaid Top

Paige Layne Cargo Pants

Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent Wiley Clog Booties

Talk about brilliant! If you want to see it put together in person, this collection of fabulous pieces is in the display window of our new Third Avenue store. Come visit us and check it out, along with other on-trend looks for this fall. Like always, we’ll be sure to help you with all your fashion needs.

xoxOB

When One Door Closes...

Hi everyone!

As most of you may know, Olive and Bette’s just closed its Bleecker Street store two days ago—on August 10, 2010—after six years and its first-ever two day sale. Yesterday, Olive and Bette’s opened its third uptown location at 72nd and Third Avenue – bringing the total back to four Olive and Bette’s stores, including our stores in SoHo, the Upper West Side, and our recently expanded Madison Avenue store.

Olive and Bette's first-ever sale


our Third Avenue store is finally open!

Though we loved having our store on Bleecker Street, we expect that the new store on Third Avenue will be just as great; it’s going to have the same upbeat, girly interior as our other stores—with zebra-patterned dressing rooms, white-washed furniture, and pink, pink, pink!—as well as the same fun vibe that the other stores have. We’re already off to a good start, considering how The New York Times has already written about our new store in today's article, "The Shopping Urge Can Hit Anytime." Plus, as Stacey Pecor (O&B’s founder) has pointed out, “our customers already live in the neighborhood and they’re serious about fashion, so [we’re] happy to keep them shopping where they live.”

So, if you’re in the neighborhood, or a fan of Olive and Bette's, and want to get a first-look at the new store, stop by at 1249 Third Avenue.

We're looking forward to seeing you!

xoxOB