Everything She Wants

We love to shop.  And we especially love to shop in Brooklyn. So Everything She Wants was thrilled to be invited to the grand opening of the new Saks OFF 5th store in Sunset Park at Liberty View Industrial Plaza  ( entrance on 31 st  Street,  next to Micro Center ) .   Shoes and more shoes at Saks OFF 5th./ Everything She Want s The location is a little out of the way if you don't have a car, but taking a Lyft from downtown Brooklyn will only set you back about $10 , and it's well worth the trip! To experience the "thrill of the hunt" firsthand, we  were gifted a $200  Saks OFF 5TH  gift card,  and we spent several hours perusing the racks at the 31,000 square foot former warehouse space stocked with more than 800 designer brands for men, women and kids.  The standout "Meet Your Sole Mate" shoe section has 7,000 pairs of on-trend women's shoes . Although we didn't come home with the fab pair of Vince Camuto over the knee ...

If you're scrambling for a last minute Christmas gift or getting a jump on finding a glam outfit for New Year's Eve, check out ModaListas at  the Limelight Shops (656 6th Avenue at 20th Street), a three-story collection of independent shops and eateries. Monica Phromsavanh, Creative Director of ModaListas. Recently, the shopping emporium was remodeled and looks like a hip department store reminiscent of Barney's.  And ModaListas (in Spanish it means fashion list), a shop that started with less than 100 square feet has expanded to take over most of the first floor. "We were the strongest tenant," co-owner Monica Phromsavanh says of ModaListas. "With this economy, the recipe for success is to follow what the audience and public wants. Obviously we want to [cater] to high-fashion and higher end lines. But people are looking for fashion at lower prices, and we have a lot of options for under $100." What the women who shop at ModaListas want ...