NYT’s ERIC WILSON ON ‘OPENING CEREMONY’

In this week’s Style section of The New York Times, reporter Eric Wilson waxes poetic about chic NY boutique Opening Ceremony. “Opening Ceremony is primarily known for carrying avant-garde pieces from fairly obscure designers and for its house label designed by Mr. Leon and Ms. Lim. But it also embraces experimentation, selling a Target collection by Proenza Schouler one weekend last year; a line by the actress Chloë Sevigny last month; and, since 2005, the fast-fashion Topshop label.”And last year it decided to carry the absurdly skinny Cheap Monday jeans from Sweden, which cost $60 and created such a run that 6,000 pairs were sold in one month. People seemed to appreciate a pair of designer jeans that didn’t cost $300, even if they could more accurately be called denim pantyhose.”