Geminola

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Geminola is a popular New York West Village, Manhattan Vintage clothing store. It is located on 41 Perry St, New York.

It is owned by Lorraine Kirke, who is also the wife of, Free and Bad Company musician, Simon Kirke.

Her store's name is a combination of the names of three of her daughters, Jemima Kirke, Lola and Domino Kirke, who is also a well known singer. Jemima Kirke wore a Geminola wedding gown in the season finale of Girls (TV series) season 1. The shows' writer Lena Dunham worked here during her college years.[1]

Many of the dresses are one-of-a-kind pieces, made from vintage dresses and materials from all over the world.[2] Often only a few dresses of each vintage design are made, because there is limited supply of the vintage material used.[3]

Geminola items are also available online from the website www.geminola.com, they ship items to customers all over the world.

Clientele

It is frequented by such TV personalities as Sarah Jessica Parker, and pieces have been included in her show Sex and the City,[4] other celebrity customers include Nicole Kidman, and Courtney Love[5]

Singer/ model Kemp Muhl mentions Geminola as being one of her fashion inspirations.[6] Model Daisy Lowe mentions a piece she got from Geminola in a fashion piece in a Vogue (magazine) article.[7]

The store is mentioned in a piece about popular band The Pierces[8]

  • The store's vintage one-of-a-kind pieces have been mentioned in a number of popular publications.[9]

Publications

The clothing has been used in various fashion spreads in the magazines: Vogue, Teen Vogue, Elle, and many others. In June 2013 the store was featured in a piece in Teen Vogue featuring the sisters, Domino, Lola, and Jemima modeling the clothing. The music in this piece is by Domino (band),[10] This store was mentioned in the popular The Village Voice as being a notable bright spot in the West Village.[11]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/fashion/on-this-hit-show-the-clothes-make-the-girls.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
  2. ↑ http://www.remodelista.com/posts/a-designers-haunt-in-greenwich-village
  3. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2322667/Is-Jessa-Girls-star-Jemima-Kirke-channels-HBO-character-models-moms-eccentric-dress-designs.html
  4. ↑ press photos from Geminola
  5. ↑ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6844201.ece www.timesonline.co.uk
  6. ↑ http://www.belledujournyc.com/2010/12/more-charlotte-kemp-muhl-du-jour-12610.html
  7. ↑ http://www.vogue.co.uk/photo-blogs/daisy-lowe/daisy-lowe-day-10
  8. ↑ http://mylifeasjar.blogspot.ca/2010/03/nylon-tv-pierces-nylon-magazine_16.html
  9. ↑ www.time.com "something old, something new"
  10. ↑ http://www.teenvogue.com/fashion/summer-trends/2013-06/geminola-video
  11. ↑ Life in the village is dying

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