*EDITOR'S NOTE*
We have been contacted by the owners of Air Studios and they have sent us an updated description of their establishment. We include it so that there is no confusion to the changes they have made as of November 2003. Thank you.

Provided by: Desiree Pesce - co/owner Air Studios
Updated info:
Air Studios is a boutique specializing in designer and emerging designer pieces. A variety of women's items including dresses, suits, separates, jeans, and shoes are available from a number of exceptional designers. Catherine Malandrino, Jill Stuart, Alvin Valley, Barbara Bui, and Claudia Ciuti are only a few of the designers Air Studios carries along with emerging designers like A.P.C., Imitation of Christ, Development and United Bamboo. We specialize in customer oriented one on one service. Air Studios is open Tuesday through Friday from 1-8, Saturdays from 12-6, Sundays from 1-5, and Mondays by appointment only.

The following is the original review...

This cute little store sells clothing, accessories, some furniture and assorted funky wares. It’s probably the hippest clothing store in town and would not be out of place in SoHo or the East Village.

Both new and vintage clothing can be found here. There are one-of-a-kind dresses ($70 to $120) from Shin Yee Mann and skirts and blouses from Albert Chan ($60 to $150). An Anna Sui-designed mohair jacket was selling for $530 when I went recently. Co-owner Desiree Pesce sells some of her owns designs here too. They include plaid silk blouses for $52 and something she calls air pockets which women can wear over skirts and dresses if they need a place to hold their stuff (they look like cut-off aprons and accentuate the hips nicely).

The smaller men’s collection features mostly vintage shirts and pants and ranges from about $20 to about $100. The vintage clothes here, some of which dates to the 1920s, all look new and many have never been worn.

I bought a nice black collared shirt here a few months ago for $35. It makes me feel like an actor from Swingers and gets lots of complements.

The original artwork lining the walls comes from New York-area artists. A different artist is featured every few months.

Ms. Pesce's current stock includes leathers as well as vintage pieces from the 1980s (studs and dark denim!). She also plans to bring in some vintage furs for the winter.

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