Featured Stockist – Goose Barnacle
We’ve got some great stockists worldwide that we are delighted to be in, some of the best stores in the world including Isetan in Japan, Merci in Paris and Liberty in London, but although we sit comfortably in these stores sometimes we walk into a place and know Folk couldn’t find a better home.
This feeling came over us when we walked into Goose Barnacle in Brooklyn Heights in New York. After walking round most of the stores over a couple of days we were slightly disappointed by the level of “sameness” that we found. There’s only so many times you can hear shop assistant’s say ”how are you today?” in a commission driven kind of way so we were delighted that we searched out the oasis that is Goose Barnacle. Goose Barnacle is an old school store where the owner is the buyer, shop manager, store designer, art curator and chief bottle washer. That person is David Alperin. After we spent some time soaking in the store we introduced ourselves to David who explained what his vision for the store was. David is a fashion purist and he has searched out an eclectic mix of brands that ensures that he’s not stocking the same as the barney’s and steven alan’s that are up the road. “Fashion” pieces from Henrik Vibskov and Etudes combine with “safer” pieces from Melinda Gloss and Svensson to create an environment that feels like you are discovering, a sensation that is difficult to find in these internet days.
Goose Barnacle was established in 2010. The name came from David’s ancestral home, La Coruna, in Northern Spain where the shellfish is a delicacy. The building on his logo is the Roman tower of Hercules at the port. The store itself is simple with some great touches, there is always artwork on the walls (he’s onto his ninth art exhibition) and interesting bits of furniture, my favourite being the old phone boxes that he had salvaged from his grandmother’s diner at the top of the road (another story for another day). Like David, the store is welcoming without pretensions, a home from home and definitely worth a visit if you find yourself stateside.
Goose Barnacle
91 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
NY
11201
