Love Saves The Day

This place in the East Village on Second Avenue has been around since it first became the fun thing to wear nostalgic clothing ironically. They've now expanded their holdings to memorabilia, vintage toys and accessories, layer upon layer, decade upon decade. They have a rather fierce sign at the door, "unattended children will be sold into slavery" probably because it would be the perfect place for kids to go wild, play dress up and pretend, endlessly. Every inch is covered with old cocktail and prom dresses, antique toys, references to and memorabilia of famous rock and roll figures from times gone by (inside photo). Madonna shopped here for the look she wore in her first movie - the tattered lace glove and rosary as jewelry look. Rents having risen astronomically, so they will be moving at the end of this year around October, to another location somewhere along East Seventh Street. So, if you get the chance to visit before that, you will experience the original LSD in all it's overheated and psychedelic glory. Kind of doubt they will be able to reproduce quite the effect they have grown here over decades...
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