Not all vintage stores are made equal.
Some sell old clothes, and others are time-travelling machines that teleport you to a different dimension through a carefully crafted sensory massage. Behind every such place is a person who lives and breathes vintage.
Creme de la Cream is exactly such a place, and Flip is your guide through this universe dressed as a cutout of a street thug in Little Italy during the Goodfellas era.
Carefully curated selection of the most iconic fashion pieces from the ’50s to ’80s surrounded by literal icons and clever callbacks to the art and pop culture of these times. As you walk in past the Japanese waving cat and the antique wooden cabinet with happy budda lit by a pink neon sign, you enter a comfy sofa area with staff picks proudly displayed below yet another neon sign, this time referencing the movie From Dusk Til Dawn.
It feels a lot like the hotel scene from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. After a few minutes, as you wake up from the initial sensory overwhelm, the layers of details invite you to explore even more. Electric guitars, Anthony Bourdain chilling with Iggy Pop, an authentic ticket from Woodstock in 1969, or a mysterious door whose purpose we can only guess from the posters for SHAFT, As Good As It Gets, and The Birdcage.
Visiting Creme de la Cream should be on your wish list if you are looking for iconic vintage.
