I dropped in at the new Crockett & Jones concession at Turnbull & Asser on 57th Street, which opened Monday.
The shop is small, but attractively outfitted, with the furniture left over from the days when the fourth floor was the bespoke shirt department, and has a display case featuring several pairs of museum-quality shoes from the 1920's (Jcusey would be enthralled). The directorix is the same woman who ran the shoe department at Polo on 72d Street, and is very helpful and knowledgeable -- she just got back from a tour of the Northampton factory and insisted on telling me all about it. They have about forty types of shoes and boots on display, with more on the way, and feature the entire handgrade line, plus a few models typically not seen outside Crockett's Jermyn Street and Burlington Arcade locations.
The prices are more than what one would pay on Pediwear or at Bodiley's, but then again, the latter aren't forking over 57th Street rent or punitive NYC taxes. I bought a pair of the brown suede Belgrave handgrades, which are only available at Turnbull and in Crockett's Londonlocations -- they would apparently like to have a few things unavailable at other retailers in town.
Overall, it's a nice setup.
The shop is small, but attractively outfitted, with the furniture left over from the days when the fourth floor was the bespoke shirt department, and has a display case featuring several pairs of museum-quality shoes from the 1920's (Jcusey would be enthralled). The directorix is the same woman who ran the shoe department at Polo on 72d Street, and is very helpful and knowledgeable -- she just got back from a tour of the Northampton factory and insisted on telling me all about it. They have about forty types of shoes and boots on display, with more on the way, and feature the entire handgrade line, plus a few models typically not seen outside Crockett's Jermyn Street and Burlington Arcade locations.
The prices are more than what one would pay on Pediwear or at Bodiley's, but then again, the latter aren't forking over 57th Street rent or punitive NYC taxes. I bought a pair of the brown suede Belgrave handgrades, which are only available at Turnbull and in Crockett's Londonlocations -- they would apparently like to have a few things unavailable at other retailers in town.
Overall, it's a nice setup.
