Fair Deal

For those currently frolicking around NYC right now (hopefully in places with plentiful air conditioning) there’s a fantastic new shopping experience to be had in a little lot on the corner of Essex and Hester Streets. It’s the fledgling Hester Street Fair, where on Saturdays you can expect to find anything from vintage designer clothes to horchata-flavored ice pops. The market offers 30% food, 60% clothing and 10% crafts and jewelry, so there’s something for everyone.

The idea for a multi-cultural, über-local LES street fair came from MTV News correspondent SuChin Pak, her brother Suyhun, and Ron Castellano (co-designer of Santos Party House), who made a proposal to the co-op in control of the Hester St. lot. There are plans for more indie boutiques to take part, not to mention the future addition of Union Square farmer’s market produce, and the fair is slated to continue every Saturday until December.Go check it out, and keep an eye out for street style photographers snapping the fashionable fair-goers. http://www.hesterstreetfair.com/

By Molly O'Brien