Island Overstock Starts TODAY!
Back in March we told you about Island Overstock, a shopping event coming to the Hotel Viking featuring “overstock” items from local boutiques (a concept I always thought would be successful in Newport but never had the time to organize!)
The sale is HERE, kicking off today and running through the weekend (hours below). How does more than 2,300 pieces from Sea Star Collection, Laura Jean, Groovy Gator, Nankeen, Hooley USA, The Linen Shop, and The Apothecary Newport, French Source, Tyler Arment, Mandarine, Old Harbor Outfitters Newport, Blue Hydrangea, Midnight Sun, and Therapy sound all at 50% to 70% off retail?!?!? Find brands like True Religion, Diesel, Frye, Missoni, Hartford, CP shade, XCVI, Lysse, Flora Bella and more!
At Hotel Viking in the America’s Cup ballroom located at 1 Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Hours:
Friday: 2 to 8 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Admission is free.
Today’s New Store Spotlight: Chez Shell
Chez Shell is a cute little shop on lower Thames Street just past the Admiral Fitzroy Inn. Ladies will love the maxi dresses, tops, skirts, tunics, sandals, bags and jewelry. Pieces in the shop seem hand selected for Newport days and night, with most showing bright colors or nautical flair. Lots of anchors, coral patterns, nautical stripes and rope details, starfish—everything for which Newport style is known.
Chez Shell is located at 408 Thames Street in Newport. Visit them on Facebook by clicking here.
Today’s New Store Spotlight: Shore Soap Co.
As soon as you walk into Shore Soap Co. on lower Thames Street, you get an immediate sense of clean, simple and natural elements all around. The cozy shop is crisply decorated, all with detailed woodwork crafted by hand by owners (and to-be-wed) Jake Kopper and Stephanie Wilcox (see the before and afters here), two lovely folks who greet everyone with a smile. All of their soaps, sugar scrubs, lotions, body butters and more 
are handmade onsite without chemicals.
Shore Soap Co. specializes in making sea salt soaps “that extract toxins from your body, while leaving your skin with a polished, moisturized feel.” While it’s always important to pamper yourself, the whole line makes for great gifts because of their natural ingredients AND the charming packaging. The contemporary typeface with a cute whale wrapper complements the super-cute soap names: Catching Waves, Captain’s Cocktail, Cottage Clothesline, Dune Grass, Endless Summer, Mermaid Kisses, Salty Mariner, Surfer’s Sunrise…these are just a few.
Labels can be customized and orders can be placed online at shoresoapco.com. Visit Shore Soap Co. at 424 Thames Street in Newport. (Follow them on Facebook or Twitter)
Today’s New Store Spotlight: Picklee on Spring
This cozy shop caddy-corner from famed St. Mary’s Church on Spring Street in instantly inviting with mint-green trimmed windows and fun furniture finds inside. Mother-daughter duo Jordan Crompton and Lisa Kasap share a passion for finding tired pieces—tables, chairs, mirrors, chests, buffets, mirrors—that just need that dose of TLC to make them the star of the room. The super-DIYers recycle and reinvent constantly, sourcing finds everywhere from garage sales to roadside rejects to antique shops and flea markets.
The shop on Spring Street was the companion step to Jordan’s popular design blog, Picklee.com, where she takes found trash to make it treasure. “People don’t realize, you don’t need a million dollars to have a dream house,”Jordan told me for a feature I did on her home for the May issue of The Bay magazine (click here to read and see inside Jordan’s home). You can also find chic pillows, lighting, artwork and home décor accessories inside the shop.
They duo are hosting a workshop, “The Art of Furniture Painting: 101”on May 23. To see more pieces or shop online, visit pickleeonspring.com
Today’s New Store Spotlight: Three Islands
Today’s new shop: Three Islands on William Street!
Ladies who make it a point to enjoy the annual Angela Moore Fashion Show & Champagne Breakfast at the International Tennis Hall of Fame are likely familiar with the colorful line for men, women and children. (For info on this year’s Alex and Ani Ladies Day featuring the Angela Moore Fashion Show, CLICK HERE.)
Named for the “three islands” founders Phil Barney and Justin Goff adore: their native Rhode Island, Bali, and New Zealand’s South Island, the Newport shop is the second in the state, the original located in Watch Hill (maybe new neighbor Taylor Swift will stop by???). Three Islands pieces can also be found in boutiques across the county.
Women will love the light weight cotton tunics and dresses, while men enjoy long and short sleeve shirts as well as whimsy boxers in bold prints—all made from traditional hand-stamped Balinese batik. The shop is also stocked with great accessories including totes, clutches and jewelry. “The Three Islands lifestyle encourages endless days in the sand and surf that last long past sunset,” they believe, so we think they’ll fit in to Newport just fine.
Three Islands is located at 108 William Street in Newport (next to Wish).
New Store Week! Meet: New England Harbour Club
Welcome to the annual New Shop Week! Every day this week we’ll be showcasing a new shop on Newport’s scene—just in time for the summer season.
Today the spotlight is on New England Harbour Club, located on Long Wharf just a stone’s throw away from America’s Cup Avenue (just beyond the new Re-Sails/Hooley–the stores actually connect inside). The shop carries more than a dozen fabulous lines for men and women including Topshop (worn by Kate Middleton), Topman, American vintage-inspired women’s knitwear by Wildfox Couture, Saturdays Surf NYC (flagship store is in SoHo and is New York’s premier downtown surf shop), Zoe Karssen (comfy cotton pieces described as “tongue in cheek styles for the cool girls in town”), Swims (stylish shoes and galoshes designed in Norway), their own New England Harbour Club line and more.
Be sure to stop by and check it out! New England Harbour Club is located at 63 Long Wharf in Newport. Follow them on Facebook by clicking here. www.thenehc.com
Only Thing Better Than Sequin Baubles is Sequin Baubles on Sale for a Good Cause
Though Sequin has three Newport locations–two boutiques on Bellevue Avenue and one on lower Thames Street, the line, whose designers are committed to animal rescue and like causes, is on sale for a short time at the Potter League for Animals in Middletown. Real Housewives of Orange County fans might recognize Gretchen Rossi (above) from a recent episode rocking Sequin’s turquoise starfish necklace ($98, available by placing an order.at the Worth Avenue location in Palm Beach, 561-328-8405).
Dubbed “Critter Glitter,” the sale continues tomorrow through Sunday (just in time for Mother’s Day) with 30-70% off retail prices on an amazing assortment of dazzling bracelets, necklaces, pins, rings and more. 100% of every purchase will benefit the homeless animals at the Potter League, and remember, Sequin’s work has been featured in Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Town and Country, In Style, Lucky, and Elle, and designers/sisters Kim and Linda Renk have lent their skills to globally-adored lines including Badgley Mischka, Ralph Lauren, J. Mendel, Henri Bendel, Bloomingdales and Neiman Marcus.
Click here for address, hours and details.
