the Third Bird

I had planned to go to Bird on Smith Street again today — despite having just visited the store on Friday night when I bought a Mina Perhonen scarf with hand drawn stars all over it, after practically skipping around the store in glee when I saw that they carried Mina Perhonen things for Spring. But when I looked at their website to see if they had the scarves online, I noticed that they just opened up a new outpost in February in Williamburg, two doors down from where I get my hair cut. How coincidental, since I had an appointment to get my haircut today at 5pm this afternoon! This never happens, these sorts of conveniences, for me. The new store in Williamsburg is quite fancy (hello, with $350 stuffed, plush mushrooms in the window!), as it is completely LEED-certified, and designed by Ole Sondresen. Apparently, 70 percent of the materials used to fit out the space were sourced in Williamsburg and various wood paneling was actually salvaged from a dumpster in SoHo. Nice. The place was lovely, and I could not stay more than a few minutes, or else I would have bought a crinkly Paul Smith striped scarf ($125), one of the above stuffed mushrooms ($350), a plaid APC blouse ($150), an Isabel Marant belt ($50), and some lingerie by Eberjey ($84, for a bra and boy shorts).