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  • Selling a flashy mix of vintage and couture, Allan & Suzi's shop was a destination for designers, club kids, and fashion freaks in a city that was always changing around it.
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  • @lunalee5843
    @lunalee5843 Před 3 lety +299

    What made NYC so special and unique is now gone, replaced by sterile, generic shops that you can find in any other city

    • @glennfromthebronx
      @glennfromthebronx Před 3 lety +14

      yup. all across NYC. I think a LOT of this happened when Mike Bloomberg was Mayor....kissed landlord's butts...thought it was a way yo create positive change...but now...so many FRANCHISES...souless GAPs, Starbuck's hat have noting to do with anything unique about my city. You still see a store...a restaurant/bar here and there....bu almost always....the bsiness owns the property...no leases. (sigh)

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 Před 3 lety +14

      I think with covid, we are going to see New York regian it’s soul. Lots of rent dropping and creavity, special places moving in

    • @lunalee5843
      @lunalee5843 Před 3 lety +6

      @@amazingabby25 I hope so!

    • @mrs.s8855
      @mrs.s8855 Před 3 lety

      True

    • @JM-vj7we
      @JM-vj7we Před 3 lety +6

      Live outside of the city now.... my friend & I walked thru the village 2018
      So sad the whole area is ‘soulless’. A lot of out of town NYU students walking around. All the unique shops & restaurants gone. So so sad 😢

  • @jbelcher2900
    @jbelcher2900 Před 3 lety +76

    “The best thing was, we let life happen, we didn’t have a plan. And look at the outcome.” ❤️✨ what an amazing perspective

  • @ag-bk5wf
    @ag-bk5wf Před 3 lety +101

    Haha he did say good luck!!

  • @riccardo12158
    @riccardo12158 Před 3 lety +264

    If New York was a person it would be Suzi

  • @eelectricmilkk7512
    @eelectricmilkk7512 Před 3 lety +80

    This is extraordinary! Pls keep documenting the fading old-world of NYC.

  • @colormeinfluenced6997
    @colormeinfluenced6997 Před 4 lety +257

    Why don't they have a youtube channel? Someone get on that.

    • @honeybdream
      @honeybdream Před 3 lety +9

      I’m watching their old show clips in the meantime 📺

    • @riod7559
      @riod7559 Před 3 lety +5

      So where r they now..

    • @mrs.s8855
      @mrs.s8855 Před 3 lety +2

      I would watch it!

  • @bostonboy24
    @bostonboy24 Před 3 lety +8

    They made my day lol ....They need a reality show. I MISS OLD NEW YORK

  • @farisasmith7109
    @farisasmith7109 Před 3 lety +29

    I was shocked to see Pearl Paint was gone. That was my haunt as an art student at music and art highschool. Chinatown, the Village all being taken over by luxury condos and Starbucks.

    • @cidercik
      @cidercik Před 3 lety +2

      Me too! Pearl Paint was my first stop when in New York. Only place to get things totally unavailable elsewhere. The slanted wood floors, the endless stairs and staff with knowledge. Not the same ordering on the internet. Another experience younger kids will miss out on.

    • @kathr3477
      @kathr3477 Před 3 lety +2

      I used to love to visit that huge Pearl when I would come to visit the city!! And then finally getting to move here, I find out it's closed down. Utterly heartbroken, felt like I'd missed an era of the city I'll never get back.

  • @jhoannaacasio1750
    @jhoannaacasio1750 Před 3 lety +4

    The way they both laughed at the end was a glimpse of their relationship during their lifetime. They truly make each other happy. That's lovs

  • @sabrinan4792
    @sabrinan4792 Před 3 lety +14

    The young man did say good luck.

  • @lmastran
    @lmastran Před 3 lety +45

    I could cry. No further comment is necessary.

  • @adriannacovone4527
    @adriannacovone4527 Před 3 lety +17

    this was an awesome send off. what absolute legends. RIP Pearl Paint

  • @Muertenoir
    @Muertenoir Před 3 lety +15

    New York is still my all time favorite city, but it is sad to see all these great little shops disappear. All the comic book stores, record shops, and vintage stores are being pushed out.

    • @pompokkko
      @pompokkko Před rokem

      That's sad to know. That's the reason why i dream to travel to new York, but it's not happening soon.

  • @redapple2593
    @redapple2593 Před 4 lety +45

    Suzi reminds me of the mother in the tv series "The Nanny".....what a New York accent 😁

  • @christinetucci9227
    @christinetucci9227 Před 3 lety +11

    I loved shopping in their store. Such great people. I hope the rest of their lives are just as fun

  • @michellekarlene1131
    @michellekarlene1131 Před 3 lety +11

    More than anything I want someone to make laugh, a good friend and lover.

  • @easternflaneur
    @easternflaneur Před 4 lety +123

    10:42
    Oh! Don’t New Yorkers just looove to kvetch. The guy had just wished him good luck but to Allan that reality never happened.

    • @oceanlover1318
      @oceanlover1318 Před 3 lety +20

      alex fradu I thought the same thing. 🙄 After all, he did come with the intent to buy something. People! ✌🏽

    • @easternflaneur
      @easternflaneur Před 3 lety +2

      @@oceanlover1318 People! They're the worst.

    • @oceanlover1318
      @oceanlover1318 Před 3 lety +3

      alex fradu Just the ones that refuse to examine themselves (like this guy).✌🏽🌺

    • @honeybdream
      @honeybdream Před 3 lety

      😆

    • @glennfromthebronx
      @glennfromthebronx Před 3 lety +7

      @ ...I remember very well the store Screaming Mimi's....Cyndi LAuper used to shop there...and there were several LARGE stores in the VIllage....on Broadway....above the area where the TOwer Records on West 4th used to b...had entire floor of men's old-style trenchcoats...bowling shirts etc...and the women's shop had some stuff...not as unique as Allan and Suzi's merchandise. bu the "zeigteist" for vintage....for old cloting form the 40s and 50s was there...earlier 80s. They opened in 1989/89.

  • @queenoasis
    @queenoasis Před 3 lety +30

    Manhattan is now essentially made up of Transplants who don't mind paying $5000 for a tiny Studio as long as it's in the "right neighborhood". Areas that used to be a cool, cheap place to hang out is now gentrified and has a Starbucks on every other block. It's depressing seeing NYC evolve into this. =(

    • @courtneymoran3759
      @courtneymoran3759 Před 3 lety

      You sound super ignorant. Learn b4 you preach. Live b4 you reach THAT far. #BNR

    • @queenoasis
      @queenoasis Před 3 lety +5

      @@courtneymoran3759 So what part of what I said was “ignorant” to you? Enlighten me because you choosing to spell the word “before” as “b4” is not exactly helping your cause.

    • @Dolittlesart
      @Dolittlesart Před 3 lety

      Yep. That’s why I’m leaving as soon as I can. Charlotte, NC is the new hot spot baby.

  • @slynewwave
    @slynewwave Před 4 lety +222

    NY has become a city for rich boring poeple. So sad to see what hab made NY so unique desiapearing like that.... This space will have now a beautiful Starbuck instead. sad.

    • @Thekidfromcalifornia2.0
      @Thekidfromcalifornia2.0 Před 3 lety +5

      Or a Popeyes

    • @faithnelson2013
      @faithnelson2013 Před 3 lety +6

      SF the same

    • @alejandrarodriguezsanchez6667
      @alejandrarodriguezsanchez6667 Před 3 lety +8

      capitalism destroys everything!

    • @poppybell8217
      @poppybell8217 Před 3 lety +5

      And San Francisco, too. It’s nauseating!
      People have become greedy robots. Makes me want to throw up!

    • @poppybell8217
      @poppybell8217 Před 3 lety +5

      @@faithnelson2013 yes, faith. My landlord just DOUBLED my rent over night. It makes me SO SICK. How tragic that magical SF has died. It breaks my heart into a million pieces.

  • @cheriedovzak764
    @cheriedovzak764 Před 3 lety +53

    This was sad, i remember the old NY with Tower Records, Unique Boutique, Patricia Fields but where her original store was. Poster Mate. Thats when NY qas great. I miss those days.

  • @geraldbrown2875
    @geraldbrown2875 Před 3 lety +8

    Love them cracking up at the end!🤣😂🤣🤣🇨🇦

  • @hismerecry
    @hismerecry Před 3 lety +20

    The vintage shops of nyc are the crown jew of fashion in the world

  • @katherinejacoby4433
    @katherinejacoby4433 Před 3 lety +3

    Allan & Suzi are & always will be NYC icons💙 I shopped there as often as I could back in the 90s... Love y'all!!!

  • @MoniqueSinha
    @MoniqueSinha Před 3 lety +10

    They are quintessential New York.

  • @tjnorrisofficial
    @tjnorrisofficial Před 3 lety +10

    Thank you for this piece, it grabs that hole era so well. Oh I miss Antique Boutique, Danceteria, Unique, Steven Sprouse, Roxy!

    • @FacheChanteDeux
      @FacheChanteDeux Před 3 lety +4

      Exactly. NYC was a magical playground when I was growing up in the 80s&90s- Ghouliani then Bloomberg ripped it's guts out. Hopefully it will come back around with the rents dropping.

    • @desertrose128
      @desertrose128 Před 3 lety

      Palladium...

  • @jbt6007
    @jbt6007 Před 4 lety +40

    Sad for Allan & Suzi, New York just isn't affordable on any level. Hope they find a new space or something fun to do ..........

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 Před 3 lety +1

      They will. Rents are finally dropping, the heart of the city is returning

  • @sonyaclarke5227
    @sonyaclarke5227 Před 4 lety +41

    I miss the old NYC and I miss them.

  • @johnmcmahon5225
    @johnmcmahon5225 Před 3 lety +8

    The last line followed by the laughter captured what made the shop and old timey NYC so great. "Look at us." Allan and Suzi did not give a hoot about what anyone else thought about them. They did their own thing, with an eye towards making money so they could keep on doing it, and it was fabulous for everyone that visited their store. If everybody is concerned about what others think of them you get conformity and the boring BS that NYC is becoming. A store like this is impossible without a free market by the way. Government regulations hurt small businesses like this most because it costs money to meet the standards and they have less than huge corporations.

  • @bobird6099
    @bobird6099 Před 3 lety +12

    The documentary is fabulous. Great characters with great stories. Shame about their greedy landlord.

  • @RM-jb2vb
    @RM-jb2vb Před 3 lety +12

    I had this on my list of places to go for years! I’ve still not made it to New York yet. Very sad to see them go!

  • @SimchainIsrael
    @SimchainIsrael Před 3 lety +2

    THIS IS THE BEST THING ON CZcams

  • @mrblf652
    @mrblf652 Před 3 lety +5

    NYC will never be the same as it was in the 80's and 90's.

  • @IvanRSaldias
    @IvanRSaldias Před 4 lety +96

    I went to their shop in 2004 and he treated me like garbage but had a blast with them roasting my outfit.
    Sorry for your loss NYC.
    PS: I cried like a baby when the CBGBs and Kim's Video closed...
    That, was trully tragic!

    • @sonyaclarke5227
      @sonyaclarke5227 Před 4 lety +8

      I'm a NY hardcore kid from the 80s..I feel the same.

    • @Bpabrown148
      @Bpabrown148 Před 3 lety +5

      Hours and hours spent at Kim’s......

    • @lolah3838
      @lolah3838 Před 2 lety +6

      I get the feeling that they probably treated most people, who weren't in their circle, like garbage. It's the old school NYC way. lol

  • @samanthaalexandra8631
    @samanthaalexandra8631 Před 3 lety +5

    This was an amazing watch. The feelings it gives me.

  • @jodimichelleschoenherr
    @jodimichelleschoenherr Před 3 lety +5

    This is a great piece @TheNewYorker. ❤

  • @footsuk5593
    @footsuk5593 Před 3 lety +6

    I remember watching their show every Monday night to see Ant'nee (how they pronounced his name) model the clothes. I was heavy into the club scene back in the day. Another NYC treasure gone, sadly.

  • @hismerecry
    @hismerecry Před 3 lety +6

    I wish this was a longer documentary but it was cool!

  • @johnoninen8356
    @johnoninen8356 Před dnem

    Was a student in NY State, once walked into a "gallery" store in Skaneateles managed by a New York accent lady just like Suzi. Had a great talk about everything, particularly with her imagination of a renaissance form below along the Erie Canal. Sadly I can't afford an item in her store, but she still invite me to stop by for a chat. Missed the days in NY

  • @meesalikeu
    @meesalikeu Před 2 dny

    you could not miss them around town. i saw them everywhere.

  • @frankbombaci4977
    @frankbombaci4977 Před 3 lety +7

    This NEEDS to be an episode of “Documentary Now!”

    • @hayleyb467
      @hayleyb467 Před 3 lety

      With Ben Schwartz & Jenny Slate or Kate Berlant & John Early

  • @ghettobelle1
    @ghettobelle1 Před 4 měsíci

    Suzi dancing is everything

  • @MsArchibaldini
    @MsArchibaldini Před 3 lety

    What a joy they are.thank you. Wishing them all the best....great laughs too.

  • @baizyful
    @baizyful Před 3 lety +1

    Love & Miss them soooooo much!!!

  • @suzannebracker8219
    @suzannebracker8219 Před 3 lety +1

    What a sweet couple. I wish them good health and happiness.

  • @kllwc7772
    @kllwc7772 Před 3 lety +6

    Eccentrics are essential and make life more vibrant/ interesting 😎 They would fit right in an episode of Bob’s 🍔

  • @nartarlyiatremaynne1239
    @nartarlyiatremaynne1239 Před 3 lety +8

    This couple is pure perfection. They are beyond fabulous.
    Please tell me they are relocating.
    Australia 3.39 am

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 Před 3 lety +1

      They will be able to relocate soon, tbh. There’s going to be lost or empty real estate soon

  • @shaynola1
    @shaynola1 Před 3 lety +6

    Oh my god when he took his glasses off i about fell outta my chair lmao

  • @wadegibson8073
    @wadegibson8073 Před 3 lety

    They are delightful ,fun and lovely !!!

  • @adidasetnie717
    @adidasetnie717 Před 4 lety +69

    at 10:18 the customer seems perfectly polite and they act like he just spit at them, lol, hopefully just poorly edited...

    • @CatatonicImperfect
      @CatatonicImperfect Před 4 lety +32

      yeah, that was weird. left a bad aftertaste.

    • @brockr6733
      @brockr6733 Před 3 lety +21

      I think that was part of their gimmick/ shtick. That old tough as nails New York attitude. It can come across as abrasive and harsh, but hey that’s life in the big apple. Lol

    • @izzy1563
      @izzy1563 Před 3 lety +20

      I think they were depressed and bitter about their store closing.

    • @mandyraye6906
      @mandyraye6906 Před 3 lety +13

      Not unusual but definitely uncalled for. If they were real NYers they would’ve been just as honest to the guys face but again there was need because he wasn’t rude

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 Před 3 lety +2

      Nah that’s what he’s like, it’s the charm

  • @Funes5
    @Funes5 Před 3 lety +28

    They seem to have lost all enthusiasm for the place and people

    • @ahill4642
      @ahill4642 Před 3 měsíci

      I kind of sensed that, too. Perhaps it was time for them to shuffle off and close.

  • @bautistanyc
    @bautistanyc Před 3 lety +4

    Omg great to see you guys are doing well I remember you folks when you had the corner store at 80th & Amsterdam I always hung out in front of ya store and drove you nuts

  • @Jagerleaf
    @Jagerleaf Před 3 lety +28

    Where’s the current city that’s like NY in the 80s? I want to move there.

    • @kitcoffey7194
      @kitcoffey7194 Před 3 lety +2

      Lmk when you find it

    • @zeusincoming282
      @zeusincoming282 Před 3 lety +2

      You want to go to a town that hasnt been "Gentrified" yet. A town where chain stores havnt infiltrated! Sad to say, but towns that are too impoverished to change.

    • @kwacou4279
      @kwacou4279 Před 3 lety

      You have to kill SJW and PC culture first.

  • @atis9061
    @atis9061 Před 3 lety

    So CUTE! I love the ending! Hip beyond hip SO NEW YORK WHAT I LOVE(ED) about it here. My era! 😍

  • @rog809
    @rog809 Před 3 lety +6

    true new yorkers , i used to watch robin bird all the time lol

  • @danielgildelamadrid9519
    @danielgildelamadrid9519 Před 3 lety +3

    Incredible piece of New York City history! Great video - just so sad to see such a staple be gone. Hope they can find a new location (or move to Chicago lol)

  • @honeybdream
    @honeybdream Před 3 lety +5

    What an interesting couple! So sad about their shop. Hopefully they’ll reopen‼️

  • @SeaofSightstoSee
    @SeaofSightstoSee Před 11 měsíci

    amaze as always new yoekr

  • @helloimalexander
    @helloimalexander Před 3 lety +10

    “Susan, sell the outfit”

  • @chelseasummers2365
    @chelseasummers2365 Před 3 lety +2

    He did say good luck!

  • @planetissa4899
    @planetissa4899 Před 3 lety

    Love them!

  • @susank.4945
    @susank.4945 Před 3 lety +3

    Been there, and at Asbury....the list of stuff closed at the end breaks my heart...

  • @o.h.w.6638
    @o.h.w.6638 Před 4 lety +10

    We need people like this in California. Come on over!

    • @rog809
      @rog809 Před 3 lety +6

      too fake for new yorkers

    • @ag-bk5wf
      @ag-bk5wf Před 3 lety

      Not even California has people like anymore. The world has changed.

    • @dustywaxhead
      @dustywaxhead Před 3 lety

      @@rog809 new york has become too fake for new yorkers

  • @maggiefisher48
    @maggiefisher48 Před 3 lety

    omg i love it xx re open please.

  • @mariamermolia3747
    @mariamermolia3747 Před 3 lety +1

    They are great I love it they can laugh like that . Good for you

  • @anafauteux3395
    @anafauteux3395 Před 2 lety

    God bless them!!! they're a trip!!!

  • @NotOnDrugs
    @NotOnDrugs Před 9 měsíci

    *Her accent. I **_love_** it!!*

  • @cidercik
    @cidercik Před 3 lety +12

    No reason to visit New York again. Pearl Paint is gone, the delis (best pickles in the world) are vanishing, all the character is gone. No point anymore. London is going to the same way. Dead cities.

  • @helloitsme1836
    @helloitsme1836 Před 3 lety +3

    Trash and Vaudeville is closed,so sad 😞 I remember seeing shows at Coney Island High on St.Mark’s Place. Then heading over to Patricia Fields. 90’s were some good times in NYC. Never be the same.....

    • @jorgemorales3401
      @jorgemorales3401 Před 2 lety +1

      Trash and Vaudville is not closed. The New Yorker got that wrong. They simply moved. New address is: 96 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009
      Same inventory, same brands, and even some same staff. The old Saint Marks is gone of course, only Search and Destroy remains.

  • @brvndxxxn
    @brvndxxxn Před 3 lety

    Heartbreaking!

  • @isabelladeloach3068
    @isabelladeloach3068 Před 3 lety +8

    Trash and Vaudeville isn't closed! They're still open I was in there the other day

  • @amanr6346
    @amanr6346 Před 4 lety +2

    Love the authenticity, can learn so much 🙏😀

  • @3katfox
    @3katfox Před 3 lety +25

    I always wanted to go to NY, not for Broadway or all that other overblown tourist crap but for places like this, now it's all gone
    Toronto's the same way
    Rich people ruin everything

  • @SandyRiverBlue
    @SandyRiverBlue Před 3 lety +3

    I hate to think that one-day American cities will all be one big factory outlet mall where they sell nothing but clothes that pill after the first wash.

  • @jorgeartemiocruzarias7383

    Superb couple!!! Je les aimen!!!

  • @Leiflvr
    @Leiflvr Před 3 lety +3

    10:52-11:15 Love it

  • @PDogB
    @PDogB Před 3 lety +4

    Super fun and funky people! Glad there are some still around! What will the next chapter of life look like for them? Inquiring minds want to know!

  • @robinalnborg131
    @robinalnborg131 Před 3 lety

    We need more of those kreative funny people, just make the world happy.

  • @sosexymagazinerobinwatkins8467

    Ravishing

  • @eriqglyptis8816
    @eriqglyptis8816 Před 3 lety +11

    I thought I was watching SNL.

  • @nycsp
    @nycsp Před 3 lety +1

    It was the first store I visited when I moved to nyc! So sad 😞

  • @victoriayut
    @victoriayut Před 3 lety +3

    I check Trash and Vaudeville ig and is still open 😁 hopefully one day I will get to visit.

  • @jodimichelleschoenherr
    @jodimichelleschoenherr Před 3 lety +1

    Her accent is EPIC. ❤🔥

  • @tracilapp4015
    @tracilapp4015 Před 3 lety +1

    I love everything vintage at 57 yrs.old. I wish I would have had the opportunity to be involved in your store but as a Texan it would have been impossible. Hope to hear more of your future life adventures! All my love, Traci

  • @aliciafranklin4275
    @aliciafranklin4275 Před 10 měsíci

    Wow❣️❣️❣️

  • @vince7735
    @vince7735 Před 3 lety +4

    I didn't want this to end. Are the owners going to retire? What's Anthony going to do? Loved the "vintage" footage.

  • @Beepu1
    @Beepu1 Před 3 lety

    Snatch game😍😍

  • @mariamermolia3747
    @mariamermolia3747 Před 3 lety

    So sad I love New York thrift shops and this one is was so great

  • @virginiaswafford7078
    @virginiaswafford7078 Před 4 lety +22

    Sad,these people are what we need, to be in business for year's and have to close so very sad,the lady is a hoot,very cool.

  • @lalisher4984
    @lalisher4984 Před 3 lety

    Reminds me of Granny's Cupboard!

  • @hismerecry
    @hismerecry Před 3 lety +2

    I wish them the best and I hope they can reopen

  • @leeboriack8054
    @leeboriack8054 Před 3 lety +1

    They are a wonderful parody of themselves and ready for SNL!

  • @mnaoitb1
    @mnaoitb1 Před 3 lety +5

    I wish they were my grandparents

  • @OGSuki.
    @OGSuki. Před 3 lety +1

    Uggggh. So New York!

  • @isadorasarto5887
    @isadorasarto5887 Před 4 měsíci

    Great video. So sad that all of these NYC institutions have closed their doors.

  • @minervagalvez4748
    @minervagalvez4748 Před 2 lety +2

    NYC IS THEM 🗽🗽🗽!!! ❤❤❤😂😂🤣😂🤣

  • @joanholland3438
    @joanholland3438 Před 3 lety +1

    This is great! Two people with a lot of character! and certainly had me laughing 😆 Just too bad they lost ther lease😔 They can’t be replaced 😣

  • @TheVelvetLoungeLife
    @TheVelvetLoungeLife Před 3 lety +2

    I wonder if they ever had the privilege of crossing paths with Nelson Sulliva. He was the famous videographer of the era and the world's first blogger...😊👍🏼😜☮️❗

    • @christophercrow233
      @christophercrow233 Před 3 lety

      I was wondering that too. There could be video footage of him in that store. ☺

  • @therealkrystalvintage
    @therealkrystalvintage Před 3 lety +1

    Soverynice🤣😘🙏🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤩

  • @warrensilverfox
    @warrensilverfox Před 3 lety +2

    pat fields was the place to shop back in the day

  • @alondratheresmatiban9976

    pls put this video on trending