BlackBookMag.com – By Bryan Levandowski
Considering it’s been open just about a year, the Eryn Brinie store has been gaining credible cult status, making it a perfect playground for this week’s installment of Retail Renegade. The Soho institution quietly sits on Broadway between Spring and Broome, but open the doors and as far as the party goes, you’ll see why what’s on the inside counts more than what’s out.
Not one to typically wear women’s clothing, save for the occasional pair of better-fitting lowrise jeans, at first I was unsure how I’d display all my fun Eryn Brinie finds, but the spunk of the shopgirls convinced me trying on a few frocks would be more fun than I had anticipated. Greeting me at the door was the ebullient Toyin Graham, whom I took to be Eryn Brinies very own resident cheerleader. A handshake and two air kisses later we were traipsing around the store and picking out all sorts of summer essentials. But before we got all sorts of serious, I asked Toyin a few questions.