Geminola

Geminola is a West Village, New York vintage clothing store at 41 Perry Street.

It is owned by Lorraine Kirke, the ex- wife of Free and Bad Company musician Simon Kirke.

Her store's name is a combination of the names of three of her daughters, Jemima, Lola and Domino, who is also a singer. Jemima Kirke wore a Geminola wedding gown in the season one finale of Girls. The show's writer, Lena Dunham, worked there during her college years.[1]

Many of the dresses are one-of-a-kind pieces, made from vintage dresses and materials.[2] Often only a few dresses of each vintage design are made, because there is limited supply of the material.[3]

Clientele

It is frequented by such TV personalities as Sarah Jessica Parker, and pieces have been included in her show Sex and the City,[4] other celebrity customers include Nicole Kidman, and Courtney Love[5] Singer/model Kemp Muhl mentions Geminola as being one of her fashion inspirations.[6] Model Daisy Lowe mentions a piece she got from Geminola in a Vogue (magazine) article.[7]

The store is mentioned in a piece about the band The Pierces,[8] and in other publications.[9]

Publications

The clothing has been used in fashion spreads in the magazines Vogue, Teen Vogue, Elle, and others. In June 2013 the store was featured in a piece in Teen Vogue featuring the sisters, Domino, Lola, and Jemima modeling the clothing. The music in this piece is by Domino.[10] It was mentioned in The Village Voice as being a bright spot in the West Village.[11]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/fashion/on-this-hit-show-the-clothes-make-the-girls.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
  2. ↑ http://www.remodelista.com/posts/a-designers-haunt-in-greenwich-village
  3. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2322667/Is-Jessa-Girls-star-Jemima-Kirke-channels-HBO-character-models-moms-eccentric-dress-designs.html
  4. ↑ press photos from Geminola Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6844201.ece www.timesonline.co.uk
  6. ↑ http://www.belledujournyc.com/2010/12/more-charlotte-kemp-muhl-du-jour-12610.html
  7. ↑ http://www.vogue.co.uk/photo-blogs/daisy-lowe/daisy-lowe-day-10
  8. ↑ http://mylifeasjar.blogspot.ca/2010/03/nylon-tv-pierces-nylon-magazine_16.html
  9. ↑ www.time.com "something old, something new"
  10. ↑ http://www.teenvogue.com/fashion/summer-trends/2013-06/geminola-video
  11. ↑ "Life in the village is dying"
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