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The Legg Mason building in Harbor East hosts Baltimore’s first ever Pop Up Shop, open every day until Christmas Eve, from noon til 7 pm. Stores taking up temporary residence include: Dresscode by Gita, Doubledutch, Shine Collective, Patrick Sutton Home, and Di[e]ce. Here, an authentic (!) Google Chat conversation between Radar writers, Ali Stevens and Dana Covit.
Dana: Good stuff going on in the Legg Mason building this month.
Ali: It was amazing
Dana : I’m sad it’s only for a month but it’s a start….first Pop Up shop in baltimore
Ali: It’s such a cool idea. I’d never heard of it before
Dana: You’re not alone, haha. I’ve told a bunch of people and they all look at me confused when i say “pop up shop.” I think it’s pretty big in New York
Ali: I thought it was going to be a trial run for a store, like if a store wasn’t sure it was going to be successful, they could rent a space for just a month.
Dana: It’s actually 5 established stores in the Baltimore area: Shine Collective, Double Dutch, Diece, Dress Code by Gita and Patrick Sutton Home.
Ali:Yeah, I was definitely wrong. I liked the range.
Dana: Yeah it was like being in a little department store microcosm… lots of eye-candy, especially at Diece, such amazing artwork! and do you remember the greeting cards? i think my favorite things there…
Ali: It was cool how the owners of the shops, and in some cases the creators of the pieces, were there.Those postcards were great.
Dana: I wanted to buy an entire stack, make a little birthday stash with them so when friends’ birthdays roll around i have something spunky and great to give
Ali: I think the artist was local.
Dana: Yeah, i think so too – they also had some cool stuff from Natty Paint
Ali: Did they do the hand painted sweatshirts?
Dana: Yeah, i was in love with one of them but i was trying to stay focused! take photos and keep it business! Save my wallet. But double dutch though – you almost bought that dress. It was totally affordable, you should have.
Ali: You were very professional
Dana: Ahyes thank you
Ali:I have total non-buyers remorse about that dress is that a saying?
Dana: hahaha
Aw, GO BACK and buy it!
Ali: they had amazing stuff
Dana: Especially good for holiday gifts
in every price range literally, you know?
Ali: Definitely
Dana: that one really fancy place.. Patrick Sutton Home?
Ali: So amazing. So beyond my college student budget.
What was that book you were looking at?
Dana: Oh, what was it, I forget
The huge one? It was the Tom Ford book, no?
Ali: There was that one, and there was one of a model.
Dana: Veruschka!
Ali: that’s it!
Dana: So awesome, it would be the size of my tables in my little apartment though, so not a good coffee table book yet
Ali: Something to strive towards. I loved the books and the jewelry.
Dana: at Shine?
Ali: At Shine but also at the middle spot
Dana: Dress Code by Gita? the Tom Binns stuff.
Incredible. another thing to strive towards.
Ali: Oh definitely, that starburst cuff…
so beautiful
Dana: yeah, would go nicely with everything hanging in my closet for the holidays.
And do you remember the film installation they were putting up at Shine? looked good….
Ali: they filmed it themselves, right?
Dana: Yeah, the girl in it works for Shine.
Ali: She seemed so cool. Who thought of doing a Baltimore pop up shop?
Dana: Gita, over at Desscode. Apparently, she got the idea when she was in London recently, she spoke to some developers, and they all thought it was a great idea. She seemed really excited with the end product, that a bunch of other Baltimore shops were into the concept and wanted to be a part of it
Ali: I think it’s such a good idea, they consolidated all these cool bmore stores into one space
Dana: handpicked the best stuff there right now
and are making it easy for holiday shoppers or anyone really … very cool, very “savvy” ..
Ali: and it’s cool to see what baltimore has. i don’t know if i would have gone to a lot of those places, since i mainly stick to hampden shopping, but now i really want to check out the flagship dresscode and diece-is that the one with the postcards?
Dana: yep, diece with the quirky postcards and greeting cards
Ali: definitely want to see the whole store
Dana: me too
hooray for baltimore goodness
and shopping activism
Ali: thanks for bringing me!
Ali: we should go back…. very soon…
Dana: For the dress! Seriously, it will haunt you during the holiday season – a long sleeve black lace dress? with some dark burgundy tights?
I’m the little shopping devil on your shoulder
Ali: I’m sold
Dana: and more oogling at the tom binns jewels
The Pop-Up shop will be up and running until Christmas Eve, and is open everyday from noon – 7pm. Its located on the ground floor of the new Legg Mason Building in Harbor East, on the circle between Oceanaire & Roy’s.
Stores taking up temporary residence:
Doubledutch Boutique
Diece Boutique and Art Space
Dresscode by Gita
Patrick Sutton Home
Shine Collective
Photos by Dana Covit
Tags: Alexandra Stevens, Dana Covit, Diece Boutique and Art Space, Doubledutch Boutique, Dresscode by Gita, Harbor East, Patrick Sutton Home, Pop Up Shop, Shine Collective
Filed Under: Community Feature Sights
Thanks for your post on the “pop up shop.” It’s a great addition to that Harbor East area and I wish it would remain for more than a month. And yes, I ended up buying a dress ($68 steal) from Double Dutch.
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