Mag Shops: ‘Monocle’ & ‘Dossier’

If two is a trend, then culture magazines opening boutiques is becoming a bona fide trendlet for 2009. Britain's uber-cool Monocle launched a pop-up shop in London last November, as well as a full-fledged Brentwood, Los Angeles, boutique this month. The latter is stocked with "with a selection of the coolest things its jet-setting editors have collected on their jaunts, like Japanese CDs and John Smedley knits from England," says Racked LA. With sister outposts planned for New York and Japan, Monocle is by no means taking its shopkeeping lightly. And neither is recently launched fashion and art rag Dossier.

Dossier, which launched last year, has opened a concept boutique in its hometown of New York. Much like Monocle, the focus is on an expertly curated assortment of limited-edition fashion, eclectic music, and generally one-of-a-kind offerings. Think “clothing from Bless, Bodkin and Electric Feathers; jewelry by Pamela Love and Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons; artist editions by David Armstrong; art books from small-run presses; assorted curios like handmade stationery and Victorian corkscrews; and a selection of high-end vintage pulled from the closets of stylists, musicians and models,” says the New York Times’ Karen Nelson. The Fort Greene boutique will also play host to art shows, music performances, and generally act as a showcase for the various of the moment obsessions of Dossier’s editors. Ideal for summer shopping outings, the boutique is housed in a brownstone just a stone’s throw from the Brooklyn Flea.