email from customers

Hey guys!
This is Jackie- Amy's sister. I am the girl that bought those really high black boots, (you always search for size 5 shoes for Amy to bring at the Brooklyn flea market). Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you! I love love love my boots. I have had a lot of compliments on them and wear them every day. I am looking forward to coming back and getting more. You guys are the best.
Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Jackie D




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Hello there friends!

 

A couple weeks back, my sister and I checked out the Brooklyn Flea Market and we both scored some pretty decadent footwear from the likes of some jovial people. We were given your card, and to my wonderful surprise we are up on the front page of your website, amidst some jazzy haitians and their equally jazzy merchandise with the ferocious NENEE155! logo in the foreground! how that picture captures the highlight of our day! We were told to blog about our experience, but as I am technologically delayed, I do not know how to blog, thus this email. so here it is:

 

Who knew that a rainy day in Brooklyn would provide my sister and I the most memorable and dare I say, delicious shoe shopping experience of our lives. My sister and I, hailing from Vancouver, Canada, rarely encounter moments of such bewilderment and fascination (aka it gets boring at times up here in the great white north), yet it was in the Brooklyn Flea Market with an encounter with a pair of rambunctious, yet solidly dressed Haitian men that our Canadian souls were captured! With the remark from one of the towering (well they were towering in my eyes) salesmen, my sister and I apparently had "rice and beans cheeks". With a quivering smile on my face not knowing if I should be offended or flattered and if i were to be stabbed in the face, I decided to continue to persue through their selection of attractive boots. My eyes were transfixed on a stunning camel-coloured pair showcasing laces that intertwined to the very top of the shoe; in my head I imagined Nancy Drew sporting these babies on a date with the Hardy Boys, thus I HAD to get them. 

My sister was lucky enough to find a pair for herself too...i wonder which fictious characters she envisioned to be wearing her boots. Some verbal interactions with the properly dressed men occured, in which we found out that some of their proceeds went to Haiti (which compelled me to buy my Nancy Drew boots even more), that the 2 salesmen were not brothers, and that their friend from Japan was taking pictures for them(thank goodness for the clarification, I began to think that photographer was a creeper, alas he was not). As their scintillating beats infiltrated the Flea air, I could not help but shimmy my hips and do the swizzle whilst wearing my new footwear; i was THAT happy. Thankfully I was joined by new found Haitian friends (out of pity they may have joined in my shimmying, and if that is the case, such good people they are!) in our little jive. All in all my sister and I are so happy to have scored some awesome boots, but also had the opportunity to meet such fantastic peeps! Great energy plus great footwear = a bamboozling brooklyn experience!

Keep up the great dancing guys!

 

 

Thank-you for your great customer service! Canada needs a handful of you lovelies!

 

xo,

Gillian aka Rice and Beans Cheeks.

summer sale!!

 
he came to the market for one purpose only to find a coffee table. lucky for him he found more than he could possibly had hoped for. it's a coffee table, poker table, reading table, it's 60's vintage table with secretive paraphernalia compartments.  = $150

 

the perfect sexy leather ankle boots for a lady that smile when the temperatureis no more or less than 95 degrees. hot! hot ! hot! = $60

the man and his hat = $15

white boots are rare but we have them. This customer was so pretty pleased she nearly kicked the sky. Actually she did kicked my ass, but $45 later i was fine

the smile says it all. happy face nearly broke my credit card machine unto a huge discount spill but i managed to collect the cash = $20

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fun, music, dinner

cocktail, dinner dress, sculpturally design to celebrate the beauty in every woman

she had no problem making a decision = $75

this music collector stopped by, picked up several records
and prince's second release was one of them = $40

no we did not sell her the bike / but we did sell her the Gucci bag under her arm = $60

the white Coach bag interesting story. We sold her this beautiful bag without the strap
 3 weeks later we found  the perfect strap for her and she was so excited. "It's worth the wait" = $25

friendly shopping

one for my friend and one for me.  vintage Louis Vuitton $60
+ leather sachel $30

my friend and I .  2 magnificent bags $30 each

no friends / i guess i'll take them both for myself $40 + 25

she found the perfect coach bag to match the outfit = $40

you want it we got it - come and get it

it's a vintage belt, it's a dagger, it's a love spanker and it's leather red
enuff descriptions / i love it / she said = $40.

vintage leather gloves off white + vintage wool hat  $30

leather red bag the lady knows what she wants and she wants it now $30

leather boots to match his leather jacket - no problemo $45

vintage one of a kind leather coach small bag  $50

the smile says it all. happy face happy feet   $30

stylebubble.co.uk visited us and blogged about the visit

ferocious boots / this young lady had the cutest English accent

 and she really made a conscious effort to buy these boots because she just love them = $60

just found out that she is Susanna Lau, a 26-year old fashion blogger from London, the creator behind ( style bubble  ).  She was given front row seat star treatment at  Gucci’s benefit show in New York. in this picture she is modeling the boots in her blog. work it girl!!

below is her blog article about the visit 

I had a spent a good chunk of time at this stal, Nenenn 155.  They sell a really good selection of vintage shoes and bags and I devoted quite a bit of time to trying on these Michael Kors shearling camel leather boots that were going for $80 (I got them down to $60...) because they had some kind of an internal fleecy sock inside that's supposed to help you get your feet in but actually made things more tricky.  Good thing I did spend some time there as I had a good bit of banter with the owners who kept on insisting "I like you!  You're smart!  I like that".  Yes, I know it's probably the English accent that threw them but I'm such a sucker for the 'smart' compliment.  Jeers of "Hey Leng Lui (pretty girl in Cantonese)" in a Hong Kong street market don't really do it for me.  Call me 'smart' however and I'll be handing over some cash.  Idiotic, yes.  I know it's about to be sweltering and having my legs being encased in a pair of shearling boots isn't exactly on the summer agenda but I thought I'd be smart about the whole boot-buying situation and just pick up these fairly affordable ones to get the ball rolling.  The skies will probably send down some freak heat-wave during winter, won't they?

I also loved that the owners were bloggers too and the photo to the left is actually their Photoshop handiwork that they put on their blog illustrating customers' buys.  So I didn't have to hide my somewhat sneaky/suspicious-looking picture taking... imagine the day when blogging is universally understood and I'll be pondering a similar question to the Google/mobile thing... "What did we do before everyone was down with blogging?"

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the last customer of the day / she came back 3 or 4 times trying the dress

finally her heart gave in and the credit card swiped on = $35

vintage dress / fit her like a black wedding glove = $65

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little red riding hood

 brown leather boots / madly happy / she just threw them in the bag  = $45

large leather bag / slightly bigger and cheaper than her brooklyn studio apartment = $45

pearl necklace & the best shawl ever

believe or not = $40

the secret of the golden leopard / handbag / has been unlocked = $45         

my camera was not working so i ask her to take a picture with her iphone and email it to me, so i may post it.   read her email below.

Caption: " It was my first time at the Brooklyn Flea. There were a lot of cute fines but when I saw this beautiful leather brown bag, I went goo goo gaga for it! I had to have it, by any means necessary :)."

It was lovely meeting you and I hope that you'll have more great fines for me to buy

shoulder bag / leather / loaded with cash or not / certainly it makes him feel better than the rest = 45

from Canada / sweet orange necklace / she wears it well = $20

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i remember crazy eddie / Insane!!

yes brother!! they are yours for $10

you can't beat that not even with a yankees bat

beautiful ethiopian young lady came to us looking something to embrace her feet.

so we suggested these beautiful soft leather Italian beauty and she just smiled her $40 away

straight from a yard ; My Jamaican girl!! looking for the perfect summer wear for her skull. 

so we suggested kangol w/ a zipper on the side and she bawl murda!! $20


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a girl best friend

she bought her friend these black boots for her b'day = $40

brown leather boots for my best friend's b'day = $50

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  vendor layouts for this weekend.

poetic customer

POEM - WITH LOVE!!

I left the house

half styled

lookin' plain

wanted to look a little more wild

walked in on the brothers

giving hugs and getting smothered

with love

saw the hat

put it on...it looked phat

finally a great fit

without time to sit

I noticed the clogs

the colors matched my jacket and hoodie

ooooooooohhhh goodie

I scored

I scored

I left the house 

half styled

I walked in on the brothers

giving hugs and getting smothered

with love!!!



happy with her purchase she sent us this poem: we thank you

Jamy's way

April fashion fools !!

leather belt with killer steel skull buckle - without haggling he quickly grabbed it and paid: $45

Salvatore Ferragamo ankle boots - soft Italian leather 

design especially for the lady on the go go girl go!! = $60

sports bag for the new yorker who knows brooklyn better than the rest = $45

small leather handbag - without hesitation she knew 

it was hers to keep =  $35

for boots sake = $35

mirror mirror

mirror on the wall who's the best of the best. the price is the answer.  vintage mirror / very very heavy and magnificently perfect for this young couple. Kris - in the middle of the bottom picture, is another vendor he sells mainly furniture.  so he suggested to sell this mirror for us.  and he did effortlessly = $125

2gether

vintage army hat & a  round green traveler train suit case = $55 

total handbag totally feminine and the total price = $35

higher than the empire state - soft leather from the ground up / amazing.  " i love it" = $150

the family that shop 2gether stay 2gether. red vintage case  / louis vutton hand bag / stripe weekeend bag = $140