Laurel Canyon Vintage was a clothing store dedicated to the music, spirit, and style of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The unisex shop celebrated the sense of community and connection that existed briefly in the Los Angeles community that still bears its name. Located at 63 Thompson Street in New York’s Soho, my dear friend Elisa Casas had operated a vintage clothing store called Chelsea Girl at that address for many years. When she moved to another space around the corner, she generously gave me the change to conceptualize and execute Laurel Canyon; or, to put it in the words of writer Cintra Wilson in a 2009 New York Times Critical Shopper piece on the store, “Mr. Munk went on an ecstatic design bender.” Guilty as charged. “Such a cozy room, the windows are illuminated by the sunshine through them, fiery gems for you, only for you…” From the start, I knew exactly what I wanted to do because I had been dreaming of a boutique of this sort for years and there was nothing like it in New York. We specialized in cowboy boots, denim, vintage belts, dresses, blouses, and period furnishings. I was lucky to find an able side-kick in musician […]
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