Edited by Kirby Marzec on
If you’re a West Village native, you probably noticed that the infamous Bleecker Street shop, Aphrodisia Herbs, closed it’s doors recently. But could the demise of Aphrodisia and other Bleecker Street shops be due to Marc Jacobs? Here’s what a fellow West Village shop owner had to say:
“When Marc Jacobs started his domination of Bleecker St, I managed to hold on to my shop for a few years until it had changed so much that I no longer had the same traffic or clientele. The clientele also had different expectations—no longer seeking the West Village for a funky, unique retail experience but instead the latest designer fix.”
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Dior, Not War.