Located in NYC’s West Village, popbar’s tasty treats do not include any gluten or nasty preservatives you need to worry about. After choosing your favorite flavor of gelato, sorbetto or yogurt, you can have it dipped on white, milk or dark chocolate and coated with nuts, coconut or sprinkles. Enjoy one decked-out or naked, we are dying to try them both ways.

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Jimmy Choo’s third NYC outpost opened this morning in the West Village between Zadig + Voltaire and Marc by Marc Jacobs.   Bedecked with chandeliers, mirrored furniture, and overstuffed seating, the designer shoe brand’s founder Tamara Mellon told Women’s Wear Daily that the shop “evokes the feeling of a Forties boudoir“.  The boutique carries the full range of Choos for women, as well as bags, leather goods, sunglasses, and the Choo 24:7 line, giving downtown fashionistas another place to exercise their credit cards.

· Read about the bitter divorce that the previous building owners went through pre-Choo [Curbed NY]

· Quotes from Tamara Mellon [WWD, subscription req'd]

· Future West Village Jimmy Choo Boutique Has a Scandalous Past [Racked NY]

And that’s why we took to the West Village this morning, following model Anne V. to the international annual One Day Without Shoes Barefoot Walk. Curious press and vehement TOMS supporters alike marched along the Christopher Street Pier, toes to the world, picket signs raised in rally.

And it’s happening all the way across the globe. Even in Norway where there’s still snow on the ground! All over the country from LA to Dallas, to Chicago, to Newark, Delaware, people went on shoe-free walks and stayed barefoot all day long today. How does it raise awareness, you ask? Well, when one walks barefoot in the middle of… anywhere that’s not a beach or a yoga studio, people wonder why. And then it’s our job to tell them about the plight of the shoeless and what TOMS is doing to help.

“The more I talk to people about it, the more I hear the words come out of my mouth, the more I realize how really crazy it is that [lack of shoes] is such a huge problem. People know about TOMS, about One for One, but people don’t really know the inside of the issue, and it’s really great to educate people about it.” – Anne V.

It’s so easy to help a child get a pair of life-changing shoes. Just get yourself a pair! They’re super comfortable, the perfect spring/summer casual shoe. Wear them on adventures, paint them yourself, get a pair that make you smile, because they’re going to make a child smile wider than you can imagine.

We took our shoes off at FashionIndie. Did you?!

An angry shopped recently stated that the amounts of empty store fronts on Bleeker St is due to Marc Jacobs because he is able to pay the $60,000 a month rent.  “It’s because of all the Marc Jacobs and Ralph Laurens. They are killing the Village,” he said. “Ten years ago — mom-and-pop stores gone, restaurants gone, they’re all gone.”

LINKAGE: Villager via Racked