"Hear Ye, Hear Ye" ... One of a Kind "too shea-mless" Necklace as well as Vintage Clutches are now officially for sale at Smith an all handmade Boutique right off of Main Street in "downtown" Southampton!


"Owner Alissa Smith can usually be found in her tiny, year-round shop, tooling away at the sewing machine that takes up a good deal of the space. The product that comes off the end of the big Singer is stunning: floaty camisoles and ethereal dresses in vintage silks and other fabrics, embellished with bows, lace and even re-purposed jewelry. They're the kind of pieces you'd find at a high-end boutique, but without the stellar price tags—or the mass production (you'll never see anyone else in your frock of choice). These one-of-a-kind pieces, along with funky jewelry, totes and tees, are all hand-made by Smith and a select group of local designers...."
www.storeadore.com

Add "too shea" to the list!!!

Check it out:

SMITH
28 Nugent Street
Southampton, NY 11968
(631)-283-1510

Social Element Presents the One Foot Out the Door Fashion Show featuring young up and coming designers.

This winter three SE reps will be climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in order to help raise money for our non-profit partner Kid-too-Kid. (visit www.kid-too-kid.org)

Our Designers:

Glock Dead Gorgeous
Krochet Kids
Made on Long Island
Point & Shoot
Too Shea

Come out and support our young designers, kilimanjaro trekkers, Social Element, and Kid-too-Kid.

After Party will be held at East Hampton Point, following the runway show...21+

At the 15th Annual Critics Choice Awards held January 15th, 2010 in Hollywood it appears that VH1 President was spotted wearing his signature "too shea" neck tie as he mingled with a plethora of celebrities on the red carpet. Check him out with Kristen Bell: Life.com

too shea was lucky enough to be included in this years VMA gift bag, with a number of great brands and products! Needless to say we were stoked and honored.

We contributed a gift certificate for a hand printed too shea tie! All the attendees were able to pick one out of four original hand drawn too shea designs, and have them printed on a 100% Silk unisex tie!

Click the link below to see the table of goodies offered, and how you could enter to win one of these gift bags yourself!

(Take notice of our Gift Card at the bottom! )

MTV Video Music Awards Gift Bag

September 17th, 2009
When the final curtain came down at the VH1's Divas Live event and the last lady sang the night was just beginning. There was of course... the "after party".

Tom Calderone, the president of VH1, donned a too shea original neck tie to the post party! His snazzy neck-wear was captured in a shot with Divas host Paula Abdul.

View the photo below courtesy of LIFE.com and Kevin Mazur/Wire Image.

too shea at VH1 Divas: LIFE.com

So new they're not even on the webstore yet, these ltd-edition, hand-printed-in-Sag tees depict MJ in a moonwalking profile, a gravity-defying lean, and a crotch-grabbing pose, wherein Michael roughly cups "James Westfall" and "Dr. Conrad Murray".

Purchase an MJ shirt by emailing shea@toosheadesigns.com; check the rest of her line at toosheadesigns.com

check it out here: Thrillist

December, 2nd 2008
by Pat Rogers

Ever wonder what teenage artists coming up through the ranks are doing? A Sag Harbor clothing store, LABL, a hip shop carrying new lines by several young designers who live on the East End, may provide a window in. A few are still in high school. Others are in their 20s and are trying to make a splash with either edgy clothing or fine art, or both.

But first, you have to find the store. LABL is in Sag Harbor Village but so far off the beaten path that a map seems a necessity. From Main Street, the store is accessible after penetrating the Shopping Cove, where Black Cat Books, Java Nation and a few other shops make their home.

Head down the back stairs and make a left into a small brick courtyard, and there you’ll find LABL. An almost secret entrance from the public parking lot tucked behind Main Street also leads to LABL.

To make a splash (and encourage people to find them), the store holds afternoon pizza and soda parties with music when a new local designer unveils his or her clothing line. Last Saturday, there was an opening for Qendrim Hoti. The Southampton teenager launched a new line under the name Gryle (short for Grimy Style), which includes six t-shirt designs so far. More designs are under development.

Several of Mr. Hoti’s fine art paintings are perched on the clothing racks that hug the store walls. As an artist, he is represented by Chrysalis Gallery in Southampton. As might be expected, Mr. Hoti is happy with the attention his clothing and artwork have been receiving lately. He graduated from Southampton High School last year and decided to devote a year to his art before going to art school.

His artwork depicts urban landscapes marked up with graffiti, and both his art and clothing designs reflect his attraction to rawness and imperfection in the world. His art has been exhibited at the Southampton Artists Association’s Student Art Show and he won an honorable mention for his painting, “Brooklyn Subway,” at the Parrish Art Museum student show.

Mr. Hoti makes his own marker paint to make the colors more vibrant. A native of Kosovo, he moved with his family to Canada when he was 2 years old. The family moved to Southampton in 2003.

Including clothing design as part of his artistic output was a natural move, Mr. Hoti said. While he was attending Southampton High School, kids bought t-shirts he designed through word of mouth. Deciding he was onto something, Mr. Hoti pared down some of his designs so they would visually pop from the clothing and the Gryle line was born. www.gryle.com Most of the designs are silkscreened, but one is “discharged,” which means the graphic is bleached onto the shirt.

Another t-shirt line, Tribute, was founded in a similar fashion. Pierson High School senior Sam Guest starting drawing on clothing with magic markers in sixth grade, about six years ago. Other students starting buying shirts with his handmade designs on them. After a few years, he found a silk screener to re-create his art on clothing. It was then he realized the designs needed to change so they would have more visual punch.

This summer, he developed new designs and Tribute was born. Mr. Guest’s designs are geo-patterned, with graphics inspired by patterns found in nature and the industrial world we ;live in, he said. Tribute, which has ;four designs in the current lineup, had a trunk show at LABL in October to launch the new line and label.

When Tribute hit the shelves at LABL, Mr. Guest joined several other local designers who had already gotten into the game. The first line welcomed by LABL was Edgewood Goodies, color-drenched t-shirts designed by former Bridgehampton High School classmates Jake Patterson and Max Spooner and Jake’s brother, Tripoli Patterson. The design team has at least three designs in LABL.

The trio sold t-shirts in area stores before launching their new venture this summer. www.edgewoodgoodies.com Jake is a painter who had a show of his self-portraits at the Bridgehampton Historical Society last winter. He and Mr. Spooner graduated in June. Trip Patterson is an independent curator who has mounted art shows in the Bridgehampton area for the last several summers.

LABL also carries handmade printed designs by Too Shea Clothing. Created by Shea Keating of Sag Harbor in 2006, the one-of-a-kind designs are printed on shirts and ties. Also a painter, Ms. Keating graduated from the School of Visual Arts and also studied at Parsons School of Design and Rhode Island School of Design. Her clothing designs feature a combination of recognizable objects that have a universal quality, she writes on her website, www.toosheadesigns.com

LABL’s Local section also stocks designs by Dan Bailey of East Quogue and Burgermeister NYC created by Danielle Lebosco of North Haven and New York www.burgermeisternyc.com. Ms. Lebosco is a visual artist and a member of the Arts 4 collective of Sag Harbor. Mr. Bailey is a percussionist who recently released a recording. www.danbaileymusic.com
LABL owner Rob Hess said most of the area designers know his son, David, and have approached the store with their clothing. Not every designer has been accepted, nor is knowing the Hess family a requirement, he explained. Mostly, the designs have to be edgy with styling that could be classified as risky. They have to catch his eye and fit with the urban-streetwear vibe the shop is known for.

Carrying the clothing of local designers is a way to encourage area talent and give the new store a boost in terms of community, Mr. Hess said. Arts 4 staged an art show at the store over the summer. The designers spread the word about the store to their networks and encourage their friends and supporters to attend the trunk shows.

“We want to have a place where ;they feel comfortable—a place of their own,” Mr. Hess said. “We’re notin the business of selling local designers. We sell clothing we believe in.”

For many of the designers, it’s their first taste of the business world. This means talking about markups and appropriate pricing. Most of the t-shirts cost between $30 and $50. The local designers who garner the most success bring a following with them to the store, Mr. Hess said.

“It’s definitely a two-way street,” Mr. Hess said. “It’s good for us to attract kids to the store and they get their designs out there and a little bit of fame. We have a trunk show opening for all of them. It’s fun. It’s a good way to kick off the line.”

LABL is located at 78 Main Street, Suite 11, under Java Nation in Sag Harbor. The store carries Levis, flannel shirts and casual clothing by WeSC, Accomplice, 3 Sixteen, Shades of Greige and others. For information, call 284-3377 or visit www.LABLNY.com.

27 East Article

Issue #16 - July 11, 2008

Fashion Plate

by Tony Vargas

*In the Hamptons we have some of the most talented artists on the globe. It was refreshing to meet some of those who create one-of-a-kind creations and promote how fabulous we are to help us stand out. Bravo to them all!

Mark Finley's 20 years in advertising, working on other company's brands, made its mark on him. His skills as a designer and talent as an artist merged perfectly into something that was long past-due in fashion: The modernification of the jacket, the final frontier in men's wear.

"too shea's" Pink Man v.s. Machine t-shirt - $51.25 Size Large
Chomps Blue"tie - $92 and above
(The white shirt is Dan's - you'll have to fight him for it).
*Available for sale at:
LABL 78 Main Street,
Sag Harbor, NY 11963
(under Java Nation)
And on-line at www.toosheadesigns.com*

Sag Harbor, born and raised, Daniel Graham Crawford is a part time waiter at the Beacon restaurant and a full time party animal. He is the one and only exclusive male model for "too shea," which he aspires to help expand over seas. too shea was created in 2006, by Shea Keating, a Sag Harbor resident. The company's designs are all hand drawn originals, mostly made up of a combination of easily recognized, well-known objects, giving them a universal quality.
The pairing of designs is done with the intent to cross barriers and even relay a bigger, stronger message than what meets the eye.
The printing is also all done by hand- needless to say too shea is a "hands on" company. Each piece is an individual in one-way or another, making every item an exclusive, and one of a kind.

The "Fabulous Hamptons" collection
Mens & Girls Tees $20
Golf shirts $30
(Collection also includes Hoodies, Underwear, Bags and more)
For orders or questions: Danielle Franz . 631.276.6780

William Falkenburg sporting "Fabulous Hamptons" tee-shirts that he designed.

The Fabulous Hamptons can be found at:
Euphoria
2102 Montauk Hwy
Bridgehampton, NY 11932
631.537.3689

LABL
78 Main Street
Sag harbor, NY 11963
631.284.3377

See the article here: Dans Papers