Oliver Spencer Store NY,NY

Our Fall/Winter Oliver Spencer shipment has arrived in Ballard just in time for the big announcement. Our pal and bestselling designer Oliver Spencer has just opened his New York store in partnership with the owners of Odin. Congratulations Oli!


Oliver Spencer "Hoody" $492
100% pure new wool, hand knit by little ladies in Ireland
2-way zipper and wood toggle closures


Stolen from This Heart's On Fire:

"Super hot British designer Oliver Spencer is opening his first retail location with the aid of Eddie Chai & Paul Birardi, owners of New York hot spot Odin.
Checkout the piece about it online at Apparel Resources.

Currently, the designer to the stars (Paul McCartney, Liam Gallagher, Daniel Day Lewis, The Bravery, and Paul Weller, to name a few) is only sold in others stores in the UK, the US, and Japan. This will be his first foray into the retail trade, with plans to open this month in the West Village. The exact address is not yet known.

Future plans include opening another retail shop in Japan in the near future.

This one seems like a win/win, given the success of Odin and popularity of the Oliver Spencer line. More info to come as it's released."




Stolen from GQ's Men.Style.com:

"September 18, 2006—With his bespoke label Favourbrook and eponymous men's line, Oliver Spencer has been dressing British gents and their admirers for over a decade. This week Spencer opens his first U.S. store, in New York's West Village, and he thinks he may have a few sartorial lessons for his colonial cousins.

Why bother with a U.S. store?
The idea was to build it around my personal taste, which is pretty English and eclectic. And I wanted to help teach Americans how to be a little more adventurous when they dress.

Really, how's that?
I want them to understand that they don't have to shop at one place and that they can mix up labels. I don't get how people like Brad Pitt dress. To me he looks like he wears one label up and down. It's all too obvious.

Well, that's Brad Pitt. Lots of other American men take risks.
Definitely. Mos Def usually looks pretty sharp, and Johnny Depp always looks interesting. And though I don't personally like the way he dresses, Andre 3000 puts it together well in a Ralph Lauren kind of way.

So are British men just more stylish than Americans?
Very simply put: American style is cleaner. Americans like their clothes to be more utilitarian. English men have that dandy streak going through them and they love to show off to their mates or their girlfriends or wives.

Your clothes have been compared to Paul Smith's. Do you consider him a competitor?
I'm somewhere between Paul Smith and A.P.C. But I look at the competition as complementary, because I don't expect someone to go out dressed head to foot in Oliver Spencer. I see them in a pair of Rag & Bone jeans, a Steve Alan shirt, and one of my jackets.

Your new store is across the street from Mario Batali's gastro-pub, the Spotted Pig. Was that intentional?
Absolutely. I don't think I would have been so keen to open the store if it were across from some bookstore.

Oliver Spencer, 750 Greenwich St., NYC.

— Greg Williams"