Calypso au Marché

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Upscale hippie-chic reigns supreme at the Calypso string of stores. Founder and French native Christiane Celle's love of St. Bart's is brightly reflected in her resplendent silk-beaded skirts and dresses, flowing kurtas, and candy-colored silk camisoles, while the soft leather accessories, shoes, sarongs, and patterned bikinis evoke sultry island vacations. The coveted house line of candles and fragrances�including favorites like Mimosa and Gardenia�are redolent of the tropics, too. Aside from these Calypso classics, each store’s stock varies according to its specialty. The company’s home store, a beautifully-decorated space on Lafayette, is full of silver-plated lanterns from Tunisia, French mohair quilts, Indian printed pillows, and unique smaller items, like horn-embellished keepsake boxes and calf-leather coasters. Sheets and bedding patterned after Calypso's skirts help create a soothing domestic tropicalismo despite the call of the urban jungle. — Jeannette Park

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