February 19, 2008

Lab Report

U.D. Style Lab

Your friends always gank your style. Which is why you’ve taken to wearing leather chaps. (I’ll show you, Copy Catherine.)

An easier way to throw her off your trail: the Upper East Side’s latest addition, U.D. Style Lab. The new boutique is full of unique clothes, handbags, jewelry, hats, perfume, CDs, and housewares.

Start with the impressive roster of denim: Robin’s Jean, Maison Bibliotheque (packaged in leather books), and MEK. Racks of clothes include high-end lines like Oramomi organic dresses, Rebel Spirit jackets, and local designer Anthony Vega’s T-shirts.

Check out exclusive jewelry collections — like Amsterdam import Buddha to Buddha and rifle necklaces by Cubannie Links — and quirky lifestyle goods like dollar bill toilet paper, heart-shaped flasks, and pinkie-size art deco chairs.

Browse the merch then discover a new artist playing at the music station.

Just tell your unoriginal friends you’re listening to John Mayer.

U.D. Style Lab, 5580 NE 4th Court (305-756-1010 or udstylelab.com).