PAPER magazine / Sophia Eugene

Here's another review I wrote for PAPER magazine in September 2006. Sophia Eugene is a boutique in the West Village.

Sophia Eugene
If you saw the recent photos of Paris Hilton's arrest where she's wearing a red belt over a white top, then you are already familiar with Sophia Eugene. The label is the brainchild of Christopher Crawford, who wanted to create a new line of clothing appealing to a slightly younger and cooler gal. A chance meeting in the street led to an iced tea with co-founder and designer LaShunda Hamner: The end result is this little jewel-box of a store in the West Village, which stocks mod-inspired clothing in a mostly neutral palette. I fell in love with the Celine dress in gold-painted lamé with bluebell-shaped sleeves ($298) and the Stella jacket, a cross between a bolero jacket and short cape, in a cream teddy-bear fur ($398). Also worth mentioning is the Sienna dress, a '60s space-age number in a crinkled almost-looks-like-snakeskin gold ($298). If you look closely enough, you will also find cameo rings and other costume jewelry treasures hanging on the wall, as well as That Belt ($77) in white, gold and assorted prints.