As the official Hamptons season comes to a close, Montauk’s favorite beachfront restaurant, Navy Beach, is celebrating the end of summer with a beach installation by Devorado Designer Vintage & Shandi Levy. The innovative beach pop-up shop will feature designer vintage clothing and accessories and vintage inspired jewelry on Saturday September 1st and Sunday, September 2nd from 3 – 7 p.m. In addition, there will be live music as well as an appearance by special guest DJ Jason during the pop-up. Photographer Cara Bloch will be on hand shooting photos and video of the festivities. Navy Beach will offer their signature lunch and dinner menus featuring local and fresh casual coastal cuisine throughout the weekend.
About Devorado Designer Vintage
Devorado Designer Vintage, owned by Carmen Ruiz-Davila, is an edited collection of designer vintage clothing located in the East Village, NYC. Devorado's Carmen searches the globe to bring her clients extraordinary pieces that are modern, collectible, and stunningly beautiful. Designers featured include Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Geoffrey Beene, Balenciaga, Chanel, Courreges, Pierre Cardin, Gianni Versace, Gucci, Halston, Valentino, Ungaro, Givenchy, Paco Rabanne, and Pucci. The Devorado designer vintage boutique is located at 436 East 9th Street between Avenue A & 1st Avenue, and is open 7 days a week from 12-8pm. Customers can also shop online at www.DevoradonNYC.com or on 1STDibs.
About Shandi Levy & Shantilly
Shandi Levy will showcase her fine jewelry collection consisting of organic, handcrafted 14k and 18k gold designs, which are personalized with letters, words, or phrases, and embellished with diamonds or precious stones. Shantilly, her vintage-inspired line, is a beautiful body of work featuring a variety of designs such as earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and doggy bow ties, and is most widely recognized for it's woven scarf wraps. These versatile wraps may be twisted and tied to be worn as headbands, bracelets, belts, necklaces, or adornments for your handbag—making it a traveler’s suitcase staple! Visit www.shandilevy.com and www.shantillyjewels.com for more information.
About Photographer Cara Bloch
Tall as a Viking and with a sense of humor to match Chelsea Handler's, NYC photographer and International Center of Photography graduate Cara Bloch's images of rock stars have appeared in many of the most important music and culture magazines including NME, Spin, Rolling Stone, Vibe, Blender, The Fader, Adbusters, Q, and others. She has done work for many industry corporations and organizations including MTV, Universal Music, Island Def Jam, Interscope, Sony, and Rock the Vote. Apart from her commercial work, Cara has been hard at work on her first monogram, set to be published in 2013. Her "Tailgating" series documents American Culture and how people interact in public open spaces, all acting in their most natural and loose way before her lens capturing fanatical behavior. The series has been recognized by American Photography and her work has been shown in galleries galore. www.carabloch.com
Navy Beach will be serving lunch & dinner throughout the holiday weekend, and reservations are recommended. The restaurant's Fall schedule kicks in in September and is as follows:
September 3-9: Dinner 7 Days & Weekend Lunch
September 10 - October 7: Dinner Thursday - Sunday & Weekend Lunch
As Navy Beach is a very popular rehersal dinner and wedding location, be sure to call ahead or check their online calendar to see when they are closed for private events in Septemer & October. The restaurant closes for the season after Sunday, October 7.
