GEORGINE - Debuted Her Fall/Winter 2012 Collection at 7Eleven Gallery on Feb. 12th

Head designer Georgine Ratelband of GEORGINE debuted her Fall/Winter 2012 collection as part of New York Fashion Week on Sunday, February 12 at 7Eleven Gallery in Chelsea. It is an impressive collection (photos below) and I can see why Georgine's designs hang alongside those of Jason Wu.

The evening kicked off with a performance from DJ Mia Moretti and Caitlin Moe (who opened for Janet Jackson at The Louvre and played at Chelsea Clinton's wedding) and complimentary Brooklyn Brewery beer and cocktails by One Stop Beer Shop were served all night.





About Georgine:
Head designer Georgine Ratelband of Georgine graduated from Istituto Europeo di Design this past June, just after her thesis collection was bought by the prestigious boutique SIEN in Antwerp, Belgium. Her designs now hang next to those of Proenza Schouler, Jason Wu, and The Row. Georgine is dedicated to the synthesis of culture, travel, and femininity. She divides her life between America, Europe and Asia, always spending the majority of each year in Bangkok to personally oversee and collaborate on the production of her clothing. The electricity of New York, sensuality of Paris, and chaotic passion of Bangkok fuse together in every one of Georgine's collections, thanks to the inspiration that the designer draws from such an eclectic synthesis of culture. Georgine's intentions are simple: to create perfectly executed clothing that every woman can feel great about wearing.





























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One Stop Beer Shop - A New "Beer Mixology" Bar Opens in East Williamsburg

On Dec. 28th, One Stop Beer Shop opened in East Williamsburg. This new bar has over 100 diverse beers, 16 taps and specialty beer mixology cocktails. The tap selection currently includes beers from Van Steenberge (Belgium), Brooklyn Brewery (New York), Sly Fox (Pennsylvania) and Dogfish Head (Delaware) along with the non-alcoholic Kombucha Brooklyn (a fermented tea beverage) and the selection will change from season to season. For anyone who lives in the area, the bar also offers 64 oz. growlers to-go and is planning on offering delivery service later this year.







While the beer selection is great (and there was a food menu that I didn’t pay a lot of attention to…though the Cajun-spiced popcorn on the bar was frighteningly addictive), the real attraction at One Stop Beer Shop is the beer mixology cocktails. The concept behind beer mixology is to creatively do more with beer, using a variety of beer blends and quality spirits. For opening night, there were four cocktails being served and all of the drinks were patiently hand-made (as opposed to the recently sprung-up trend of “cocktails on tap”).

I tried three of the four cocktails and the “Orange You Glad?” cocktail was the highlight. This drink consisted of: The Original Moonshine whiskey, orange juice, agave, muddled orange and lemon which is then topped with Brooklyn Winter Ale. “Sinfully Original” was a close second and this drink is made with Original Sin Cider over tea infused Tito’s Vodka. The bloody mary tasting “MiShinelada”, which is made with The Original Moonshine whiskey, tomato juice, lime juice, Sriracha sauce, Chipotle Tabasco and topped off with Brooklyn Lager was a bit too esoteric for my taste and I never got around to the whiskey, mint and blueberry flavored “Clandestine Moon” .

One Stop Beer Shop is located in a pre-war storefront and the interior is beautiful with a lot of wide open spaces (though it was standing room only on opening night but I got to meet some great people). The bar was designed by Tanya Beuyukian who “was inspired by the property’s original 1920’s aesthetic and features an eclectic collection of furniture, floor to ceiling brick walls, and many reclaimed materials within an open bar space.”

One Stop Beer Shop is located at 134 Kingsland Avenue and it is about a 10 minute walk from the Graham Avenue stop on the L. The bar is open Sunday-Wednesday 11am-2am; Thursday-Saturday 11am-3:30am.

Links:
www.onestopbeershopny.com
www.facebook.com/onestopbeershop
http://www.twitter.com/onestopbeershop