The Original Village Storefront
ORIGINAL STOREFRONT
Storm Ritter Studio
OPENED 2015 | CLOSED 2019
ART & FASHION RETAIL
14 WEST 8TH ST, GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC
The private studio on the second floor gave the artist and staff space for manufacture, painting, and inventory storage. Before the shop was opened, Storm designed textiles and garment patterns in bulk, all manufactured locally. Yards of textiles were digitally printed, based on her paintings and illustrations. Once the location launched, all garments were handmade upstairs with head seamstress, Jenny Lin. The artist continued to design for collection releases on a monthly basis. Painted fashion was another popular product, producing wearable art with original pieces, vintage, and on client's custom orders. Not only providing accessible street style, the studio provided pieces for stylists, stagewear, wardrobe departments, and theatrical costumes.
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he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
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After Storm Ritter's 2022 solo exhibition, "Cirque of The Cool People" with Gallery 23 NY, the storefront location was transitioned into the Storm Ritter Gallery after the success of the opening reception and reputation from her past business Storm Ritter Studio. This location launched her resurgence in brick-and-mortar retail. While a different aesthetic than her last business, the location elevated her ability to be lead in business management and art production simultaneously. In her artist talks and panels, this concept was a driving force in her message to clientele and guests.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
he gallery exhibition curation extended throughout three rooms, including fine art paintings, originals on paper and a curated gift shop.
Before the opening of the storefront, the artist worked from her West Village home studio designing original textiles. All designs began as illustrations and paintings, evolving into large scale patterns. Fabric was digitally printed in large yardage in cotton, jersey, satin and linen blends. The textile patterns included classic t-shirts, blouses, halter tops, tank tops, bralettes, tube tops, dresses, bodysuits, skirts, pants, shorts, headbands, aprons, bags, hats and pet clothes. Unisex apparel was created for adults and children all in the production studio upstairs at Storm Ritter Studio with the prolific seamstress, Jenny Lin. Thousands of pieces were individually manufactured and exclusively sold in store. Vintage apparel was curated and altered with the original textiles as well.
PHOTO ARCHIVE
View the 2015 to 2018 photo galleries of images by season at Storm Ritter Studio. All inventory, events, and day-to-day images are included in the archive.
2019-2020, the artist had plans to move the store to the Lower East Side but due to the pandemic, the business was operated from her West Village home studio. Sales were moved online with a focus on custom orders and fine art until 2022 with the opening of the Storm Ritter Galleries in Meatpacking, NYC.
