Shopping in West New York

Clique Gallery's selection includes traditional paintings and sculptures along with challenging contemporary pieces. The considerable taste of artist and jewelry designer Yael VanGruber fuels the studio, where she curates accessories and artwork that complement one another. Guests can peruse the collection, which includes Italian glass jewelry, pearls, scarves, designer bags, clothing, and shoes. She also collects healing stones, which she incorporates into her own pieces. She believes that the feel-good energies that radiate from these rocks can help their wearers feel more balanced and happy.

Before the archivists of Art & Framing Gallery begin a project, they slip on pairs of cotton gloves. By sheathing their hands, they guard against fingerprints and finger-paints. Their dedication to museum-quality workmanship shines through each project, whether it's a same-day framing job or a standard three- to seven-day order.

In Art & Framing Gallery's showrooms, walls display more than 3,000 frame samples and acre upon acre of mats. Ready-made framed mirrors and artwork also share this space, which connects to in-house workshops. Here, craftsmen cut custom glass and piece together each project. They skillfully preserve artwork and portraits and excel with projects that require special care. They encase delicate antiques in UV-protective glass and display sports jerseys in cases that ward off wrinkling and grass stains.

With a duo of licensed mechanics within the folds of its premises, Victor's Bike Repair tends to the weary rides of cyclists. Tune-up services lend themselves to the upkeep of aching bicycles, as mechanics adjust brakes, true wheels, and braid handlebar ribbons. Additionally, the repair shop boasts an ability to repair any brand, make, and model of bicycle.

Silky's Brooklyn’s team of skilled screenprinters bedeck T-shirts, posters, and canvases with custom-inked designs that reflect each member’s avant-garde sensibilities. Wielding plastisol and water-based inks, artists adorn otherwise humdrum garments with up to six spot colors. Silky's artists can also adorn surfaces with specialty hues including fluorescent and metallic shade, and offer Pantone and sample color matching to ensure that no customer leaves without the ability to blend in with their chartreuse kitchen counters.

Leon Kalmus opened up shop in 1949 to outfit near- and farsighted customers with hand-fitted specs, which optometrist Myron Singer has been helping patients choose since 1963. The boutique corrects vision with contact lenses, prescription mascot costume heads, and designer frames by Ray-Ban, Prada, and Tom Ford.

Lori Solomon bought Veronique Maternity from the French boutique apparel chain Veronique Delachaux, Americanizing the store's aesthetic while maintaining its original European flare and eye for quality. Lori hand-selects apparel from designers in Milan and Paris, as well as stocking high-end stateside apparel from familiar boutique brands such as J Brand and Splendid. In 2003, New York magazine deemed Veronique the Best Maternity Clothes in New York City, crowing Lori as “a world-class expert on maternity fashion.” Pregnant stylish ladies peruse the boutique's fresh tees, flattering dresses, couture denim, and tops that that snuggle up comfortably to ever-changing bodies, sparing mamas-to-be the stress of cutting belly-accommodating holes in all their unitards. The body-conscious, muumuu-free styles have garnered celebrity fans, including Catherine Zeta-Jones and Jessica Seinfeld.:m]]