thank you...everyone could use more ginny's in life

Dear Rita. I know you have to blow Marc Jacobs at every opportunity, given all the swag he undoubtedly sends your way, but is there really a need to take such a cheap and baseless shot at Jason Croy, owner of the salon you're sooo happy to see go? You obviously never set foot in the place before you sent an assistant to the MJ opening party to score a goody bag, the contents of which you had her sell for you on e-Bay, but Rashida Jones used to drop by Jason Croy and I haven't seen her sporting a HRC 'do lately.
Speaking of bad hair (and honestly, aren't references to Hillary's as tired as a Stella bag by now?), you might want to think about updating your head shot. That whole chemical-weaponed-blond-with-the-black-eyebrows look died with Madonna's Sex book.

I love reading your blog posts, but this one does seem particularly mean spirited and misguided. I lived on 10th street for eight years and am struck by the contradictions: the people ginny documents in her blog are exactly the people being pushed out by companies like LVMH. Would that man seem as quaint reading in his chair in front of the Intermix store once that vintage bookstore can no longer afford the rent? For me, that feels more than a little bit wrong.

I have to agree here...I thought the tone of that entry was a bit snooty and mean-spirited. I am sure the Marc Jacobs store is fun and the salespeople fashionable and friendly, but it isn't necessary to make the salon that left sound like a tired old place where ladies go for their blow-dried bouffants. That was someone's business, where they put their heart and soul, and to dismiss it without thought--and with malice--is not kind.

while I feel Rita should have been more sensitive about ousting a neighboorhood shop I felt totallyflocked's comments where quite below the belt. The other two users stated how they felt about the post in a far more kind manner while still stating their opinion. Anyway, I think Ginny's blog is fantastic Marc Jacobs provided or not.

How do Marc Jacobs clothing and hairdos and a salesgirl name Ginny (who seems like a twit) have any relation to Domino's subject matter: home decor?

Domino is more of a lifestyle magazine (hello backpage "10 things I love") than strictly home decor. But I guess your going around being too much of a snot to notice.

As classy an answer as the original post.

Go Ginny - SCAD misses you. RSG

WOW! I am afraid that i did go into the hairdressers and i left with a bad hairdo, that is how i know. however, i did not know that he went out of business and if that is true i am very sorry. I have never been sent any swag by Marc Jacobs and neither my assistant nor i went to his opening or scored a goody bag.
I love Ginny's blog, and i think that it is relevant to Domino, it is about lifestyle, Domino is a lifestyle magazine for the young and aesthetic of which she is one regardless of who she works for.

According to Domino's website:

"Domino was created to help busy, style-conscious people (like you) FURNISH YOUR HOMES in a comfortable, personal way."

Nowhere is mentioned the word "lifestyles."

This is the kind of thing that makes me so angry. I own a very small home furnishings store in Seattle, and if I thought anyone would say such a thing about my shop I would be mortified. That business belonged to someone, was someones dream, had clients, and employed people. Clearly they weren't the kind of people you wanted in the neighborhood (why??), however you should be ashamed of yourself for being so mean. I hope that you realize that you also work for a business, one that depends on people supporting your product and your philosophy to sustain your job. As a loyal subscriber to your magazine, I am very sad to see this attitude being flaunted as "cool". Who, exactly, do you think you are? And how sad that yet another small business has closed to make way for a chain store. Please explain to all of us how this is a good thing?

Rita, I'm not sure I understand you. I'm not young (at least not as young as Ginny) and neither are many of the people featured in the pages of Domino. Are you saying the magazine isn't for me? Mutton wallpapering as lamb?

You can read more of what people have to say about Rita's post at decorno.blogspot.com

Who cares if the hairdresser was good or not (and can you really judge based on one person getting one bad haircut)? What does that have to do with the quality of neighborhood life? I can't afford much in Marc Jacobs, and despite Ginny and "childlike wonder" (see her blog), I don't see how some synthetic "pixie" and friends make a neighborhood livable. Ginny looks like she went to the Loveable Eccentric store on her lunch hour and in 20 minutes bought out the "Childlike Wonder" dept. It's like the Epcot Center's "twentysomething" pavilion.

Is this the type of attitude behind Domino? And I'm confused... hasn't Domino regularly featured/promoted independent shops in cities all over the country? But maybe Domino only supports shops they deem cool enough.

I agree with bppi, binxie, et al... I meet the "busy" and "style conscious" profile, but it's beginning to sound like maybe I'm now in the wrong demographic for Domino (I'm out of my 20s and not "young"). I'm not into cliques and I certainly don't take a "mean girls" or a pretentious approach to life, culture, and society (and decorating) -- even when it may only be a failed attempt at being clever, hip, and fresh and especially when it affects other people's livelihood and well-being. Are Ginny, Marc, and LVMH *that* charming to justify this degree of insensitivity? Maybe renewing my subscription was a bad idea...

I have got it wildly wrong, for which i am very sorry. A glib and flippant remark has taken center stage in a post that was not supposed to be about either Marc Jacobs or the small hairdressing salon that was there before. It has been incredibly foolish and short sited of me.
My intention was to shine a light on a young girl and her blog that I found to be charming and charismatic. Sadly I managed to cast a rather nasty shadow over it, for which I feel quite devastated. I am not for a minute a champion of small businesses being pushed out by greedy landlords for larger corporations to take their place. I was brought up in a shop where my mother had to fight similar landlords.
I am a huge supporter of small businesses, they have been, the almost exclusive, focus of my articles since I have been a writer.
I am really incredibly sorry for the offense caused and hope that it is possible for the level of upset i have caused to calm a little.

You are so TOTALLY clueless. If you knew anything at all about the Jason Croy salon you could not have posted such a gratuitously mean comment.

The reason the salon closed is because Jason Croy died in January 2006 (of lung cancer that spread to his brain). Jason was a kind and very talented man. Those of us who were his friends and clients miss him a great deal.

Yes we (especially those of us who have lived in the neighborhood for decades) are all appalled at MJs takeover of that wonderful space, but nothing will bring Jason back. Many friends would stop by just to say hello or chat over a cup of tea if we had the time. That's gone too.

Back at you, Rita...I am the President of the local block association....yes, the folks who managed to keep the Village what it is today when lots of folks wanted to make it like the upper East Side. Your remarks offend on many levels, but mostly it's about your ignorance. Since you seem to want to be here, it might be a good idea for you to figure out why. A gift for stringing words together does not a writer make. Jason was a good guy who did a thriving business for years and you could do with some research into local history.

what an appalling posting. for years Jason Croy's salon was a literally shining beacon in the West Village. who didn't pass the salon at night and smile at the little jewel box filled with flowers? and he kept that beacon burning brightly while the neighborhood slept off the memories of all the victims of HIV/AIDS who passed on and left the area a sad ghost town. rita demonstrates a regrettable indifference to recent history and jason's importance to the area. his salon is one of the very reasons robert and marc decided to open their men's collection store two blocks away in the first place because it proved a beautiful little store in the west village was commercially viable. as witnesses and participants of that same era as jason, i'm quite sure they would agree that his passing is very sad. in a way, i would like to think that mj's presence in that space continues jason's spirit of happiness and contribution.

Well said villager.

Dear AJMichel, you are totally right, i used to pass his salon and love the flowers and the people who worked there were lovely. This post is one that i regret, as i have said in my comment about three comments above yours. but i am not sure you have read it. yours, rita konig

boooo with you, rita. and ginny's blog? just as lame.

I came across this posting by accident and have no idea who this girl thinks she is..I do however know who Jason Croy is and can tell by her description of his work that she hasn't a clue of the style and dedication he contributed daily to the West Village. By the looks of it, she's another lame wanna be who is 10 years to late on what's now, and has just discovered W. 4th and Bank, like so many other "tell me what to buy" victims. Why do you feel the need to ridicule a dead man? One thing I know for sure, he wouldn't have Domino Magazine in his salon, whether Hillary Clinton was there for a trim or not!

Of course i had no idea that poor Jason Croy died, and while this might inspire more comments insulting me for my brainlessness, you really don't need to - I know. If I came across this post and the tables were turned, i would feel the same way. But i also hope that if i had read this i would take a moment to see if the person who wrote it had bothered to respond and that my temper might have calmed recognising sincere remorse. Truly, i regret what i wrote and am ashamed of course, it was mean and that is the part that i feel most shamed by as i am not a mean person ordinarily. Please can we draw a line under this. If anyone still feels that they want to comment further, how about a suggestion about what i can do to put this right. There is enough anger around, may i ask for a little forgiveness.

What a nasty little twit you are. Shallow and pretentious. What other garbage do you wax on about of which you know nothing? Taking pot shots at people you know nothing about or of is cheap. Jason was a beautiful man who lived a beautiful life and gainfully employed a talented staff. Shame on you! Shame on the magazine that employs you for condoning this bit of nastiness.

I love Ginny!!! I used to work at Marc Jacobs designing the stores and actually there is a lot to be gathered from those spaces. They are designed more as living rooms/salons than they are 'shops'. See the Marc Jacobs Collection- Los Angeles stores....awesome!!! I'm new to this site but I'm really into it. Domino Mag is pretty dope, oh has anyone gotten information on the decophile.com launch? There was a little blurb about it in domino's Sharon Simonaire article. I went to the site seems interesting..