Tomas Maier Opens Doors At Bleecker Street Location

NEW YORK — Monday morning’s downpours didn’t dissuade Tomas Maier from keeping the front door of his new Bleecker Street boutique open. The designer’s all-are-welcome attitude is very much the bedrock of his signature label’s ideology. So it’s fitting that after a two-year search, Maier decided on an 1840s town house at 407 Bleecker Street on the tree-lined block of his choice for his second New York store. The fireplace, exposed brick walls and Borge Mogensen chairs near the store’s entrance furnishings add to the boutique’s warmth and inclusive feel. The boutique’s bird’s-eye view of the little park across the street appealed to the nature-loving designer, who grew up in a town at what he described as “the door to the Black Forest.” “It’s a luxury to see a little greenery,” he said. With locations in Palm Beach, East Hampton and Madison Avenue, the West Village shop marks the designer’s fourth store nationwide, with a fifth due to bow at Bal Harbour Shops in June. As has been the case with each of his stores, Maier strives to embrace the setting as it is, rather than how he might envision his brand to be. “It’s important to adapt to the neighborhood. Even with

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