18 Years and Still Connecting...
East and West, Old and New with an eye for the very best
Boutique Al Ponte (literally "bridge") has connected the old and new worlds of East and West for seventeen years. Founded by a Japanese business man and Italian woman of passion and style living in New York, the Boutique reflects a balance of Eastern and Western influence infused with the inimicable New York spirit.
Al Ponte continues to offer style. Luxury that counts. A bridge to better living.
From its earliest beginnings, Al Ponte has provided services in the fashion industry with an operational style of respect and sincere concern for customer satisfaction at every level of engagement.
“Al ponte” literally means “bridge” and part of our effort is to be a bridge between the best of the East and West. And not only between cultural elements, but as expressed in style and quality, to connect and infuse the expertise and wisdom of the old worlds of both regions into the high-paced, global life epitomized by New York life
In a nutshell, what this means to you is that Al Ponte continues to work hard to find and make available to you, some of the best expressions of quality and luxury.
Toward this end, we are developing a small “reading room” online dedicated to fashion notes and insights, helpful hints and unusual perspectives to enrich your day. Fashion and style are more than just handbags, accessories, jewelry and premium clothing of the exceptional quality and design. Fashion and style are expressions of who we are and they impact how we feel and behave. Fashion and style matter in some fascinating ways. For this reason we even venture, at times, into a little "fashion metaphysics."
We work to provide you with insider information about new arrivals, launches and also to pique your curiosity in other ways through Al Ponte’s email updates, alerts and notes. When you subscribe (and you can easily unsubscribe at any time and we will NOT pass along any information to anyone else—your privacy is assured) you will get periodic information when new products arrive in our store, about special sales available only to our subscribers, and occasional alerts offering new fashion, shopping and lifestyle insights, hints and tips. To see some of our existing articles, visit our reading room!
And thank you for taking time to be with us!
Articles
Gratitude is the forgotten factor happiness research.
Italian Luxury Handbags Never Go Out of Style
Podcasts, video & audio files
The Philosophy of Fashion
If you tried to iron out metaphysics of fashion, where would you begin? By nature fashion is ephemeral, transient and frivolous, but is that all? <<
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Photography, fashion and fashion show production
Fashion is so much about image, art and beauty. All intangibles. See how Jodi Jones puts these together through her work as a fashion photographer and now as a fashion show designer. <<
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Blogs & sites
Style.com bringing the latest runway collections to the eWorld.
The Ladies: A weekly newspaper published in London for nine months beginning in 1872, divided its attention between discussions of fashion, the activities of the royal family, women’s suffrage, and domestic economy. A fascinating overview of women, fashion and activism in history.
