Not only did Zoot run very cool ads in downtown publications, this vintage rags emporium had two locations: 1980s cool-kid hot spot Broadway at Astor Place as well as future hipster land Kent Avenue in Williamsburg.
This ad ran in the May 1985 issue of the East Village Eye—with Susan Seidelman of Desperately Seeking Susan and Smithereens fame on the cover!
Tags: 1980s East Village, Astor Place 1980s, East Village Eye, Kent Avenue Williamsburg, New York in the 1980s, Susan Seidelman, vintage 1980s ads, Zoot vintage clothes
Ephemeral New York 
May 23, 2011 at 12:15 pm |
I used to get my old bowling shirts there for a quarter each! That place kept clothes on my back for cheap!
May 25, 2011 at 12:23 am |
I miss the era when “vintage” meant window pane blazers, pleated trousers and bowling shirts, and not doubleknit safari jackets and Nik Nik disco shirts.
October 6, 2019 at 3:50 am |
When did Zoot disappear? I still have the store’s pin that a friend gave me (Zoot on a green background). I remember in junior high that all the older girls shopped there, or at Unique or the Antique Boutique.