Barking Brown

They don’t give you your cash back if you try to return the merchandise. If you can’t respect your customers enough to do this, you shouldn’t be open.
Negative start if I could.

I absolutely love this place. My mom told me about it. The clothing is very unique and you can guarantee that when you come in here, when you buy something you won’t find anyone else with it. For the price you pay, you can expect quality! My favorite new store. #SupportLocalBuisnesses.

This boutique is a neighborhood gem. I have been in love with this store since the tender age of 13. There truly is no other boutique in the neighborhood like Barking Brown. Sometimes I have to talk myself into not going in because if I do then that means trouble for my wallet. Great quality clothing, accessories and shoes! I brought a pair of brown leather boots from Barking Brown in 2011 and wore them faithfully and when I say faithfully I mean these were my favorite go-​to boots until 2014!

I visited Barking Brown with a friend when they had mark-​downs at 30%-70% and scored a really unique pair of earmuffs and an equally unique necklace for a around $ 60 while my friend found a couple pairs of earrings she liked well enough. I tried on a size «small» teal jacket that was marked down very steeply, but it was not true to size in any way. I could have wrapped it around me 1.5 times. It was more like a medium-​large.
While I like many of the pieces, and while the sales girl was helpful – sort of – she came across as unfriendly, cold and disinterested so I wouldn’t go out of my way to return.

This store has cute accessories and hats. The clothes are for single digit size girls. I felt like the sales girl felt I shouldn’t be there because I wasn’t a size 0. I remember buying a really cool hat in there a couple of years ago so thats why I went back. I found a pretty pair if earrings. It seem like the store changed from when I shopped there the first time. Probably wont becoming there again unless Im passing through the area.

This store was cute. They have a large selection of clothing which is great if your a size 0 – 2. They also have a large selection of hats and if your into hats you’ll probably be impressed. I’m not so I wasn’t …

I really like the stuff they have in this store. It has a great vibe and the employees are relatively friendly. I had to give it one star because the last TWO things I’ve gotten from there were defective, including a dress I bought last night, realized it was torn when I took it out of the bag at home, and returned today. The shittiest part of the whole thing is that I bought the dress for my birthday party tomorrow night, they didn’t have another one in my size and they wouldn’t give me a refund, only store credit, essentially occupying the funds I had available to buy a birthday dress. With no other dresses for me to choose from really, I was forced to walk out the door with a $ 100 store credit, which I will use and then never return to the store again.

Very fun boutique. I don’t trust the shoes but the shirts, skirts, hats, bags, and jewelry are all awesome.
Funky, forward-​thinking style. Ahead of the trends. What you see in Barking Brown you will soon be seeing everywhere. And cheap compared to other places.

Yes, the prices are a little high, but I have almost always been able to wait out an item until it goes on sale. In fact, a wealth of their merchandise is often on sale, though not necessarily advertised in the window. I have purchase two shirts from here, jewelry for myself and as gifts (they had a buy one get one free special!), and a hat that is just incredibly unique, well made, and it gets a lot of compliments. I pretty much love it.
I find the staff here absolutely wonderful! They have never hung around me in an uncomfortable way at all, and in fact, they are incredibly nice people. I had a lengthy conversation with a woman who is always there and she was lovely. The next time I went in, I brought my mom, who was looking for a shawl, and the clerk told her «we were like friends.» And I got a discount on that rad hat.
I wish I could afford everything here, which I definitely don’t even come close to, but I still dig the place. It’s all about the sales.

This is my favorite place to shop in the area for a new top, cheap but fabulous boots and/​or super cute jewelry.
I usually have good luck finding a cute top here. The prices seem right maybe a tiny bit on the higher side but usually the style, fabric, or cuts are really unique and so it’s worth it to me. I ALWAYS get compliments on every top I have ever bought here.
The same for the jewelry– really funky and unique pieces and without fail when I step out in my Barking Brown bling i always get asked about where I got my cool earrings, bracelets, or rings!
Hats, gloves, scarves are all fabulous too.
The staff are definitely professional sales people but I like it when they take care of you at a boutique trying to help you find that perfect score even if there is a little pressure.

I’ve bought several good presents here (bracelets, necklaces) for my GF and others. They have a decent variety of clothes and jewelry, and after spending a little time I’ve found ‘just the right thing’ for the occasion.

I love browsing here but some of the items are too pricey!
The clothes are pretty hip and i have purchased some great pieces here, but not for everyday shopping.

I also agree the quality and price don’t match with me but you can really find some cute accessories in the store. I’ve bought this adorable brooch for my mom there and she loved it. good store to just browse around.

The quality of the products there don’t match the exorbitant prices. I sometimes get some sale items– gloves for instance– but for me this is most definitely just a browsing store. I’ve paid the same amount of money for real quality items somewhere else.
The quality of the items suggests something from Chinatown. This whole store seems to just be Chinatown consolidated, with a steep finder’s fee, of course.

Barking Brown is two blocks away from my apartment, and I only just had a chance to browse last weekend. So how psyched was I to see that they stock one of my favorite independent NY jewelry ladies, Erica Weiner? That fact alone will keep me coming back! Everyone in the shop was super friendly and I was wowed by the selection of pretty reasonably priced bags and really cute winter accessories.

Cuuuute store. Nice stuff. I’ve gone in there about 20 times to browse and never buy anything because their prices are a bit over the top. But the owners are use to it and know that I’m never going to buy anything whenever I step through the door: smile: However, I DO understand that they’re supporting local independent artists/​designers who have to make a living too, so the prices make sense, can’t argue with that…

Very over-​priced and highly unoriginal couture. The fashion is bland hipster (think 16 year old goes to the mall to get cool) and the prices are outrageous. Also the clerks have a tendency to hover over you the entire time you’re in this small space, telling you about the products and asking if you need anything no matter how many times you say you just want to look around.

COMPLETELY REWRITTEN AS OF 5÷25÷08:
OK, so I finally bit the bullet and shopped at Barking Brown.
I like the idea of an independently owned accessories-​oriented boutique right in the neighborhood. Yes, it’s true, everything is mega-​trendy. Straw trilbies, aviator sunglasses, canvas totebags with Engrish or nonsensical french phrases on them. However, the prices are extremely reasonable. I’m willing to spend $ 20 on cute summery accessories that will update my somewhat boring wardrobe, whereas the same sort of thing will seem way too expensive at $ 50 somewhere else.
I get to feel good about supporting a local small business which is neither evil nor poseurish (I’m talkin’ to you, Urban…), and which is also affordable. I also get a great new pair of sunglasses (or bag, or mittens, or hat, or whatever). You really can’t beat that.

This place opened a few months ago and is still a hidden secret. The store is filled with purses, hats, scarves, shirts… perfect for holiday shopping. My mother and I went in looking for nothing in particular and came out with great gifts for others and ourselves.
I bought this beautiful patten leather navy blue purse. But it was hard to choose between that one and at least 3 others. The wonderful ladies who run the store helped me narrow my selection, at least down to two.
There were all different types of hats; fedoras, beanies, paperboy… all very stylish. I did not see one duplicate. Which is something i love! I hate going into a store and worrying about whether or not someone else might buy the same thing (and God forbid, wear it on the same day as me). Thankfully, this store is full of unique items.
The cutest things were animal beanies for kids, yet big enough for an adult (with a small head). They had the cutest hat with elephant ears. Loved it!
Please check this place out. Its fabulous.