Enzs 76 East 7th St — Local services in New York

Today I was walking by and saw some Bernie Dexter on mannequins outside so I decided to pop in and take a look. I spend an embarrassingly large amount of money on Trashy Diva, Stop Staring, Bernie Dexter, Freddie’s of Pinewood, and PUG so I was very excited to find the store. It also happened to be payday and that money was burning a hole in my pocket. Unfortunately, the woman working, the owner, was extremely rude, following me around, repeatedly asking me what I was looking for, etc. She even asked me not to remove the hangers from the rack to look at the dresses, which I wasn’t even doing, and found absolutely absurd. I was being as polite as humanly possible (my southern mother would’ve been proud), I expressed that I was very familiar with the brands, and I was being quite tidy, but she still scolded me for not making sure all the hangers were exactly as I found them. I was also scolded for looking at the mens clothes for some reason. At one point, I was looking at some pants (with the hanger still on the rack) and she came up and practically ripped the hanger from my hands and repositioned it on the rack. I don’t think I’ve ever been treated worse by a sales person, or an owner for that matter. She wouldn’t let me look and practically chased me out of the store, I guess because I had just gotten off work and wasn’t wearing lipstick and my Sunday best. I was there to shop, but it was impromptu so I wasn’t in for anything in particular, and that wasn’t good enough. Completely aside from the service, the selection was very poor; there were very few sizes (one, usually) of most of the items I looked at, particularly the Trashy Diva and Freddies, and somewhat the Bernie Dexter, but there were few of the prints present. She did say there was more Freddies in the back, but she wouldn’t put it out until September. The best stocked brand by far was Stop Staring. I really wanted to love this store. It would have been so nice to not have to wait for my Freddies to ship from the UK. My recommendation is that if you aren’t a fully-fledged member of NYC’s rockabilly scene like the person who left the positive review or aren’t currently pinup-ed from head to toe, you’re better off buying online.

TLDR: Owner was extraordinarily rude despite the fact that I really wanted to buy stuff, and the selection was extremely scant for everything but the...

On a recent trip to New York I was very excited to visit Enzs due to the positive reviews I'd read how disappointed I turned out to be. Enz's is a very small store and must have an very bad problem with shoplifting as you have to wait to be buzzed it. When we got to the door we knocked and notices the shop assistant we could see was helping someone so we were happy to wait outside not happy to realise when we finally got in after 10mins (we had to wait until the 2 customers in the store left really only 2 customers at a time??) that there was a 2nd shop assistant/owner behind the counter near the door who didn't bother let us in unacceptable in my opinion. Once in we were not welcomed the 2 workers basically ignored us and talk about charging there phones for there commute home. I had money burning a whole in my pocket was looking for some fab outfits for Viva I browsed but the atmosphere in the shop really put me off and we just left. Id like to point out at this stage I wasn't dressed overly rockabilly as we had been sight seen for the day. This 2 workers and stores like this really give the whole rockabilly scene a bad name and I'm shocked their still in business what with their attitude and the huge mark up one dress I saw was 3 times the price I've seen online. Which had I had a good shopping experience I wouldn't think twice about paying. Oh well their loss I just went to Viva and spent crazy with the very helpful friendly...

Enz an awesome store. Run by an extremely cool ex-punkrocker owner who has a fascinating NYC history (there was a documentary made about her) and a cadre of awesome Rockabilly ladies, this small but packed East Village boutique vends top of the line vintage-reproduction dresses from brands like Stop Staring, Bernie Dexter, and the store's own eponymous brand, Enz. However, tourists beware. This is not a shop to gawk and ogle at Rockabilly style and the women who run the store will not take kindly to you if all you're there for is to take a picture of yourself in a sexy dress for instagram without buying anything (I believe there are actually no photos allowed). I kind of imagine that maybe this is why the store got a bad review from another googler. But if you are seriously there to try on dresses with an intent to buy (and particularly if you are someone who genuinely loves the Rockabilly music and scene), the staff could not possibly be more helpful and accommodating, and will give you awesomely honest opinions about what looks...