Cool Hunting

by Kelsey Keith

Summer pop-up T.B.D. opened last week on the main drag of Southampton, showcasing items for the young and casually hip. Not your mother's Montauk needlepoint shop or East Hampton high-end mall, instead owners Peter Hananel and Jesse Warren carefully curated a collection of modish men's clothing and lifestyle must-haves.

Creative director Gregory Buntain built out the interior of the one-story storefront with wood salvaged from a Bushwick warehouse and a custom-made dressing area resembling a Saharan tent. Rustic wood propped on industrial yellow sawhorses, a vintage curio cabinet housing 35mm cameras and colorful ties complete the low-key, lived-in feeling of the shop. Buntain also contributed the Prism coffee table he designed for green furniture line Brave Space, which outfits T.B.D. along with Richard Schultz chairs for Knoll, a long country table, handmade wooden surfboards and a vintage Raleigh bicycle.

Brands like UNIS, A.P.C.'s Madras line, Save Khaki, YMC (You Must Create), Coto Luxe and Super sunglasses service a recognizably Manhattan street style-meets-prepster look. Naturally, it's all exclusive to the Hamptons, supplemented by a selection of journals like Esopus, Journal, Tar, Cabinet, Apartamento and Monocle, as well as a Spoonbill & Sugartown-approved array of design, travel, art, and fiction books. The thoughtfully edited library-for-sale includes Ryan McGinness, Michel Houllebecq and Leonard Cohen.

T.B.D. (To Be Determined)
Through September 2009
67A Jobs Lane
Southampton, NY 11968 map