Stories

The Playground is a kids second-hand and vintage store. I was motivated to start the store after I started thrifting clothes for my son a couple of years ago.  There was just so much there.... so many great clothes. Clothes that were much better than the graphic heavy and very gendered clothing...

6397 first introduced you to Becky Hudson in one of our “stories” back in 2018. Becky is special — her unique touch has a way of making everything beautiful — her home, her cooking, her personal style, and most importantly the relationships she creates with people. Becky makes magic. She...

6397 is pleased to present our 6th collaboration with the Creative Growth Arts Center of Oakland, CA, showing "Embroidered Works" by Dan Miller and Ying Ge Zhou, September 25th through December 5th.  Especially now, during this era of COVID, we are honored to share with you this beautiful and uplifting...

Now - in these times more than ever - 6397 is drawn to the work of the Navajo Water Project, a non-profit, indigenous-led organization registered as an official enterprise on the Navajo Nation. They are dedicated to bringing water to the Navajo people living on reservations, more than 30% of...

It’s been about two months since we started staying in full-time. For those of us fortunate enough to remain in the safety and comfort of our homes, time has taken on a new meaning. For others who are out there, it's been a different reality as they continue to make...

It has already been 7 years since we began 6397 with a simple idea - to create a wardrobe of cool clothes that we ourselves would want to wear, the kind of clothes that might hang in our favorite shops all around the world. Looking back over the years we...

Our streets, usually bustling with people and traffic, are now eerily deserted. There is something hauntingly beautiful about this sudden emptiness, but you quickly realize what makes our city so special and vibrant are the people.All the diverse waves of humanity from different backgrounds and distinct cultures - this is...

6397 opened one year ago showing the artworks of renowned Creative Growth artist Dan Miller. For our 1st anniversary we are pleased to present Dan’s works again in ink and acrylic on paper, from January 10th through March 27th. Dan continues to use words, letters and symbols that exist beyond...

I started my career right out of college as the receptionist for a new magazine called Sassy, where I quickly moved up to the fashion/beauty assistant and then worked my way into fashion/beauty editor. We were a low-budget magazine, so we had to do everything ourselves. When I had a...

6397 is pleased to present “Gestures, Colors, Marks and Lines” an exhibition of Abstract paintings by artists Joseph Alef, Maureen Clay and Jordan King. This is our 4th collaborative exhibition with the Creative Growth Art Center studio in Oakland, California.Themes of color, line, form and composition are the subjects of...

I grew up all over the place. Mainly Seoul, Korea and Okinawa, Japan. I had my own version of “Coming to America,” (without the rich parents) when I was 18 and fresh out of high school in Korea, and somehow ended up in Delaware. I had a serious case of...

Aurie creates her finely executed works using ink and water colors. With a sensitivity all her own she depicts men, women, animals and objects inspired by her fascination with the rock band Kiss and the television show The Adams Family. Her unique imagery scrutinizes sex, religion, food, erotic fetishisms, and...

Where are you from Cheryl? - I was born and raised in North Jersey and now have lived in NYC the majority of my life... What got you into photography? - My mother constantly took pictures of our family...  and 8mm films... we had boxes and boxes of pictures everywhere...

New installation of Creative Growth artist Terri Bowden now showing and for sale at the 6397 store – 199 Mulberry Street, NYC Terri began experimenting with digital art in 2017, on an iPad in Creative Growth’s Digital Media Lab. Using images of staff members, celebrities, religious figures, our nation’s founding...

6397 is excited and honored to present the work of the Creative Growth Art Center at our newly opened flagship store in Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood. The current exhibition with works by Daniel Gardiner and Dan Miller is up now, and will run through February 2019 at 199 Mulberry Street. Creative...

6397’s birthplace, The NEWS showroom, is known in the fashion industry as a go-to place for retailers to find brands with originality and soul. For Stella (founder of both 6397 and NEWS) and her team, a new selling season is always an exciting few weeks. Retailers and buyers from around...